Instrumentation Technician

Responsibilities

• Calibrate all equipment under the responsibility of the Instrument Department.
• Interpret and analyze abnormalities in various instruments.
• Aid Maintenance in location problems such as: troubleshooting complex electrical systems, motor drives, hydraulic controls, rectifiers, power supplies and water-cooling systems. The Instrument Technician’s expertise in these areas is important to ensure that equipment downtime is minimized.
• Perform temperature surveys on heat treat ovens. This involves working with Maintenance and Production to prepare the oven, execute the survey and recording the temperature data per SMC procedures.
• Install new or modify existing instrumentation and equipment as directed by the Instrument Supervisor, Facilities Engineers and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.
• Layout and construct electronic circuits working from schematics and, if necessary, make modifications to enable the circuit to function properly.
• Maintenance and operation knowledge of computers and programmable logic controllers.
• Answer questions and/or instruct personnel on the use and operation of new instruments and control equipment.
• Interpret recording devices and meter indications for an operator or foreman to assist in the decision related to equipment problems.
• Provide overall technical and service support to all SMC production, processing or research equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor, Engineering, and/or under the guidance of the Instrument Specialist.
• Maintain the daily log to document instrumentation work and to insure continuity of work between the shifts.
• Maintain a safe working area, promote and implement good housekeeping practices.
• Perform periodic calibration of secondary standards traceable to NIST and record calibrations per SMC procedures.
• Design modifications to improve existing equipment and provide updated documentation to Engineering.
• Maintenance understanding of new equipment and technology as it is applied in the plant. This includes equipment such as computes, machine controls, and instruments.
• Develop and write software for programmable logic controllers as directed by Engineering.
• Install new equipment as directed by the Instrumentation Supervisor or Engineering.
• Oversee the Instrument Department when the Instrument Supervisor is not present. This includes planning and scheduling work for the Instrument Technicians.

• Associates Degree in Applied Sciences preferable
• Electrical Engineering Technology
• Electrical Engineering Science
• 5 years equivalent experience in related field
• Controls / PLC experience
• Process instrumentation experience

• Associates Degree in Applied Sciences preferable
• Electrical Engineering Technology
• Electrical Engineering Science
• 5 years equivalent experience in related field
• Industrial vacuum application
• Controls / PLC experience
• Process instrumentation experience

• Experience with PLC, primary GE and Rockwell software
• Ability to read and interoperate electrical, mechanical and hydraulic prints and schematics
• Experience with various electronic test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes and voltage/current sourcing equipment
• Knowledge of DC drives and Variable frequency drives
• Ability to manage own workload with minimal oversight

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Management and Manufacturing
• Industries
• Aviation & Aerospace

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