Senior Instrumentation and Controls Technician Job Sunnyvale area,California USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

Senior Instrumentation And Controls Technician

Ever-Green Energy is looking for a Senior Instrumentation and Controls Technician to maintain, repair, calibrate, install, and troubleshoot all plant control/measurement equipment to ensure full and efficient operation of the plants. Performs the responsibilities as a Senior I&C position for the company, in accordance with company standards.

Minimum requirements to be successful in this role:

BAS/BMS, PLC, HMI and Instrumentation and Control formal training.
3-5 years' experience performing comparable duties in a similar industrial plant setting. Strong in Instrumentation and Controls.
Valid driver's license required and a clear driving record.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Software and Database Maintenance:
Daily alarm monitoring, perform backups of control logic, database files, and graphics. Software and Patching, schedule and setpoint reviews.

Physical Controller Maintenance: hardware inspections, tighten connections, battery replacement, and cleaning.

Field Device Maintenance:
Override verifications, perform troubleshooting, maintenance, calibration and testing on all plant control/measurement equipment including wiring. Repair and replace faulty control/measurement equipment and perform preventative maintenance.

Determine the reason for unexpected malfunctions or occurrences in plant operations and take appropriate action to correct any electrical and/or instrumentation problems involved.

Help maintain a testing laboratory and test/repair all plant control and measurement equipment in order to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the plant.

Ensure parts for plant control and measurement equipment and consumables are ordered so replacements are available as needed.

Perform major and minor installation of equipment.

Respond to off-hour calls for plant emergencies.

Lead or assist vendors, as required, in conducting predictive and preventive maintenance tests and diagnostics as directed by the General Manager or Plant Superintendent.

Review plant modifications and projects, as requested, to ensure compatibility with existing plant and conformance with plant requirements and standards.

Layout and plan control/measurement installations and other electrical work and coordinate work with engineering, operations and other maintenance disciplines.

Support plant operations, including operating the Thermal Plant, as assigned by the Plant Superintendent or General Manager.

Perform other tasks as directed.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties and responsibilities of this position, the employee is constantly required to climb ramps/stairs; climbing ladders/scaffolding; communicating verbally by expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to clearly impart oral information to other workers, customers, or the public; far visual acuity at 20 feet or more; the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds;

near vision acuity at approximately 20 inches or less; peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently required to crouching; foot/leg controls; keyboarding; reaching at/below shoulder level by extending hand and arms from 0 to 150 degrees; sitting; and standing/walking.

The employee is occasionally required to crawling; fine manipulation of picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand; gross manipulation of seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands; kneeling; lifting and carrying at a max of 30 pounds; pushing; pulling; reaching overhead by extending hands and arms in a 150 to 180 degrees vertical arc;

stopping, and confined space with limited entry or exit.

Must be capable of maneuvering throughout industrial facilities such as energy plants and building HVAC mechanical rooms, etc.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of…