Instrumentation Technician; Taylor, TX - Austin Industrial

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single‑source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. Our team of 4,000 employee‑owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost‑efficiency.

Must be able to test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices to ensure specified operating performance using hand tools, testing and calibrating instruments and equipment and precision measuring instruments. Ability to read and understand manuals, blueprint schematics, and testing specifications. Must have some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs. Plant Maintenance experience preferred. Heavy on instrument.

• Troubleshoot instrumentation equipment issues, identify problems and manage solutions. Systems and equipment include but are not limited to:
  Industrial Waste Treatment instrumentation systems
• Perform preventive, corrective and condition‑based maintenance to maximize instrumentation equipment uptime across facilities utilities system. Instrumentation equipment include but are not limited to:
  Pressure transmitters, flow transmitters, level detection equipment, valves, positioners, chemical feed controllers and telemetry systems.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and safety protocols during all operations.
• Use root cause analysis tools to identify permanent solutions for recurrence failures causing equipment downtime.
• Provide technical support during commissioning and start up for new instrumentation equipment, installation, configuration and calibration.
• Understand interactions with other departments in activities such as maintenance scheduling.
• Identify areas of business process improvement opportunities and provide input with solutions.
• Interpret issues/questions regarding schematics, diagrams, written/verbal instructions, layouts or defined plans.
• Interact actively with stakeholders and departments on work planning and coordination.
• Mentor/train lower level technicians.
• Document all work order and calibration systems.
• Develop and maintain SOPs using technical expertise and in conformance with standards.
• Decide which type of maintenance is needed and select parts for replacement.
• May participate on cross‑functional teams.
• May conduct and/or oversee routine inspections and investigations.
• Interpret complex data from equipment, processes, etc.
• Apply knowledge of relevant best practices, state and local code in the area of expertise.
• Maintain regular attendance and timeliness per departmental guidelines.
• Adhere to and enforce safety rules, follow safe procedures and guidelines.
• Support plant operation during off‑hours as needed.

• Advanced electromechanical knowledge.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive and proprietary information.
• Work in a team environment.
• Understand manufacturing systems.
• Effectively communicate via verbal/written means to immediate team and other departments.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant systems.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant software tools (i.e., Programmable Logic Controller, Microsoft etc.).
• Work flexible hours as necessary.
• Intermediate knowledge in relevant code regulations.
• Work independently within the broad scope of an objective.
• Intermediate knowledge of mentoring, coaching and leading groups/people.
• Maintain a state license as necessary (i.e., journeyman).

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must frequently lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,…