Instrument Technician Helper- Austin Industrial (Spring, TX)

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance construction and soft craft service 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.

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Must be able to install test calibrate troubleshoot overhaul and repair electrical 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 wiring or instrumentation schematics and testing specifications. Must be able to troubleshoot electric motors install wiring to circuits etc. Must have some knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Layout fabricate and install tubing and tub trays.
• Apply knowledge of mathematics to instrumentation such as ratio and proportions numbers with power of 10s algebra equations English-to-metric conversion inches of water to PSI inches of mercury to PSI etc.
• Read blueprints schematics and loop drawings and prepare job reports.
• Assemble and disassemble all types of electronic process controls pneumatic controls and hydraulic systems and components.
• Calibrate equipment using common calibration procedures and be able to read interpret apply and know where to find other procedures.
• Understand the principles of pH and redox and equipment needed to measure them and be able to control the pH and redox of a liquid.
• Work with and understand Ohms Law and Kirchhoffs Law and with Diodes capacitors and other electrical components.
• Understand steam and how it reacts to different situations (e.g. saturation properties).
• Work with the principles of chemistry and physics required in instrumentation such as specific gravity density of liquids and solids mechanical advantages proportions of liquids melting points freezing points boiling points of liquids etc.
• Troubleshoot and check out electrical pneumatic and hydraulic systems using proper test equipment.
• Understand fundamental instrumentation loops and how they function as a loop and what the function of each component part is in each type of loop.
• Understand common types of chemical plant process equipment such as distillation columns heat exchangers boilers turbines and compressors.
• Apply the procedures for measuring pressure level flow temperature weight density heat flux humidity and moisture etc.
• Maintain current electricians license or identification card to meet state regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment for this position.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education no minimum education requirements.

Experience 6 months to 1yr.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies search firms or third-party recruiters in response to a posted Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e. payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

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