What are the responsibilities and job description for the SR. TECHNICIAN - TECHNICIAN - Controls and Instrumentation Technician position at Southwest Research Institute?
Who We Are
Our team is responsible for the design, equipment procurement, construction, and commissioning of various scale pilot plants. Come join us!
Role
Objectives of this Role:
Special Requirements:
Must be a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to ITAR work in section.
Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas
For more information about this division, visit the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering home page.
For benefits information at our San Antonio location, click here .
For benefits information at all other locations, click here .
Our team is responsible for the design, equipment procurement, construction, and commissioning of various scale pilot plants. Come join us!
Role
Objectives of this Role:
- Look up and wire up electrical equipment safely.
- Able to handle up to 480 VAC safely.
- Ability to specify appropriate wire gauze, fuse size, and wiring connections
- Look up and wire up controls equipment safely.
- Able to handle delicate instruments at low voltages, specify signal type, fuse size, excitation power, and connections properly.
- Complete design and mechanical buildup of control cabinets and cable support (drilling, mounting, etc.) with power tools.
- Document work in the field (labels) and electronically (logs and spreadsheets).
- Program in PLC control systems such as DeltaV, Allen Bradley, iFix, DaqFactory.
- Use specialized equipment like voltmeter and signal generator to troubleshoot electrical issues.
- Work with controls engineers to set or modify signal parameters.
- Work order creation to ensure understanding of the job and safe working conditions.
- Ability to assess the situation and work safely around electronics and chemicals.
- Installation requiring specialized tools and equipment.
- Ability to research or contact vendors to figure out and properly utilize new and existing equipment.
- Documentation of as built or as modified wiring connections.
- Documentation of troubleshooting strategies and solutions.
- Requires knowledge in outlook, excel, word, OneNote, teams.
- Maintenance and repair that require specialized tools and equipment as well as consulting manuals and customer support.
- PLC troubleshooting that requires understanding of PLC programming and hardware interfacing.
- Provide designs, recommendations, or custom solutions for builds, modifications, and/or repairs.
- Provide feedback on improving existing infrastructure.
- Requires a high school diploma or equivalent or a Associates degree.
- Associates in Instrumentation, Process Controls, Equipment Power or related degree is preferred.
- Shift work 24/7 will be required.
- 2-4 years: Hands on experience working with electrical systems such fabrication, maintenance, repair, management of AC/DC power and/or PLC controls.
- 2-4 years: Computer experience with Teams, Excel, Word, OneNote.
- A valid/clear driver's license is required.
Special Requirements:
Must be a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to ITAR work in section.
Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas
For more information about this division, visit the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering home page.
For benefits information at our San Antonio location, click here .
For benefits information at all other locations, click here .
