Industrial Instrumentation & Control Technician

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below:

• Troubleshoots, installs, maintains, modifies, calibrates, inspects, and repairs instrumentation process control systems, motor starters, controls and variable frequency drives.
• Designs, constructs, assembles and rearranges circuits and performs other modifications to operation and test equipment, exhibits and other devices.
• Operates electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment in an industrial operations setting.
• Performs complex installation, modification, fabrication, repair and maintenance of electronic and/or electrical equipment used in industrial / plant / operations setting in accordance with ISA and/or the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Performs advanced analysis and interpretation of test data and may edit PLC programs using specified software.
• Controls industrial processes using electronic software and applications such as scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment.
• Interprets and ensures compliance with established codes, calculates data necessary for wiring systems, and requisitions supplies and materials needed to complete projects and assignments.
• May direct and/or oversee the work of lower level technicians and fellow technical maintenance employees and train lower level technicians and staff in all phases of a variety of electronic instrumentation, equipment, and control systems.
• May serve as the lead employee as directed on project teams assigned to a given assignment.
• May be required to complete Annual Performance Reviews.
• Recommends electronic requirements in support of facilities and/or systems.
• Prepares work schedules and coordinates maintenance schedule with operations as well as prepare technical reports of electronic operational issues.
• Provides written documentation and reports for compliance inspections.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below:

• Troubleshoots, installs, maintains, modifies, calibrates, inspects, and repairs instrumentation process control systems, motor starters, controls and variable frequency drives.
• Designs, constructs, assembles and rearranges circuits and performs other modifications to operation and test equipment, exhibits and other devices.
• Operates electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment in an industrial operations setting.
• Performs complex installation, modification, fabrication, repair and maintenance of electronic and/or electrical equipment used in industrial / plant / operations setting in accordance with ISA and/or the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Performs advanced analysis and interpretation of test data and may edit PLC programs using specified software.
• Controls industrial processes using electronic software and applications such as scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment.
• Interprets and ensures compliance with established codes, calculates data necessary for wiring systems, and requisitions supplies and materials needed to complete projects and assignments.
• May direct and/or oversee the work of lower level technicians and fellow technical maintenance employees and train lower level technicians and staff in all phases of a variety of electronic instrumentation, equipment, and control systems.
• May serve as the lead employee as directed on project teams assigned to a given assignment.
• Recommends electronic requirements in support of facilities and/or systems.
• Prepares work schedules and coordinates maintenance schedule with operations as well as prepare technical reports of electronic operational issues.
• Provides written documentation and reports for compliance inspections.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below:

• Troubleshoots, installs, maintains, modifies, calibrates, inspects, and repairs instrumentation process control systems, motor starters, controls and variable frequency drives.
• Designs, constructs, assembles and rearranges circuits and performs other modifications to operation and test equipment, exhibits and other devices.
• Operates electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment in an industrial operations setting.
• Performs complex installation, modification, fabrication, repair and maintenance of electronic and/or electrical equipment used in industrial / plant / operations setting in accordance with ISA and/or the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Performs advanced analysis and interpretation of test data and may edit PLC programs using specified software.
• Controls industrial processes using electronic software and applications such as scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment.
• Interprets and ensures compliance with established codes, calculates data necessary for wiring systems, and requisitions supplies and materials needed to complete projects and assignments.
• May direct and/or oversee the work of lower level technicians and fellow technical maintenance employees and train lower level technicians and staff in all phases of a variety of electronic instrumentation, equipment, and control systems.
• May serve as the lead employee as directed on project teams assigned to a given assignment.
• Recommends electronic requirements in support of facilities and/or systems.
• Prepares work schedules and coordinates maintenance schedule with operations as well as prepare technical reports of electronic operational issues.
• Provides written documentation and reports for compliance inspections.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Job Specifications

• Knowledge of local, state, and federal electronics compliance regulations as applicable to specific agency or department facilities.
• Knowledge of electrical safe work practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of the function and operation of electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of industrial automation, control panels, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and instruments.
• Knowledge in the proper applications of instruments that control a process function.
• Knowledge of Radio Communications associated software & hardware.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and controls systems within agency or department.
• Ability to troubleshoot and program with electronic related software.
• Ability to work with scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment, in an industrial operations setting.
• Ability to work a variety of work schedules including emergency, and/or disaster situations.
• Ability to troubleshoot, edit, configure and program Controls Systems such as PLCs, Human Machine Interface, drives, SCADA or other proprietary agency/department software with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret engineering plans, diagrams, schematic, PLC ladder logic, and blue prints.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to pass medical testing and to wear various types of respiratory protection deemed necessary for the environment being worked in for the protection of the employee. The types of respiratory protection devices used are (but not limited to) Half Facepiece, Full Facepiece, Filtering Facepiece, Powered Air-Purifying (PAPRs), Supplied-Air, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs), or Combination Type.

Job Specifications

• Knowledge of local, state, and federal electronics compliance regulations as applicable to specific agency or department facilities.
• Knowledge of electrical safe work practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of the function and operation of electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of industrial automation, control panels, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and instruments.
• Knowledge in the proper applications of instruments that control a process function.
• Knowledge of Radio Communications associated software & hardware.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and controls systems within agency or department.
• Ability to troubleshoot and program with electronic related software.
• Ability to work with scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment, in an industrial operations setting.
• Ability to work a variety of work schedules including emergency, and/or disaster situations.
• Ability to troubleshoot, edit, configure and program Controls Systems such as PLCs, Human Machine Interface, drives, SCADA or other proprietary agency/department software with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret engineering plans, diagrams, schematic, PLC ladder logic, and blue prints.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to pass medical testing and to wear various types of respiratory protection deemed necessary for the environment being worked in for the protection of the employee. The types of respiratory protection devices used are (but not limited to) Half Facepiece, Full Facepiece, Filtering Facepiece, Powered Air-Purifying (PAPRs), Supplied-Air, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs), or Combination Type.

Job Specifications

• Knowledge of local, state, and federal electronics compliance regulations as applicable to specific agency or department facilities.
• Knowledge of electrical safe work practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of the function and operation of electronic controlling, measuring, recording, transmitting, testing and diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of industrial automation, control panels, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and instruments.
• Knowledge in the proper applications of instruments that control a process function.
• Knowledge of Radio Communications associated software & hardware.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and controls systems within agency or department.
• Ability to troubleshoot and program with electronic related software.
• Ability to work with scientific and analytic computer software, calculators, voltage and current meters, electronic probes, process multi-meters and specialized calibration equipment, in an industrial operations setting.
• Ability to work a variety of work schedules including emergency, and/or disaster situations.
• Ability to troubleshoot, edit, configure and program Controls Systems such as PLCs, Human Machine Interface, drives, SCADA or other proprietary agency/department software with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret engineering plans, diagrams, schematic, PLC ladder logic, and blue prints.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to serve as the lead employee as directed on project teams assigned to a given assignment.
• Ability to pass medical testing and to wear various types of respiratory protection deemed necessary for the environment being worked in for the protection of the employee. The types of respiratory protection devices used are (but not limited to) Half Facepiece, Full Facepiece, Filtering Facepiece, Powered Air-Purifying (PAPRs), Supplied-Air, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs), or Combination Type.

Physical Requirements

•  Ability to climb ladders, operate forklift, backhoe, automotive and/or other heavy equipment as needed.
• Employee is expected to be able to work in and around confined spaces such as wet wells, vaults, manholes, trench boxes, tanks, and in areas of height using ladders, man-lifts of any kind, on top of buildings or tanks/structures wearing a harness and protective gear and/or in environments where toxic or chemical fumes not natural to the atmosphere exist while wearing protective respiratory equipment, as necessary.

Work Category

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to climb ladders, operate fork lift, back hoe, automotive and/or other heavy equipment as needed.
• Employee is expected to be able to work in and around confined spaces such as wet wells, vaults, manholes, trench boxes, tanks, and in areas of height using ladders, man-lifts of any kind, on top of buildings or tanks/structures wearing a harness and protective gear and/or in environments where toxic or chemical fumes not natural to the atmosphere exist while wearing protective respiratory equipment, as necessary.

Work Category

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Physical Requirements

•  Ability to climb ladders, operate fork lift, back hoe, automotive and/or other heavy equipment as needed.
• Employee is expected to be able to work in and around confined spaces such as wet wells, vaults, manholes, trench boxes, tanks, and in areas of height using ladders, man-lifts of any kind, on top of buildings or tanks/structures wearing a harness and protective gear and/or in environments where toxic or chemical fumes not natural to the atmosphere exist while wearing protective respiratory equipment, as necessary.

Work Category

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED Certificate;  AND
• One year of formal vocational schooling in electronics or other relevant field; AND
• Two (2) years of experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment;

OR

• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-specific competencies noted above; AND
• Possession of a valid Florida Driver's License.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED Certificate;  AND
• Completion of a Technical, Trade or Vocational diploma / certification program AND
• Three (3) years of experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment;

 OR

• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-specific competencies noted above; AND
• Possession of a valid Florida Driver's License.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• An Associate's degree in an Electronics Technology field; AND
• Three years of experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment; AND
• One year leading/directing small groups, overseeing special projects, and troubleshooting experience; AND
• Possession of a valid Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) Level 1 Certification;

OR

• An equivalent combination of education (not less than a High School diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job specific competencies noted above; AND
• Possession of a valid Florida Driver's License.