Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Location: West Olive, Michigan

Assignment Type: Long Term Contract (anticipated through mid-2029)

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours/week, with overtime, outage support, and on call responsibilities as needed.

Position Summary

Seeking experienced Field Instrumentation & Controls Technicians to support the maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, programming, and repair of instrumentation and control systems within a power generation facility. This role will support plant reliability, outage execution, system upgrades, and day to day operations across a variety of legacy and modern control systems.

The ideal candidate will have strong industrial instrumentation experience, distributed control system (DCS) knowledge, and the ability to troubleshoot and maintain field devices, PLCs, and plant control systems in a utility or heavy industrial environment. Based on discussions with the hiring manager, experience working with older instrumentation technologies and legacy systems is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

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• Test, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and maintain field instrumentation and control systems.
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• Support distributed control systems (DCS) and PLC based control platforms.
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• Troubleshoot and maintain pneumatic control systems.
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• Perform instrumentation calibration, loop checks, field testing, and equipment verification.
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• Analyze plant processes and equipment performance and recommend improvements and upgrades.
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• Interpret electrical schematics, control logic diagrams, technical drawings, and P&IDs.
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• Troubleshoot computer hardware and software issues related to plant control systems.
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• Program, modify, and maintain electronic control components and systems.
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• Develop, revise, and maintain technical documentation and drawings.
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• Coordinate activities with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, vendors, and manufacturers.
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• Support outages, maintenance turnarounds, commissioning activities, and reliability initiatives.
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• Provide technical expertise related to instrumentation, controls, automation, and power generation systems.
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Required Qualifications

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• Associate degree in a scientific or technical discipline, or equivalent combination of technical education and training.
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• Technical training may include trade schools, apprenticeship programs, military training, or accredited technical institutes.
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• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining industrial instrumentation and control systems.
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• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, control logic diagrams, and technical documentation.
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• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving abilities.
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• Ability to work independently or within a team environment.
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Preferred Qualifications

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• Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, or related field.
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• Emerson Ovation DCS experience.
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• PLC programming and troubleshooting experience.
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• HART communicator/programmer experience.
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• Experience utilizing test equipment including:
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• Digital multimeters
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• Oscilloscopes
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• Electronic diagnostic equipment
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• Strong computer skills and technical documentation experience.
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• Power generation, utility, refining, petrochemical, or heavy industrial experience preferred.
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Work Environment

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• Operating power generation facility.
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• Exposure to industrial environments and varying temperatures.
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• Climbing ladders and working at elevated heights.
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• Participation in outage support activities.
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• Overtime opportunities.
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• Weekend and holiday coverage as needed.
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• On call rotation responsibilities.
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