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CleanSpace · 8 hours ago

Instrument & Control Technician

Michigan, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

CleanSpace is a company focused on power generation, and they are seeking an Instrument & Control Technician to provide maintenance support for instrumentation associated with plant operations. The role involves troubleshooting, calibrating, and maintaining various control systems and ensuring safety and compliance with environmental regulations.

Construction

Responsibilities

Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers and the protection of the public

Knowledgeable of environmental rules & regulations and effectively apply them to all work situations

Install, calibrate, test, troubleshoot, and maintain protective relays, computers, metering, monitoring, and control systems on boilers, turbines, generators, and plant auxiliary equipment. In shop location includes benchwork and component troubleshooting

Reads, and interprets electric generating plants P&ID’s and CWD’s to locate, identify, troubleshoot, and repair plant systems, interlocks, etc

Use test equipment (oscilloscopes, multi-meters electronic bridges, loop calibrators) and hand tools (i.e., drills, screwdrivers) as necessary to troubleshoot and maintain devices and systems for the power plant

Works with apprentice I/C technicians and skill enhancement employees to teach proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures

Completes all written and electronic records (i.e., work orders, calibration sheets, timecards, material requests) required to document the work in progress and as its completion

Continually updates knowledge of plant systems and instrumentation

Make decisions about how best to repair equipment and what resources (tools, time equipment) will be needed

Employee must arrange own transportation to work location and may be reassigned to another location at the Company’s discretion

Qualification

Instrumentation maintenanceCalibration of instrumentsTroubleshooting control systemsElectrical knowledgeP&ID interpretationUse of test equipmentMechanical aptitudeMathematical skillsRecord keepingCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Associate's degree or equivalent education in instrumentation, pneumatics, engineering, or a related technical discipline

Completion of an Instrumentation and Controls Apprentice Training Program

Two (2) years' military experience in electronics repair and calibration may be substituted for formal training

Three (3) years of industrial experience in electronics repair and calibration

Valid driver's license

Good mechanical aptitude

Ability to communicate orally and in written reports, condition of equipment and status of jobs to crew leader, supervisor, operations staff, and other craft personnel along with outside service representatives

Knowledge of electricity, voltage, and current relationships

Knowledge of Federal, State, and Company environmental guidelines

Knowledge of maintenance activities and procedures performed on control systems used in power generation

Ability to read and interpret instruction manuals, blueprints, and control system drawings; applies knowledge to daily tasks

Ability to learn mechanical and electrical control equipment and basic power plant equipment operation

Ability to use mathematics including algebra and geometry to take measurements and perform computations required for installation and calibration of equipment

Ability to troubleshoot and repair pneumatic, electronic, and digital controllers used in control loops

Ability to calibrate and perform maintenance on temperature, level, and pressure instruments and transmitters

Ability to Tag Out/Lock Out equipment per NRG's Tag Out/Lock Out procedure

Ability to use a personal computer and associated software

Ability to operate Company vehicles and equipment (e.g., forklift, plant vehicles, etc.) and maintain operating licenses and certifications

Ability to influence others toward action or a particular point of view

Ability to accept responsibility for crew activities

Ability to apply knowledge of plant operations, equipment and skill area knowledge to daily decision making

Ability to do routine cleaning of work area

Ability to complete all written and electronic records to document work in progress and completed

Must be willing to travel to job sites in and out of state

Must be prepared to work overtime as needed and respond to emergency callout 7 days a week, 24 hours a day

Ability to work in mentally stressful environments: must be able to react to crises where immediate action is required to correct or curtail potentially damaging or hazardous situations

Daily work expectation requires ability to perform tasks by walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, shoveling, climbing, and working with hand tools (up to 25 pounds) in position above and below head, and extended from body to complete repairs

Lift, carry, position, and use tools and/or equipment (weighing up to 50 lbs.) in awkward positions, swing various weights of sledgehammers, stoop and bend to reach valves, pull on chain-falls or come-a-longs

Ability to twist the body and neck while driving company vehicles or operating company equipment

Performance of duties may cause frequent jarring of the body

Work with and around hazardous and non-hazardous materials (reference the waste management guidance manual)

Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required i.e., steel-toed boots, respirators, goggles, safety glasses etc

Have ability to discern and respond to verbal and auditory signals

Ability to discern assorted colors