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Austin Industries · 3 hours ago

Intern Instrumentation (Baytown, TX) Austin Industrial

Baytown, TX

Internship

Onsite

Intern

1+ years exp

Austin Industries is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services within the industrial sector. The Intern Instrumentation role involves assisting with the maintenance, testing, inspection, and calibration of equipment, while also supporting engineering teams and troubleshooting control systems issues.

AssociationConstructionHuman ResourcesIndustrialReal Estate

Responsibilities

Layout, fabricate and install tubing and tub trays

Apply knowledge of mathematics to instrumentation, such as ratio and proportions, numbers with power of 10’s, 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 Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s 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 electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

TDLR Electrical LicenseTWIC CardInstrumentation knowledgeBlueprint readingCalibration proceduresTroubleshooting systemsMathematics applicationChemical principlesPhysics principlesSoft skills