Automation Technician

This position performs highly skilled work in the inspection, calibration, repair, testing, adjusting, installation, and removal of electronic equipment and systems. The Automation Technician collaborates closely with Automation specialists to ensure quality repairs, device installations, and integration of automation systems while maintaining and modifying components to full service capacity.

Responsibilities

• Work safely at all times.
• Perform accurate timekeeping in the HR management system and submit on time per payroll deadlines.
• Provide electrical installation and maintenance of automation systems.
• Manage Instrumentation Calibrations, Wireless Instrumentation, and Solar Powered Systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain technical and operations documentation for each facility and end users of the Automation system.
• Assist the IT department in troubleshooting and maintaining internet connections and equipment for the Automation system and other critical systems.
• Order, manage installation, and maintain inventory of automation devices, including motor controllers, drives, and PLC equipment.
• Regular attendance at the worksite is required.
• Take callouts on evenings and weekends.
• Understand and utilize the internal CMMS ticket system and external support for devices.
• Coordinate Networking TCP/IP with the internal IT Department.
• Verify third-party work, including materials needed, proposals, invoices, and coordinate start and completion schedules.
• Interface with other groups within the company (Operations, EHS, GIS, Accounting, Engineering, etc.) to ensure user needs are met.
• Develop and maintain training tools to help other engineers, operators, and controllers maintain and operate the system and facilities.
• Assist with installations, commissioning, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of automation systems.

Requirements

• Understand relationships between database, programs, and GUI systems.
• Electrician skills capable of interpreting one-line electrical drawings, P&IDs, and troubleshooting 480/220 electrical circuits using multimeters and megohm meters.
• Wide range of knowledge with most rotating equipment.
• Hydraulic and electrical skills.
• Experience with camera equipment, systems, and analytics.
• Proficiency with Windows-based devices, scanners, and printers.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Good knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel).
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work overtime as necessary.
• Ability to be a positive representative of the Company both internally and externally.
• Ability to work with respect and cooperation with fellow employees and customers.
• Experience with RTUs, VFDs, PLC Programming (Idec, ScadaPack, Allen Bradley), communication protocols, and radio communications.
• Automation Technician certification or apprenticeship, or equivalent years of education and production maintenance experience.
• Oilfield experience is preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License is required.

Travel

Up to 10% travel required, including field locations with varying environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Frequently position, transport, and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, move across large areas (including uneven terrain), and be stationary for long periods.
• Work in confined or restrictive spaces, ascend stairs or ladders, work atop tanks, and traverse metal walkways at heights.
• Balance with equipment and while moving large or heavy objects.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms above the head and to ground level.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl to reach into confined spaces.
• Push and pull material and equipment from one place to another.
• Communicate and exchange information verbally and in writing.
• Operate a motorized vehicle during the work shift.
• Move about in an office environment and work using repetitive motion.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work requires physical efforts associated with using computers and phones to access information.

Working Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Occasionally in an office environment.
• Occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, hand tools, and small to medium-sized power tool use.
• Regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally exposed to non-toxic propane fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical presence at the worksite during regularly scheduled hours is required.