I & C Technician
Direct Energy Business · Deer Park, TX · 2 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Date: Oct 7, 2026 | Location: Deer Park, TX, US, 77536-2436
Position Summary
The Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Technician installs, calibrates, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs plant instrumentation, control systems, and associated electrical equipment supporting safe, reliable, and environmentally compliant operation of the Deer Park power generation facility. The position supports normal operations, planned and forced outages, startups, shutdowns, testing, and commissioning.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Maintain and troubleshoot plant instrumentation, control systems, associated electrical equipment, field devices, wiring, I/O systems, communication networks, and control loops.
- Calibrate and repair pressure, temperature, flow, level, vibration, combustion, and analytical instrumentation; maintain control valves, actuators, positioners, and pneumatic systems.
- Support DCS and operator interface systems, CEMS, flame scanners, combustion controls, excitation-system interfaces, protective relay interfaces, turbine controls, HRSGs, generators, and balance-of-plant systems.
- Read and interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, electrical schematics, logic diagrams, control wiring drawings, and vendor manuals.
- Prepare and execute LOTO packages; support plant startups, shutdowns, outages, commissioning, functional testing, and post-maintenance testing.
- Maintain accurate calibration, equipment, and work-order records; coordinate work with operations personnel, contractors, and vendors.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum two years of experience in power generation, industrial instrumentation and controls, industrial electrical maintenance, or a related industrial environment.