Instrument Technician - Austin Industrial (Pasadena, Tx)

Austin Industrial provides premier self‑perform maintenance, construction, and soft‑craft services to leading industrial companies across the United States. With more than 60 years of experience, the company serves customers in oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing sectors. Learn more at https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial.

About the role

The Instrument Technician installs, tests, calibrates, troubleshoots, overhauls, and repairs electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices to ensure specified operating performance. The role requires reading and interpreting manuals, wiring or instrumentation schematics, and testing specifications, as well as troubleshooting electric motors, installing wiring to circuits, and possessing knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair electrical, controlling, indicating, and measuring instrument devices using hand tools and precision measuring equipment.
• Read and understand manuals, wiring or instrumentation schematics, and testing specifications.
• Troubleshoot electric motors and install wiring to circuits.
• Apply knowledge of electrical schematics and PLCs.
• Layout, fabricate, and install tubing and tub trays.
• Apply mathematical concepts to instrumentation (ratios, powers of 10, algebra, English‑to‑metric conversion, pressure conversions, etc.).
• Read blueprints, schematics, and loop drawings and prepare job reports.
• Assemble and disassemble electronic process controls, pneumatic controls, and hydraulic systems and components.
• Calibrate equipment using standard procedures and locate additional procedures as needed.
• Understand and control pH and redox measurements for liquids.
• Apply Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Law, and work with diodes, capacitors, and other electrical components.
• Understand steam behavior, including saturation properties.
• Apply chemistry and physics principles (specific gravity, density, mechanical advantage, phase change temperatures, etc.) in instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot and test electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems with proper equipment.
• Understand fundamental instrumentation loops and the function of each component.
• Recognize common chemical‑plant equipment such as distillation columns, heat exchangers, boilers, turbines, and compressors.
• Measure pressure, flow, temperature, weight, density, heat flux, humidity, and moisture using appropriate procedures.
• Maintain a current electrician’s license or identification card to meet state regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: No minimum education requirements.
• Experience: 8 + years of journeyman‑level experience.
• Certifications/Licenses: NCCER, TDLR, and a valid driver’s license.
• Legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States; the company cannot sponsor employment visas.

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers.
• Capability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 lb; work at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
• Sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to perform job duties safely.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Work may be performed in industrial and construction settings with exposure to weather extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site‑specific hazards.
• Requirement to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness‑for‑duty standards.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations at all times.