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Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Senior Instrumentation Technician in the Fremont, CA area.
• Provides technical support, support the coordination of work activities, and follows established priorities within a team to ensure customer service needs are met.
• Ability to trouble shoot across all site automation technologies.
• Resolves issues and improves operations by making necessary logic changes, recommending, and executing equipment upgrades, and assists in developing new processes and procedures.
• Performs calibrations and associated corrective actions on production, facility, and utility equipment.
• Maintains equipment by providing troubleshooting to ensure equipment performance is reliable and meets expectations.
• This not only includes adjusting, repairing, and replacing components (sensors, cables, connectors, control boards, etc.), but also independent analysis of communications and configuration of systems and controllers.
• Performs preventive, corrective, or emergency work orders and respond to service calls while the plant is in operation, which may include off-shift periods and weekends.
• Corrective work may include replacing electrical or powered component, including multiple phase motors.
• Assists in the review of PLC or HMI program logic during certifications or troubleshooting to better understand deviations from proper operation.
• Develops or updates machine logic and execute test protocols either independently or developed by Engineering and under their direction, depending on the complexity for the scope.
• Maintains primary, secondary and/or working calibration standards.
• Reviews calibration data sheets for departmental calibration standards to ensure standards are within manufacturer's stated tolerances.
• Identify out-of-tolerance conditions and communicate results as required by SOP.
• Executes test protocols developed by self or others (Reliability and/or Engineers) in support of the qualification of new and existing equipment.
• Consults with Engineer/Reliability, vendor, or project manager on results and feedback.
• This may include support for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) or Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and related travel.
• Works independently or with Reliability and Engineers on projects and improvement initiatives to ensure equipment meets site standards.
• Reviews project designs and make recommendations for automation, measurement equipment, or calibration standards.
• Reviews and provide final approval (closing) on technician work orders.
• Develops or guide the development of metrics and information to be used in root cause analysis (RCA) meetings.
• Actively participates in and RCA meetings to identify and resolve calibration and equipment issues on a real time basis and improve business performance.

Experience:

• High School Diploma (or equivalent)
• Experience in related technology: instrumentation, measurement, control, and /or troubleshooting.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with a demonstrated understanding of calibration methodology, loop-checking, advanced maintenance and repair of instrumentation, automation, process control systems, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of equipment start-up and project support.
• Working knowledge of schematics, P&ID drawings, and ISA symbols & numbering.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to maintain accurate records.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply all relevant Work Instructions and Standard Operating Procedures and other regulatory requirements.