Instrumentation and Control Technician

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking an Instrumentation and Control Technician to ensure the availability, reliability, and safety of the plant’s control equipment. Key Highlights: 1. Continuous training and an excellent working environment. 2. Collaboration on new control projects with the technical office. 3. A key role in ensuring the reliability and safety of industrial equipment. At Alier, we seek to hire an **Instrumentation and Control Technician** to join our Maintenance team. You will play a critical role in ensuring the availability, reliability, and safety of the plant’s control and instrumentation equipment, working within a demanding industrial environment that upholds high standards of quality, efficiency, and safety. **What will be your responsibilities?** * Adhere to **Safe Work Procedures (SWP)** and correctly perform **Job Safety Analysis (JSA)**. * **Design, plan, and execute preventive and corrective calibration programs** for sensors, transmitters, control valves, actuators, and other critical instruments. * **Configure and program control equipment** (PLCs, DCS, HMIs) and control loops to ensure proper operation. * **Diagnose and resolve accuracy, drift, or repeatability failures** in instruments. * Maintain up-to-date **technical documentation and calibration history**. * Ensure **measurement traceability** in accordance with standards. * Perform **preventive and predictive maintenance** of hardware and software in control systems (PLC, DCS, SCADA). * **Modify and update control logic** to improve processes or adapt to new operational requirements. * Resolve **complex communication, programming, or interconnection issues** between subsystems. * Safeguard the **integrity of the industrial control network and cybersecurity**. * Prepare **technical maintenance, improvement, and project reports and documentation**. * Manage, together with the spare parts supervisor, the **stock of electronic and instrumentation spare parts**. * Ensure proper operation of the plant’s **distributed control system** and provide production support. * Perform **calibrations** of various measuring devices in the control system. * Collaborate with the **technical office** on new control projects. * Properly manage **generated waste**, and comply with **quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety (OHS)** policies. **What can Alier offer you?** * **Contract type:** Permanent. * **Working hours:** Monday to Thursday, 8:00–17:00; Friday intensive shift, 8:00–15:00. Weekly rotating on-call availability required. * **Real benefits:** Pension plan, flexible compensation (medical insurance, meal vouchers, transportation allowance, childcare support), continuous training, Alier Club, and an excellent working environment. * **Remuneration:** Competitive, commensurate with candidate profile. **What do you need to succeed in this position?** * **Education:** Higher Vocational Training Degree in Automation, Instrumentation and Control, or equivalent. * **Experience:** Minimum **2 years** in industrial automation and control. * **Technical knowledge:** * PLCs, Instrumentation, SCADA, Process Control, Industrial Networks. * Interpretation of **electrical, pneumatic, and P\&ID diagrams**. * Maintenance, programming, and backup of PLCs. * Proficiency in standard office applications. * Knowledge of compressed air systems, transmitters, valves, flowmeters, etc.