I&C Technician IV

 

 

 

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Position: I&C Technician IV

Location: Sabine Pass, TX

 

Summary:

The I&C Technician IV is responsible for the installation, inspection, calibration, maintenance,

troubleshooting, testing, and repair of instrumentation and control systems within an LNG facility.

This position supports safe, reliable plant operations by ensuring field instruments, control valves,

actuators, control loops, safety systems, and related control equipment operate accurately and

efficiently. The technician works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Electrical, Automation, and

Engineering personnel to maintain equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and support LNG

production, storage, and export operations.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on industrial instrumentation experience, including DCS/PLC

interfaces, control valves, transmitters, SIS/ESD systems, and instrument troubleshooting within an LNG,

natural gas processing, refinery, petrochemical, or similar process environment.

 

Job Duties:

Instrumentation Maintenance and Calibration

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on field instrumentation.

• Calibrate, inspect, troubleshoot, and repair pressure, temperature, flow, and level transmitters,

switches, gauges, and related field devices.

• Maintain and troubleshoot differential-pressure transmitters, smart transmitters, radar and

guided-wave radar level instruments, thermocouples, RTDs, flow meters, and other process

measurement devices.

• Perform calibrations using digital pressure, temperature, and multifunction calibrators, HART

communicators, and specialized test equipment.

• Conduct instrument loop checks, continuity checks, signal verification, functional testing, and

commissioning activities.

• Troubleshoot 4–20 mA signals, HART communications, discrete I/O, and applicable industrial

communication networks.

• Verify instrument ranges, engineering units, alarm setpoints, scaling, and configurations against

approved documentation.

• Diagnose instrument failures, signal drift, calibration discrepancies, and recurring maintenance

issues and recommend corrective actions.

• Maintain instrument tubing, manifolds, impulse lines, fittings, enclosures, junction boxes, and

associated installation hardware.

• Support instrument installations, replacements, upgrades, and modifications in accordance with

approved engineering drawings and procedures.

 

 

Control Valves, Actuators, and Final Control Elements

 

 

 

 

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• Inspect, calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot pneumatic and electro-pneumatic control valves,

positioners, actuators, and accessories.

• Work with equipment from manufacturers such as Fisher, Emerson, Siemens, and ABB.

• Perform valve stroke testing, positioner calibration, actuator troubleshooting, and verification of

valve travel and response.

• Maintain and troubleshoot solenoid valves, limit switches, valve position feedback, pneumatic

regulators, and instrument air systems.

• Assist with control valve diagnostics, seat leakage testing, actuator repairs, and valve

performance assessments.

• Support maintenance and functional testing of emergency shutdown valves, blowdown valves,

shutdown actuators, and other critical final control elements.

• Diagnose sticking valves, excessive deadband, air leaks, slow response, and other performance

issues.

• Coordinate valve overhauls, replacements, and commissioning activities with Operations,

Engineering, and other technical personnel.

DCS, PLC, and Control System Support

• Support maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation interfacing with DCS, PLC, and

remote I/O systems.

• Work with control platforms such as Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion, Siemens, and ABB

systems.

• Troubleshoot signal failures, I/O channel faults, communication problems, bad process values,

and control-loop performance issues.

• Verify field-to-control-room signal integrity and perform loop checks and point-to-point testing

during commissioning, shutdowns, and plant modifications.

• Assist with controller, I/O, and control-panel troubleshooting within the technician’s authorized

scope.

• Support control-loop tuning and performance verification in coordination with qualified

engineering and process personnel.

• Maintain and troubleshoot instrument power supplies, barriers, isolators, signal conditioners,

marshalling cabinets, and junction boxes.

• Interpret control narratives, cause-and-effect charts, logic diagrams, loop drawings, and

instrument indexes.

• Support control-system upgrades, instrument migrations, field-device integration, and approved

software-related troubleshooting.

Safety Instrumented Systems and Emergency Shutdown Systems

• Inspect, maintain, test, and troubleshoot SIS field devices and associated instrumentation.

• Support ESD and fire and gas system testing and maintenance.

• Perform proof testing and functional testing of safety instrumented functions in accordance

with approved procedures.

• Verify operation of safety switches, gas detectors, flame detectors, heat detectors, pressure

switches, shutdown devices, and related safety instrumentation.

• Identify and report failures, bypasses, impairments, and abnormal conditions affecting process

safety.

 

 

 

 

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• Maintain accurate documentation of safety instrument testing, calibration, deficiencies, repairs,

and equipment status.

• Follow approved bypass management, impairment management, and authorization procedures

for safety-critical instrumentation.

• Support compliance with IEC 61511, IEC 61508, facility procedures, and applicable safety

standards.

LNG Process and Facility Instrumentation

• Maintain instrumentation associated with LNG liquefaction trains, gas treatment, dehydration,

acid gas removal, refrigeration, cryogenic equipment, LNG storage tanks, boil-off gas systems,

and loading facilities.

• Troubleshoot instrumentation operating under low-temperature, high-pressure, vibration,

corrosive, and other demanding process conditions.

• Maintain instrumentation associated with compressors, pumps, turbines, heat exchangers,

process vessels, utilities, and rotating-equipment auxiliaries.

• Support instrument air systems, hydraulic systems, pressure-protection instrumentation, and

process-monitoring equipment.

• Verify instruments associated with process permissives, equipment protection, alarms,

interlocks, and shutdown functions.

• Assist with commissioning, startups, shutdowns, turnarounds, and equipment-reliability

activities.

• Work with Operations to diagnose abnormal process indications, instrument discrepancies,

nuisance alarms, and control-loop problems.

Documentation, Safety, and Work Execution

• Follow facility safety policies, permit-to-work requirements, lockout/tagout (LOTO), job safety

analysis (JSA), confined-space procedures, and other applicable safe-work practices.

• Comply with hazardous-area classification requirements and applicable instrumentation

installation and maintenance standards.

• Read and interpret P&IDs, instrument loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, hook-up drawings, cable

schedules, cause-and-effect charts, and equipment manuals.

• Accurately complete work orders, calibration reports, inspection records, test sheets, and

equipment history documentation.

• Use a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to review and document work

and identify follow-up requirements.

• Participate in root-cause analysis, equipment-failure investigations, reliability improvement

initiatives, and maintenance-planning activities.

• Maintain instrumentation tools, test equipment, calibration standards, and spare parts in safe

and serviceable condition.

• Follow management of change (MOC) procedures and verify modifications are authorized and

documented before equipment is returned to service.

• Coordinate effectively with Operations, Electrical, Mechanical, Analyzer, Automation,

Engineering, and other disciplines.

Job Requirements:

 

 

 

 

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• Associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification in

Instrumentation and Control, Industrial Electronics, Electrical/Instrumentation Technology, or a

related discipline.

• Typically 3–7 years of relevant industrial instrumentation and controls experience appropriate

to the position’s scope and seniority.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience calibrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting pressure,

temperature, flow, and level instrumentation.

• Practical experience with pneumatic and electro-pneumatic control valves, positioners,

actuators, solenoid valves, ESD valves, and functional or stroke testing.

• Working knowledge of DCS/PLC interfaces, analog and digital I/O, 4–20 mA signals, HART

communications, instrument loop checks, and field-device integration.

• Experience with Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell Experion, ABB systems, Siemens PLCs, or

comparable control platforms is preferred.

• Experience maintaining or testing SIS, ESD, fire and gas detection, shutdown devices, interlocks,

and safety instrumented functions.

• Previous LNG, natural gas processing, pipeline, refinery, petrochemical, or comparable industrial

process experience is preferred.

• Knowledge of HART, Modbus, Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, and Ethernet-based industrial

communication networks is beneficial.

• Knowledge of PID control loops, signal conditioning, barriers, isolators, grounding, shielding, and

electrical troubleshooting.

• Ability to interpret P&IDs, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, instrument indexes, logic diagrams,

and cause-and-effect charts.

• Experience with CMMS work orders, preventive maintenance programs, calibration

management, failure analysis, and commissioning documentation.

• Strong understanding of process safety, work permits, LOTO, hazardous-area work practices,

and management of change.

• Manufacturer training, instrumentation certifications, control-valve training, or SIS-related

training is an advantage.

• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, shutdown, turnaround, and major maintenance

activities is preferred.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to maintain accurate and traceable maintenance and calibration documentation.

• Ability to prioritize work and respond safely and effectively to equipment failures in a

demanding industrial environment.

• Must be local to the Sabine Pass, TX area; no allowances are provided.

• Position is onsite with a 40-hour, 4/10 work schedule. Potential overtime may be available up to

10 hours per week.

• Working hours may be 5:00 AM–3:00 PM or 6:00 AM–4:00 PM, with potential for a rolling 4/10

schedule.

• Position may require outdoor fieldwork, shift coverage, on-call support, and participation in

planned shutdowns, turnarounds, and commissioning activities.

 

 

 

 

 

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Physical requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the

employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use

hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment. The employee is

frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk

and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and

occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close

vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

About Teal Energi:

Teal Energi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful

execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best-in-

class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, Teal Energi works through its offices

nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of sectors including both traditional energy and

energy transition initiatives (e.g., LNG, hydrogen, wind, solar), as well as manufacturing, mining, and

infrastructure.

Teal Energi is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and

inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,

age, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, national origin, physical or mental ability,

political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.