Position: Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Sarigam, Gujarat
Reporting To: Plant Head
Industry: Chemical
Job Purpose
The Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliable operation, maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of all plant instrumentation, process control systems, and automation equipment to achieve safe, efficient, and uninterrupted plant operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and troubleshoot all field instrumentation, including pressure, temperature, flow, level, pH, conductivity, and analytical instruments.
- Ensure proper functioning and calibration of transmitters, control valves, actuators, positioners, gauges, and switches.
- Maintain and troubleshoot PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI, VFDs, and process control systems.
- Perform preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of instrumentation systems.
- Ensure proper functioning of boiler, utility, and process instrumentation.
- Carry out loop checking, calibration, and commissioning of new instruments.
- Maintain calibration records, preventive maintenance schedules, and instrument history cards.
- Coordinate with production and maintenance teams during shutdowns and plant modifications.
- Troubleshoot communication protocols such as Modbus, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, and HART.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards and hazardous area requirements.
- Prepare spare parts inventory and ensure critical spares availability.
- Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) of equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
- Support automation improvement and energy optimization projects.
Equipment Exposure
The candidate should have hands-on experience with:
- Pressure Transmitters
- Temperature Sensors (RTD, Thermocouple)
- Flow Meters
- Magnetic Flow Meters
- Ultrasonic Flow Meters
- Level Transmitters
- Radar Level Sensors
- Load Cells
- Control Valves
- Pneumatic & Electro-Pneumatic Actuators
- Solenoid Valves
- Positioners
- VFDs
- PLC Systems (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider, Mitsubishi, Delta, Omron)
- DCS Systems (Yokogawa, Honeywell, Emerson, ABB, Siemens)
- SCADA Systems
- HMI Panels
- MCC Panels
- LT & HT Panels
- Compressors
- Boilers
- Utilities
- DG Sets
- Pumps
- Reactors
- Heat Exchangers
- Spray Dryers
- Chilling Plants
- Cooling Towers
Qualifications
- B.E./B.Tech in Instrumentation Engineering
- B.E. Electronics & Instrumentation
- Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering (with relevant experience)
Experience
- 6–8 years in Chemical, Specialty Chemical, Petrochemical, API, Pharmaceutical, Fertilizer, or Process Industries.
Technical Skills
- PLC Programming (basic troubleshooting preferred)
- DCS Operation & Maintenance
- SCADA Systems
- HART Communicator
- Calibration Techniques
- Instrument Loop Checking
- Control Valve Maintenance
- Process Automation
- P&ID Interpretation
- Electrical Drawings
- Instrument Datasheets
- SAP/ERP Maintenance Module (preferred)
- Root Cause Analysis
- Preventive Maintenance Planning
Knowledge Required
- Instrument Calibration Standards
- Hazardous Area Classification
- SIL & Functional Safety
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001
- Permit to Work (PTW)
- Lockout-Tagout (LOTO)
- Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
