Senior Instrumentation Technician

Senior Instrumentation Technician

SUMMARY

The primary purpose of the Senior Instrumentation Technician position is to provide subject matter expert providing highly skilled technical work involving electronic, electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic controls of typical state-of-the-art hospital facilities systems and equipment. Impacts the installation, maintenance and repair of Institutional electronic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic controls and equipment .

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Serves as a lead investigator for divisional utility outages to help ensure accuracy in shop responses. Reviews outage requests and proactively communicates with outage requestors and outage coordinators to provide timely shop responses. Reads, draws and interprets electrical, pneumatic, mechanical and heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) schematics, one line diagrams and control sequence of operations. Programs microprocessors for initial commissioning, tune of control loops and calibration of analog inputs. Performs functions on live circuits and in operating controls enclosures. May install, troubleshoot and repair 120, 208, 240 and 480 volt controls and equipment per NEC guidelines. Coordinates and prioritizes the workflow of technicians. Participates in the development of the "Owners Design Guidelines", project design phases and review processes. Inspects contracted instrumentation work to ensure repairs and installations are compliant. Functions as a point of contact for vendors. Prepares and submits reports. Participates in process improvement initiatives. May precept staff.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Maintain Facility appearance, Functionality and Safety
•Knowledge of typical HVAC system control strategies. •Assist with the repair/calibrate HVAC systems to include air handling units, fan coil units, terminal boxes, dampers, thermostats, sensors, control valves, and associated HVAC equipment.
•Program microprocessors for initial commissioning and tune operating controls.
•Read and interpret HVAC, mechanical, electronic, and electrical schematics, blueprints, and floor plans.
•Keep other instrumentation and crafts informed with the knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions of the job.
•Quickly respond to client "Dispatch" work order requests for a variety of tasks. Disable malfunctioning equipment.
•Disable malfunctioning equipment.

Reduce Outside Contractor Costs
•Keep up to date on the knowledge of the National Electrical Code for electrical installations.
•Requisition material. Skilled in practices, methods, materials, tools and equipment of electronic technician trade.

Other duties as assigned
• Provide lead support to the Utilities Operations Superintendent and/or Supervisor, Physical Plant’s Superintendent in their absence.
• Coordinate all work performed by other shops, which require a basic knowledge of overall physical plant operations when, requested by Physical Plant Utilities Operations Superintendent, Supervisor, or Manager.
•The employee may be expected to be part of an on-call group and when assigned this responsibility will be compensated for that time. When on-call, the employee must be available and be able to respond in accordance to policy. Periods of alert when Emergency Conditions may be expected are not considered on-call.

Other duties as assigned