Field Technician/Engineer (Automation Systems)

 

Emerson Process Management ( Emerson owned company ), a fortune 500 company is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, and project management and maintenance services to help customers achieve the potential of their operations. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, DeltaV™, Ovation®, Fisher®, Rosemount®, Micro Motion®, Mobrey®, Daniel®, Bristol®, and AMS™ Suite.

 

 

Field Technician/Engineer – (Automation Systems)

 

This position is located in Austin, Texas.  30-50% Travel; typical destinations include Houston, Texas, St. Louis Missouri, Atlanta, Georgia, and associated rural plant locations.  * FlexConnect solutions provide a method of connecting pre-engineered cables and/or boards to the existing automation system termination panels—marshalling the field signals to the DeltaV I/O. This pre-engineered marshalling solution saves time by avoiding the need to rewire existing field wiring, minimizing process downtime when upgrading legacy systems to new technology

 

Minimum Requirements:

- Demonstrate good knowledge of the process automation industry, and the various

  hardware / software products and services

- Have good people skills (presentation, verbal and written).

- Understand field wiring and analog / discrete field devices

- Experience with instrumentation signal wiring and signal conditioning for DCS and PLC terminations and marshalling systems

- Experience with power and grounding systems relating to signal/instrumentation wiring, DCS and PLC trouble shooting and installations.

- Understand Intrinsic Safety, isolation and zener barriers. Able to perform calculations to

  determine if barriers are suitable for use with DeltaV IO cards

- Be able to read and understand schematics of termination panels, use of jumpers, dip

  switches and dip shunts

- Interface with customers and help them identify their *FlexConnect solution

- Perform plant survey to gather information required for quotations.

- Identify change orders and justify changes.

- Be well organized.

 

Not required however a plus to have :

- Thorough understanding of DeltaV IO cards, iput/output parameters, current

  limiting and off state leakage.

- Ability to operate DeltaV Explorer, Diagnostics and Autocon

- Understand I/O capabilities of legacy DCS systems

 

Minimum Education Requirements:

AA Technical Degree + 6 years experience

 

 

Emerson employees enjoy the stability of being part of a well-managed company and the excitement of applying new technologies to help our customers succeed. We've built that advantage by hiring smart, creative people and giving them the freedom and responsibility to do something extraordinary. Many have become recognized experts in their fields.  **Emerson is an Equal Opportunity Employer