Instrumentation & Controls Apprentice Technician
Torrance, CA
Full Time
DD
Mid Level
Location: Torrance, CA
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $28/hr. - $35/hr.
We are seeking an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Apprentice Technician for a direct hire opportunity in Orangeville, UT.
The I&C Apprentice Technician participates in a structured four-level development program designed to build technical proficiency through formal training, qualification-based learning, hands-on field experience, and mentorship from experienced I&C Technicians and Supervisors.
The apprenticeship program develops the skills necessary to support industrial instrumentation, process controls, electrical systems, automation, and nuclear-grade equipment reliability.
This role is ideal for a technically driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance environment where precision, problem-solving, teamwork, and attention to detail are critical. Apprentices will progressively take on greater responsibility while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, configuration control, and procedural compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Instrumentation & Controls Maintenance
- Perform maintenance activities in accordance with established safety, quality assurance, security, cybersecurity, and operational requirements.
- Inspect, maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, repair, modify, and install instrumentation and control systems.
- Perform preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergent maintenance on critical I&C equipment.
- Troubleshoot electrical, electronic, pneumatic, digital, and process control systems.
Calibrate, test, and verify the operation of instrumentation, including:
- Pressure and differential pressure transmitters
- Temperature, flow, and level transmitters
- RTDs and thermocouples
- Process switches
- Control valves, actuators, and positioners
- Digital field instruments and monitoring systems
Installation & Technical Support
- Install, terminate, inspect, and test instrument wiring, tubing, fittings, and associated components.
- Support commissioning, startup testing, equipment modifications, system upgrades, and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Support planned outages, emergent troubleshooting, and other time-sensitive maintenance activities.
Utilize precision diagnostic and calibration equipment, including:
- Digital multimeters
- Process calibrators
- Pressure calibrators
- Temperature simulators
- HART communicators
- Specialized instrumentation test equipment
Read and interpret technical documentation, including:
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Instrument loop diagrams
- Electrical schematics
- Logic diagrams
- Equipment drawings
- Technical manuals
- Work packages
- Calibration records
- Inspection reports
- Equipment history records
- Apply configuration control, Foreign Material Exclusion (FME), housekeeping, and human performance practices.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, and other teams to support safe and reliable facility performance.
- Complete all required technical training, qualifications, and apprenticeship milestones.
Basic Qualifications
- Associate degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical Technology, Nuclear Technology, Automation, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent military or technical training may also be considered.
- 2+ years of experience preferred in industrial maintenance, instrumentation, electrical systems, controls, automation, manufacturing, power generation, process industries, or a military technical environment.
- Experience with electrical systems, automation equipment, instrumentation, or industrial controls preferred.
- Ability to obtain required facility access authorization and successfully complete all required training and qualification programs.
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