Instrument & Controls Technician (831)

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Location
Sabine Pass, United States
Discipline
Instrumentation
Employment
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Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.
Position Overview
Our team is currently looking for an Instrument & Controls Technician for one of our clients in the Oil and Gas industry.
The I&C Technician is responsible for execution of commissioning, turnover, and startup activities supporting LNG facility operations. This role ensures instrumentation, analyzers, and control systems are installed, tested, calibrated, and fully functional to support safe and reliable plant startup. The technician is expected to take ownership of system completion, quality, and operational readiness.
Responsibilities & Essential Duties
- Oversee the execution of loop checks, calibration, functional testing, and commissioning of instrumentation and control systems, including GE Mark VI turbine controls.
- Verify systems are designed, installed, and tested in accordance with project specifications, procedures, and company standards.
- Drive system completion and turnover by validating documentation, punch closure, and readiness for Operations acceptance.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve instrumentation and control system issues impacting commissioning and startup.
- Ensure proper preservation, protection, and storage of instruments and analyzers through construction and commissioning phases.
- Perform witnessing of regulatory and operational testing; verify records are maintained in compliance with plant and environmental requirements.
- Interface directly with Operations, Engineering, and Construction to ensure alignment on system readiness and startup priorities.
- Support turbine and process unit startup, including integration of Mark VI control systems with plant DCS and field instrumentation.
- Track and verify material requests and critical spares required for commissioning and startup activities.
- Role may require extended hours, nightshift support, and field execution during critical commissioning and startup milestones.
Qualifications (Education, Experience, & Skills)
- 5+ years I&C experience in LNG, gas processing, or cryogenic facilities, with direct commissioning/startup involvement
Demonstrated hands-on experience with:
- Instrument calibration, loop checks, and functional testing
- GE Mark VI
- Online analyzers (GCs, moisture, gas quality)
- Process measurement (pressure, temperature, flow, level)
- Turnover and system completion processes
Competencies & Skills
- Strong working knowledge of LNG process systems and plant equipment
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, loop drawings, and control narratives
- Ownership mindset with focus on safe, reliable startup execution
- Strong troubleshooting and problem resolution skills in a live plant environment
- Commitment to safety, procedure compliance, and quality workmanship
- Ability to perform under dynamic startup conditions
- Effective interface coordination across Operations, Construction, Commissioning, and Engineering
Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.