Automation and Instrumentation Tech
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Are you looking for an exciting career with a stable company? Wood is seeking an automation-driven Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Technician to join our operations team in Wyoming. Candidates must live local in the Sheridan, Buffalo and Gillette areas. This role focuses strictly on low-voltage applications (typically 12/24VDC and 120VAC), precision automation instrumentation, and digital telemetry across our oil and gas production well facilities.
Authorization to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood is required
- RF Network Management: Configure, monitor, and optimize licensed and unlicensed radio networks (e.g., MDS 9710/9810 SD Series, TransNET, Freewave) across remote well sites.
- Telemetry & RTU Optimization: Install, configure, and troubleshoot Ferguson Beauregard, TotalFlow, SCADApack, and Fisher ROC RTUs, specializing in electronic flow measurement (EFM) and downhole pump control.
- Troubleshooting & Maintenance: Diagnose RF path failures, signal degradation, and protocol communication errors. Repair or replace field transmission hardware, antennas, feedlines, and lightning protectors.
- Protocol & Networking Integration: Ensure robust data polling over Modbus and DNP3 protocols across serial-to-IP bridges and industrial wireless links.
- Preventative Testing: Conduct field radio path studies, optimize signal-to-noise ratios, and perform routine diagnostics using spectrum analyzers and power meters (e.g., VSWR testing).
Low Voltage Systems: Diagnose, wire, and repair low-voltage circuits up to 120VAC/24VDC, solar charging systems, backup battery banks, and radio telemetry equipment
- Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent required. Technical certification or Associate degree in Automation, Instrumentation, or Electronics highly preferred
- Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of hands-on technical experience with industrial RF networks and remote telemetry in the oil and gas upstream sectors.
- RTU Expertise: Technical familiarity with Ferguson Beauregard and TotalFlow hardware and their specific oil/gas well automation applications.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of industrial serial (RS-232/485) and Ethernet communication topologies, TCP/IP networking, and power systems (solar/battery configurations at remote sites).
- Working Conditions
- Field-Heavy Operations: Requires frequent travel to remote field locations, working outdoors in various weather conditions, and climbing structures or communication towers.
- Emergency Response: Participation in a rotating 24/7 on-call schedule to respond to critical communication outages and minimize production downtime.
How we rate this
Automation and Instrumentation Tech at Wood rates 37 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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