Jacob Yepez
Baytown,TX
Summary
Dependable and hard-working Instrument and Analyzer professional with 4 years in the Chemical, Gas, and Refining industry. I have excellent interpretation of specification sheets, electrical loop drawings, instrument detail drawing, and P&ID's. Experienced with new construction, and maintenance work environments, and detailed and organized with daily work activities. I am continuously striving to obtain a position that is both challenging and rewarding, and that will allow me to utilize my past job experiences to successfully complete any job assignments
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Instrument Commissioning Technician
MEITEC
01.2024 - Current
- Work with Emerson engineers for point-to-point verification on Delta V System
- Commission/function test new instrument and electrical installations Assist vendors with commissioning and startup of instrument air compressors & motor controls
- Function test safety system (SIS)and safety interlocks through cause and effect
- Coordinate with different crafts and Quality Control to ensure punch list items on control systems are completed
- Final checkout on shut down safety valves and level, pressure, temperature, and flow transmitters.
- Provided technical support for ongoing projects, assisting engineers in resolving instrumentation issues.
Instrument/Analyzer Technician
Austin Industrial
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Ability to diagnose cause of malfunction or failures of process instrumentation and perform necessary preventative maintenance or corrective maintenance and drive implementation of reliability of improvements of equipment.
- Perform weekly line outages, which consist of taking instrument pressure controls out of service and completing weekly preventative maintenance with board operators of various units and returning instrumentation back to service once calibrations, repairs, or change outs have been accomplished.
- Calibrate and configure smart transmitters, pneumatic, digital control valves, pressure, temperature, and level switches.
- Use multitude of test equipment such as: HART 475, TREX Communicator, Fluke meters 789, Decade box, and pneumatic and high-pressure test pumps.
Instrument Technician
Haygor Instrument
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Inspected, evaluated, and determined necessary modifications and repairs on variety of pneumatic and smart transmitters, valves, controllers, and test equipment.
- Set up and operated specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test or analyze function of instruments.
- Repaired Rosemount 1056 and 1066 analyzer transmitters
- Familiar with working on any type of obsolete pneumatic transmitters which included Foxboro, Fisher, and Taylor Instruments.
Instrument Technician
TASC
10.2021 - 11.2021
- Performed routine repair calibration and maintenance work such as, installation, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, adjustment, and maintenance.
- Worked on following instruments, pressure gauges, 24VDC and 120VAC switches, thermometers (RTDs and thermocouples), level transmitters, flow meters, SIS equipment.
- Used following test equipment HART 475 communicator, Emerson, Fluke 789, and Fluke 724 Meters
- Worked with Endress Hauser technicians to replace and setup new turbidity meters.
Instrument/Electrical Technician
Austin Industrial
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Assist journeyman with calibrations and testing on pressure, level, temperature, and flow transmitters
- Shop Checked and 5 point checked control valves, limit switches using 475 HART communicator & crystal hand pump
- Fabricated and installed supports, tray, and tubing, on new instruments installations
- Megged motors, and power cable reels before they are installed in the field
- Performed instrument loop checks during the commissioning phases of the project.
Electrical Helper
TASC
11.2020 - 01.2021
- Troubleshoot electrical issues with motors, MCC's, and temporary power installations
- Installed and replaced conduit and flex in unit to various pieces of equipment which needed to be replaced
- Install conduit, supports, and new wire
- Used multi-meters to check for voltage on live equipment
- And terminated new and existing wire in junction boxes and receptacles.
Education
Instrument Technician v4 -
NCCER
Core Curriculum - OSHA 10
NCCER
Associate of Applied Science - Process Instrumentation Technology
Lee College
Baytown, TX02.2026
Skills
- Proficient with SAP
- Proficient with Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Experienced with Rosemount, Fisher, Foxboro, Honeywell, ABB, and E/H Instrumentation
- Experienced in Delta V systems
Timeline
Instrument Commissioning Technician
MEITEC
01.2024 - Current
Instrument/Analyzer Technician
Austin Industrial
04.2023 - 01.2024
Instrument Technician
Haygor Instrument
12.2021 - 04.2023
Instrument Technician
TASC
10.2021 - 11.2021
Instrument/Electrical Technician
Austin Industrial
05.2021 - 09.2021
Electrical Helper
TASC
11.2020 - 01.2021
Instrument Technician v4 -
NCCER
Core Curriculum - OSHA 10
NCCER
Associate of Applied Science - Process Instrumentation Technology
Lee College