Construction & Skilled Trades

Instrument Technician

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Taurus Industrial Group 58015 Canal St, Plaquemine, LA 70764
Job typeOther PostedOct 8, 2026 Apply byNov 7, 2026

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Job Description

Job Description

Qualification Requirements

  • High School Graduate or G.E.D.
  • Must have at least four (4) years of training or experience as an Analyzer Technician I or equivalent.
  • Must have skills in conduit, tubing, and piping installation.
  • Must be able to mount stands and install instruments.
  • Must have the ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
  • TWIC required.
  • Must have a valid Texas Driver’s License with minimal infractions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • The employee must be able to use standard and/or metric rule to measure.
  • Demonstrate ability to use basic math calculations for measuring and cutting pipes accurately.
  • Accurately follow instructions.
  • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
  • Teach others when needed.
  • Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  • Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Essential Functions

  • Accurately interpret and apply information from work orders, job orders, specifications, blueprints, ISO’s or other drawings. Recognize basic blueprint terms and symbols for job application.
  • Identify, recognize, and demonstrate safe usage of power tools appropriate for the job.
  • Recognize various materials used in piping systems and demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate material handling techniques.
  • Select and safely use appropriate equipment which may include (but not limited to) manlifts, forklifts, and company trucks.
  • Demonstrate understanding of unit’s stability as it pertains to the relationship between the instruments, process and analyzer.
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of mechanical and process systems.
  • Demonstrate ability to check flows, pressures, and temperatures of the sample system.
  • Demonstrate ability to safely monitor a repair sample system.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skill required to accurately operate on various types of test equipment available on sites.
  • Demonstrate skill in instrument reapplications.
  • Demonstrate ability to design and construct complex sample systems including wiring, conduit, etc.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of all codes, standards, application manuals, and publications.
  • Demonstrate planning capabilities in coordinating work with other technicians.

Physical Demands

  • Required working in: Climbing, bending, sitting, walking, kneeling, crawling, standing, lifting, pushing, and pulling.
  • The ability to work in elevated positions is a must.
  • The employee must be able to work in confined spaces as well as wear the following safety equipment when need be life vests, ear protection, rubber gloves, leather gloves, hard hat, slicker suit, acid suit, rubber gloves, full face breathing mask, wearing full safety harness, or wearing a face shield.

Work Environment

  • The employee must be able to work in all types of weather conditions.
  • Being near moving mechanical equipment.
  • Possible electrical shock. (From welding equipment)
  • Exposure to burns and radiant energy.
  • Noise levels due to tools used in this craft.
  • Fumes, dusts, and foreign material in the work area because of the nature of the work.

\nCompany Description

Based in Houston, Taurus Industrial Group (Taurus) is a leading, integrated and industry-diversified technical services company offering end-to-end services across multiple service lines. Leveraging a growing footprint with operations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Taurus’s service offerings cover engineering and automation, electrical and instrumentation, power systems testing and commissioning, civil and mechanical crafts, pipe and structural steel fabrication, rotating equipment maintenance and repairs, full-service soft crafts, insulation and scaffold, specialty tooling and machining, technical bolting, heat treating, hot-tapping, line stopping and NDT / inspections.

With over 60 years of continuous, safe, and reliable operating experience, Taurus operates across multiple industries and sectors, providing front-end engineering, routine maintenance, capital projects, and turnaround services. We service multiple areas of the energy industry, from our origins in traditional petrochemical and refining industries to the broader power, natural gas, midstream, industrials, and the emerging renewables market.

Company Description

Based in Houston, Taurus Industrial Group (Taurus) is a leading, integrated and industry-diversified technical services company offering end-to-end services across multiple service lines. Leveraging a growing footprint with operations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Taurus’s service offerings cover engineering and automation, electrical and instrumentation, power systems testing and commissioning, civil and mechanical crafts, pipe and structural steel fabrication, rotating equipment maintenance and repairs, full-service soft crafts, insulation and scaffold, specialty tooling and machining, technical bolting, heat treating, hot-tapping, line stopping and NDT / inspections.\r\n\r\nWith over 60 years of continuous, safe, and reliable operating experience, Taurus operates across multiple industries and sectors, providing front-end engineering, routine maintenance, capital projects, and turnaround services. We service multiple areas of the energy industry, from our origins in traditional petrochemical and refining industries to the broader power, natural gas, midstream, industrials, and the emerging renewables market.

Location and commute

58015 Canal St, Plaquemine, LA 70764.

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How to apply

Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3136653210.