Instrument/F&G Technician

Role overview

Preventive maintenance and testing

• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on fire and gas detection and fire protection systems.
• Calibrate and functionally test fire and gas detectors, alarms, and annunciation systems.
• Inspect, test, and service deluge water spray, wet and dry sprinkler, Novec-1230 clean-agent, fire alarm, and gas detection systems.
• Routinely inspect and calibrate portable gas detectors.

Fault response and troubleshooting

• Diagnose faults in addressable fire alarms, PLC-based fire and gas systems, field devices, detectors, control panels, and mimic panels.
• Attend faults, alarms, and failures; restore systems to normal operation and ensure zero active fault alarms in NDU and SCADA systems.
• Troubleshoot horn strobes, alarm bells, plant emergency air horns, fire mimic panels, addressable fire alarm panels, and PLC and marshalling panels.

Fire suppression and panels

• Maintain instrumentation such as solenoid valves, pressure and flow switches, gauges, regulators, limit switches, and supervisory tamper switches.
• Maintain and troubleshoot deluge and sprinkler valve instrumentation.
• Support Notifier NFS2-320, Simplex 4100ES, and Honeywell XLS-3000 panels, including configuration, network diagnostics, node configuration, device changes, backups, restoration, and replacement of cards and modules.
• Maintain panel backup batteries and power supplies.

Communications, upgrades, and emergency support

• Test and troubleshoot fiber optics; conduct OTDR testing and fiber splicing when required.
• Maintain the fire and gas fiber communication network.
• Replace obsolete air horns, manual release stations, detectors, and alarm devices; install and configure new detection and notification devices as needed.
• Attend emergency breakdowns and fault conditions, respond to alarms and failures, and provide 24/7 on-call support during off-hours.

Documentation

• Record maintenance activities and inspection results.
• Prepare fault and corrective-action reports, including details of active faults and system status.

Requirements

• Support preventive and corrective maintenance, inspection, calibration, and troubleshooting of fire and gas detection and fire protection systems in accordance with safety standards and company procedures.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support during off-hours.
• Conduct OTDR testing and fiber splicing when required.