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SCADA Systems Manager
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Arcata, Humboldt County, California, 95521, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
City of Arcata, CA
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
salary : $75,934.95 - $96,914.34 annually
location : arcata, ca
job type: full-time
job number:
department: city manager's office
division: information technology
opening date: 04/03/2026
description
if you want to join a hardworking team that shares a commitment to providing top-quality municipal services in a prime northern california location, consider a career with the city of arcata. We have an opening for the position of scada systems manager in our water/wastewater division.
** 3% salary increase in july 2026**
great benefits including:
the city currently pays the majority of the medical coverage premium for employees (and their dependents) and 100% of the premium for dental and vision coverage. The city also offers a $400/month health insurance opt-out option, if applicable. Additionally, 10 days management leave; vacation accrual increases with service; immediate city contribution to deferred compensation, increasing with service; longevity pay, etc. See more in the "benefits" tab.
please note: applications are being accepted on on-going basis. Position is open until filled.
description
under the direction of higher-level staff, manages, coordinates, performs, and supervises a variety of work activities and duties related to the installation, programming, testing, maintenance, repair, and calibration of the city's water and wastewater scada and electrical systems; performs all other related duties as assigned.
class characteristics
this classification is distinguished by its responsibilities for the management, coordination, oversight, and performance of a variety of activities related to installation, maintenance, operation, adjustment, calibration, programming, trouble diagnosis and fabrication of city scada, (supervisory control and data acquisition), water/wastewater control, industrial communication, water/wastewater instrumentation, telemetry, motor control centers and other equipment that support the city's real-time systems used for monitoring and controlling water/wastewater operations.
Trains, instructs and assists staff in the use of scada and related equipment. This classification is further distinguished by the highly technical and skilled tasks required to perform the essential duties of the position. Incumbents are expected to independently perform the full scope of assigned duties.
examples of duties
- manages, coordinates, and participates in all aspects of programming, troubleshooting, repairing and maintenance of the city's supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) system.
- performs a variety of highly technical and skilled duties involved in the programming, troubleshooting, repairing, calibrating, testing, and maintenance of water/wastewater treatment equipment and systems, such as water/wastewater treatment instrumentation, testing, and monitoring devices, automated control devices, electrical relays, cathodic protection systems, metering and recording instruments, data logging and display equipment, telemetry radio stations and antennas.
- performs electrical and electronic work in related areas.
- oversees and performs testing of scada and water/wastewater instrumentation systems using siemens tia portal and aveva system platform programming environments, industrial networks (tcp/ip, profinet, profibus, modbus, etc), digital oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, digital multimeter, signal tracer, and other hardware & software.
- troubleshoot ethernet and tcp/ip networks throughout the entire osi stack.
- operate in a virtualized server environment, including platforms such as vmware, and microsoft windows server.
- design and fabricate electronic instrumentation and control systems.
- reads, develops, and interprets technical specifications, manuals, blueprints, and schematics drawings; prepares schematic drawings and updates blueprints to reflect as-built conditions.
- develops, implements, and monitors preventative and emergency maintenance of scada and water/wastewater instrumentation systems and peripherals, remote telemetry and data gathering systems, communication systems, and other electronic equipment according to applicable electrical, scada, instrumentation, network, telecommunication, and security standards.
- develops, implements and maintains standards, guidelines, procedures, records, logs, and reports of work performed; recommends hardware software, peripheral equipment, and other related equipment purchases; prepares and evaluates bid proposals, rfp's, specifications, and contracts; monitors vendor contracts to ensure compliance with performance requirements; develops and maintains a variety of records and logs related to installation configurations, inventory, cabling and equipment maintenance.
- provides training for and performs hardware support and maintenance, applications support, system backups, backup hardware cycling, historical information systems maintenance and support, plc maintenance, protocol applications and support and security monitoring; provides technical assistance to other…
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