Instrumentation Specialist
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Engineering
Instrumentation Tech, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Process Engineer
Job Overview
Under general direction, the Instrumentation Specialist focuses on and is responsible for electronic instrumentation data quality and reliability for the water system – which is mostly used in the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) control system. The instrumentation information managed by the incumbent is used to serve other WTP personnel, for data retention verifying regulatory compliance, for general equipment monitoring (operation, maintenance, troubleshooting), and to protect expensive water system equipment.
This instrumentation generally measures water quality chemistry or physical parameters such as pressure, levels, or flow. The incumbent installs, monitors, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs programmable logic process control systems, electrical and electronic controls and data acquisition equipment, and related instruments throughout the water system, including the Water Treatment Plant.
Responsible for the quality and accuracy of their own work, for the care and safe operation of valuable equipment, and for instrumentation data quality and reliability. The instrumentation monitors water processes that are highly regulated by the EPA to provide compliant and safe drinking water to a population of over 180,000 people. Violations can lead to public notifications, water system boil orders, fines, and erosion of public trust.
Key Responsibilities- Design and plan installation of new meters and install/wire new meters.
- Analyze and determine causes of malfunctions and take corrective action regarding repair or replacement.
- Conduct or arrange for component‑level repair and installation.
- Research available sources and/or design new parts, controls, and instruments to replace obsolete components and equipment.
- Calibrate analog, digital, and other sophisticated chemical/electronic devices according to mandated requirements, specifications, and operations/maintenance manuals to ensure accuracy.
- Know how the instrumentation outputs and results tie to and impact compliance with EPA regulations for water quality.
- Maintain instrumentation O&M records that are reviewable by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, USEPA, or other agencies. Know records retention criteria under federal and state law.
- For the entire water system, manage advanced online water quality instruments such as Total Organic Carbon analyzers, Trihalomethane analyzers, Metrohm Process analyzers, Monochloramine parameter analyzers, Ultraviolet analyzers, raw water early‑warning parameter analyzers, and others.
- Coordinate and schedule annual maintenance with instrumentation manufacturers or technical service providers for the sophisticated instruments installed in the WTP.
- Manage basic or typical water industry instruments such as pH, turbidity, chlorine, ozone, conductivity, ORP, and others.
- Compare water quality instrumentation outputs against environmental lab results (benchtop), other similar instrument outputs in SCADA, logical expected results within water system processes operation, and other means to verify outputs make sense within water system operation.
- Implement strategies to identify deterioration of instrumentation outputs data such as decreased sensor sensitivity, instrumentation damage, or worn components.
- Develop and maintain a schedule for maintenance and calibration of continuously monitoring water quality instrumentation to comply with EPA regulatory requirements, maintain high‑quality data to SCADA system, and minimize instrumentation downtime.
- Replace or refill consumable materials in continuously monitoring water quality instruments to maintain operability and avoid after‑hour alarms or downtime.
- EPA turbidity rules for individual conventional filters, conventional plant combined filter…
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