Instrument and Controls Telemetry Field Technician

About RSIRSI is a dynamic group of companies that has provided services to major federal clients and Fortune 500 engineering and construction companies since 1996. We have experience in complex, highly regulated markets providing environmental, nuclear, construction management, project delivery, and specialty professional services while maintaining an excellent safety record. We offer a full range of benefits including a generous PTO plan, paid holidays, FEHB medical, dental, vision, 401K (100% match up to 4% eligible compensation) and 100% immediate vesting, basic and supplemental life insurance, and short- and long-term disability.

RSI is recruiting for an Instrument and Controls Telemetry Field Technician who will work as part of a small team that operates and maintains a network of remote instrumentation, referred to as the System Operations and Analysis at Remote Sites (SOARS) network. This instrumentation primarily collects environmental data but is also used to administer remote control and monitoring of treatment processes at remote sites.

The remote telemetry network is comprised of data loggers, meteorologic sensors, water level transducers, flow meters, and various other sensors and equipment. SOARS is a critical piece of the infrastructure that controls and maintains Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) environmental monitoring and remediation systems. The field technician will travel to LM sites to install, maintain, and repair equipment;

and will evaluate data collected by the SOARS network to assess the impact of maintenance activities.

Location(s):
Grand Junction, CO
Status:
Full-Time
FLSA:
Exempt
Hiring Range: $65,000.00 — 70,000.00 per year. (The anticipated starting salary is based on the posted minimum requirements for this position. The offered salary will be based upon the selected applicant’s education, training, and experience.)
This position is required to travel 26-49% of the time.

• Review data collected by field equipment in a web portal and grade the quality of the incoming data. Enter field visit data into an electronic database and extensively review and validate the data.
• Communicate with subject matter experts and site leads to describe how collected data relates to in-the-field variables.
• Travel to DOE LM sites (nationwide, but primarily in the western US) to install, maintain, and replace equipment (26-49 % travel). Approximately 90% of travel is done by vehicle versus 10% by airplane.
• Work with the SOARS Coordinator to help plan and schedule field work needed to install and maintain equipment.
• Participate in the creation and review of standard operating procedures to improve standardization and efficiency. Perform work to procedures.
• Complete work-specific safety and health documents, including job safety analysis, pre-job safety briefs, and work authorization forms (e.g., confined space entry, penetration permit, ladder inspection, heat stress). Ensure these forms are properly stored, according to record management requirements.
• Operate and ensure maintenance of vehicles according to training and GSA standards.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve equipment malfunctions; replace defective components or parts using hand tools or power tools; and work with manufacturers or field representatives to fix equipment or to procure replacement parts.
• Select appropriate instrumentation components or systems to meet functional specifications and provide cost estimates to stakeholders. Follow stringent purchasing guidelines specified by the Contracts department and exercise responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
• Maintain working knowledge of various low voltage instruments (primarily meteorological and environmental), including but not limited to weighing rain gauges, tipping bucket rain gauges, sonic anemometers, solar irradiance sensors, relative humidity sensors, temperature sensors, barometric pressure sensors, and soil moisture sensors.
• Compile and maintain records, such as schematics that document installed equipment.
• Integrate software or hardware components, using computers,…