Water Plant Electrical​/Electronic Equipment Repairer - BC-

Position: Water Plant Electrical/Electronic Equipment Repairer I - BC-12
Location: Kailua Kona

Duties Summary

Installs, maintains, overhauls, operates, and repairs water plant electrical, electronic, and mechanical control devices and equipment; and performs other related duties as required.

There are three (3) immediate permanent full-time vacancies with the Department of Water Supply - Operations Division in Kailua-Kona. (Geographic District III - South Kona and North Kona).

Special

Working Conditions:

Applicants must be available for stand-by duty and be able to respond to emergency calls during non-working hours, and must reside within the geographic district employed in when on stand-by duty. Must be able to work overtime as needed.

The eligible list may be used for other permanent and temporary vacancies as they arise during the life of the list. Temporary appointment may lead to conversion to permanent appointment.

Examples of Duties

* Installs, maintains, overhauls, and repairs water plant electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical devices and equipment such as switching devices; pressure transducers and transmitters; relays; temperature controls; pressure switches; circuits; high, medium, and low voltage switch gears and soft starters; variable frequency drives; motor control centers; motors; generators; overhead cranes; and distribution power, current, control and lighting transformers, etc.

* Installs, operates, maintains, overhauls, and repairs water plant electronics, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems equipment, electronic circuits, electronic control devices, telemetering equipment, PLC's (programmable logic control), resistors, capacitors, and related water system equipment for treatment plants, filter plants, chlorinator stations, tank sites, and pump stations.

* Estimates material requirements to perform plant installation, mechanical maintenance, and repair work.

* Reads and interprets plans for installing electrical equipment and troubleshooting.

* Trouble shoots booster and deep well pumps, motors, pumps, air blowers, air compressors, elevators, air or hydraulically actuated control valves and transformer equipment both electrically and mechanically.

* Services, repairs, overhauls, or replaces pumps and motors; aligns pump motors.

* Installs, repairs, and maintains deep well pump control valves, booster pump control valves, pressure reducing valves, and tank control devices.

* Installs, maintains, overhauls, repairs, and calibrates electrical and electronic circuitry and proper operational needs such as pressure transducers and chart recorders.

* Programs electronic flow meters and other electronic equipment.

* Operates and performs minor repairs and programming to SCADA systems.

* Installs, calibrates, repairs, maintains, and operates water quality equipment.

* Installs, maintains, operates, and repairs power; lighting; electrical and electronic circuits; conduits; electrical outlets; meter loops; underground high, medium, and low voltage wiring; pole and line wiring; power transfer switching equipment; mercury vapor and fluorescent lighting; photo cell controls; etc.

* Inspects and tests equipment for shorts, grounds and open circuits, and diagnoses faulty circuits.

* Identifies, isolates, and corrects defective circuits; renews and repairs defective parts.

* Fabricates various parts using materials of appropriate conducting, resistance, and/or insulating properties.

* Performs shop and bench work in the overhaul, repair, and testing of equipment and components.

* Performs sanitary survey check with Department of Health personnel to check the water system and to ensure the quality of the water; performs corrections and repairs as required.

* May perform oxyacetylene and electric welding.

* Receives and investigates customer complaints; resolves problem or refers to supervisor for follow-up.

* Services, repairs, and maintains mechanical equipment such as generators, trench pumps, tapping and cutting machines, jack hammers, and compressors.

* Maintains and repairs devices on overhead traveling cranes.

* Installs, maintains, overhauls, repairs, and calibrates electrical and electronic laboratory and field instruments.

* Reads and interprets wiring diagrams and…