Scada System Technician Ii - Altitude

EXAMINATION IS ANNOUNCED TO ESTABLISH AN EMPLOYMENT LIST TO FILL ONE (1) CURRENT EAST JEFFERSON VACANCY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING. This employment list will also be used for future EAST AND WEST Jefferson vacancies in this Department as they occur. The purpose of this position is to perform skilled, electrical, and instrumentation work in the installation, repair, maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of components of the Parish Telemetry system.

Responsibilities include installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining SCADA Pack, Direct Logic, Bristol Babcock, Allen Bradley, Tesco, and other similar Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs); installing, calibrating, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining Flowline, Global Water, Endress Hauser, Milltronics, Met One, Precision Digital, and various other sensors, transmitters, valves, and switches; installing and maintaining electrical wiring, network cabling, data cabling, conduit, antennas, antenna cable, antenna masts, solar panels, lightning arrestors, power supplies of different voltages, uninterruptable power supplies, batteries, surge suppressors, voltage converters, wireless local area networks, and ethernet radio transceivers;

installing, programming, and maintaining high performance digital signal processing data transceivers; fabricating PLC control panels and weather stations; troubleshooting communication issues involving wireless, ethernet, and microwave data transmission systems. Work may be performed from a bucket truck that can reach up to 60 feet high. The position requires being on call 365 days a year for emergency repairs and may not be relieved of duty when the Parish President or his designee recommends a voluntary or mandatory evacuation of Jefferson Parish.

The role also requires driving a Parish vehicle, thus possession of a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record is preferred.

Applicants must possess a current Jefferson Parish Class A Electrical License or a Louisiana (Statewide) Electrical License (issued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors). In addition, applicants must meet one of the following qualifications:

• Permanent civil service status in the class of Telemetry Technician I and at least one year of experience at the ‘I’ level.
• A minimum of three years of experience performing industrial or commercial electrical construction work, with at least one year of work experience at the journeyman level. Experience must include the maintenance, repair, calibration, and/or troubleshooting of industrial or plant equipment, 4-20 mA instrumentation, and high voltage electrical apparatuses or panels (operating from at least 480 volts). Also requires training or experience in the use of a computer with a Windows operating system and in the installation, use, maintenance, and/or troubleshooting of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Related education, experience, and/or professional certification(s) above and beyond the minimum qualifications will be required for consideration of an entrance salary above the minimum rate.

Employees will be required to obtain a Louisiana Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) prior to the completion of their probationary period.