Regional Electrical & Instrumentation Specialist - Southwest Region

Regional Electrical & Instrumentation Specialist - Southwest Region

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Base pay range

$85,000.00/yr - $/yr

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

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At Jacobs, we’re redefining what’s possible. Through our operations and maintenance services, we help municipal clients operate safely and efficiently empowering communities to focus on what matters most people. Join us and be part of a team that delivers innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow.

Jacobs is seeking a Regional Electrical & Instrumentation Specialist to support water and wastewater treatment facilities across the Southwest region
. This role combines electrical maintenance and instrumentation expertise to ensure reliable operations and compliance with safety standards. Occasional support to other regions may be required.

• Preventative & Predictive Maintenance:
  Perform PM/PdM tasks including thermography, motor circuit analysis, insulation testing, and UPS load testing
• Calibrate and maintain flow meters, chemical analyzers, and dosing systems

• Corrective Maintenance:
  Service MCC buckets, motor starters, panel boards, and electrical motors
• Troubleshoot PLC systems, solar systems, fire controls, and signal devices
• Replace and repair instrumentation and control components

• Instrumentation & Control Systems:
  Maintain electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and telemetry systems
• Work with SCADA systems, PLCs, and graphical user interfaces
• Recommend system modifications to improve efficiency and reduce costs
• Maintain calibration schedules and detailed repair records

• Capital Projects & Out-of-Scope Support:
  Assist in planning and executing capital projects involving electrical and SCADA systems
• Build and install panels in-house when feasible
• Develop scopes of work, specifications, and drawings
• Lead meetings to ensure project alignment and timely execution

Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we’ll help you grow what drives you – and deliver the world’s most challenging Operations Management projects, together.

This is a hybrid position, working from home and traveling to project sites.

• 5–10 years of relevant experience
• Valid driver’s license with no major infractions
• Experience with Maximo CMMS
• Strong background in electrical control systems and instrumentation
• Ability to travel 75% - 85% of the time

• High school diploma or GED
• Journeyman or Master Electrician License
• Knowledge of water treatment facility systems
• Familiarity with safe work practices and applicable regulations

This is a safety-sensitive position. Physical demands include standing, walking, climbing, kneeling, and working in confined spaces or k environments may include exposure to loud noise, high-pressure systems, electrical equipment, fumes, and chemicals. Use of PPE is mandatory.

The work area can involve a working environment indoors, as well as outdoors which could cause exposure to outdoor elements; proper environmental attire will be required. Some areas can have loud noise, active machinery, high pressure fluid systems, electrical equipment, confined spaces, heights and depths, fumes, air borne particles, noxious gases, pathogens and various chemicals. Safety is of the utmost importance.

The use of appropriate safety equipment will be mandatory in these areas to prevent hazardous contact.

Must be able to sit, stand, stoop, twist and bend at the waist, turn, kneel, squat, raise arms above shoulder height, grasp, reach, perform repetitive hand movements and fine coordination when preparing reports and using a computer keyboard, have vision sufficient to read computer screens, printed documents and operate office equipment, have hearing in the normal range with or without…