Electronic Technician, Senior

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of highly sophisticated instrumentation and remote data acquisition telemetry.

Title: Electronic Technician, Senior
Salary: Minimum $27,220 per hour - Mid $35,387 per hour, commensurate with experience and skill set.
Location: State of Texas

Manager, Maintenance
Electrical/Electronics Division Chief
Electronic Technician, Chief

• Employer paid health and life insurance
• Paid Time‑Off (starts after completing initial pay period)
• 11 paid holidays
• 12% Employer 401(a) Pension Contribution (No matching required)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Tenure Recognition Awards

• 1st – $1,000 after 6 months of employment
• 2nd – $1,000 after 1 year of employment

• Performs installation, repair, maintenance and routine calibration for instrumentation and controls utilized in the operation and monitoring of water/wastewater treatment and flow measurement including telemetry.
• Responds to critical equipment failures when required.
• Maintains and calibrates in‑shop and repair, and test equipment.
• Updates repair procedures as required and analyzes job requirements, i.e. material, labor and expertise as needed.
• Uses technical manuals, engineering drawings and one‑line diagrams.
• Monitors and maintains records of work performed, assists in maintenance of files and records of electronic equipment and work order management systems.
• Maintains and calibrates safety equipment, including confined space entry equipment, arc flash and personal protective equipment, while observing safety guidelines and security measures established by the Authority.
• Recommends spare parts inventory and electronic equipment to be purchased.
• Assists in drafting bid specifications.
• Directly supervises one or more Electronic Technicians, including training, scheduling and performance evaluation; assists Electronic Technicians on more complicated jobs.
• May perform duties of the Chief Electronic Technician as required.
• Reports to work as scheduled during departmental or emergency situations, including extended periods of inclement weather.

Regularly leads the work of other employees.

May order supplies, equipment parts, material and equipment for departmental use and generate purchase requisitions.

Education: High school diploma or GED and sixty college credit hours preferred or equivalent technical education. Associate’s degree in electronics or completion of a two‑year trade school preferred. Approved training courses in electronics preferred.

Experience: Four years of related experience in the repair and maintenance of sophisticated electronic equipment preferred. Must have ability to calculate mathematical equations.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Valid Texas driver’s license;
State of Texas Journeyman electrical license preferred. Current Class II Collection System if working in Collection System or Class C or Operator license (Class C Water Operator license for water plant) as issued by the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality or ability to obtain one within two years from date of hire.

Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of A.C., D.C. analog and digital electronics, understanding of industrial instrumentation process control; support, operate and maintain multiple proprietary flow instrumentation and remote telemetry units. Operating system and application software knowledge; knowledge of state and federal confined space entry regulations and safety equipment use.

Skills and Abilities: Ability to calculate mathematical formulas; read and apply information from operation and maintenance manuals, schematics, blueprints and safety data sheets; high mental attentiveness, patience, persistence, concentration, good oral and written skills, recordkeeping and organization.

Receives regular instruction, follows guidelines and procedures; escalates issues when necessary.

Requires passing a physical and physical ability assessment specific to the position.

Exposure to weather, odor, noise, chemical hazards, gases and dust; standing and walking for prolonged periods; stairs, ladders, working at heights, confined spaces.

Precision test equipment, oscilloscopes, signal generators, analog and digital calibration equipment, office equipment, two‑way radio, pickup truck, power tools, construction materials, electric insulation tools, confined space entry equipment and personal protective equipment.