Electrician

Electrician 1

Make an impact:
As an Electrician 1, you'll be at the heart of keeping this critical infrastructure running — leading electrical, instrumentation, and control system work that directly protects public health and the environment for hundreds of thousands of residents every day. The City's treatment facilities serve a population equivalent of 240,000 within a three-city area with an average annual flow of 45 million gallons per day (MGD).

Willow Lake is the primary treatment facility for the City with a dry weather secondary treatment capacity of 65 MGD, a wet weather secondary treatment capacity of 115 MGD, and a peak wet weather capacity of 155 MGD. It can be operated in trickling filter/activated sludge, conventional air activated sludge and in a combination of both processes plus selective treatment based on flow and load fluctuations.

Learn and grow:
We value employees and their professional development. If you are someone that takes pride in collaborating on innovative ideas, proactively responding to community needs, and being a good environmental and financial steward, we look forward to meeting you! The Public Works Department promotes a healthy work life balance, while maintaining the utmost dedication to the health, safety and welfare of our community including our team!

What you will do:

Your responsibilities will include design and drawing reviews, creating work orders, assigning tasks, and performing all duties of an Electrician
1. These duties encompass completing preventive maintenance (PM) and corrective maintenance (CM) work, as well as addressing breakdowns on electrical, instrumentation, and communication equipment for the Public Works Wastewater Treatment Plant. Maintenance tasks for electrical, instrumentation, and communications will involve troubleshooting, direct replacement, calibration, and repair of equipment such as motors, gates/valves, analysis equipment and systems, process control equipment, analog and digital devices, power generation systems, and DCS and PLC monitoring systems.

What can we offer you for all your hard work?

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
• Paid vacation and sick time in accordance with City policies.
• Competitive pay.
• Employer-paid PERS contribution of 6%.
• Opportunity for voluntary pre-tax contributions to a 457b account.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Voluntary long-term care.
• Employee wellness program.
• Employee assistance program:  to learn more
• Employee health clinic:
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• Monday through Friday dayshift schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm.

What are the minimum qualifications?

• Must pass the pre-employment background check and physical.
• Must have an Oregon Driver License and have a driving record that meets the City of Salem's driving standards.
• Graduation from high school, or G.E.D., with supplemental coursework in the electrical, electronic, or mechanical trades, and two years' experience as an electronic instrumentation systems technician or in a process control and maintenance position, including experience with microprocessor-based systems or distributed control systems, or a related field, or any combination of experience and training that demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities as listed, and ability to perform the essential job functions.
• Possession of Oregon General (J) or Manufacturing Plant (PJ) Journeyman license or higher is required.

What you will bring along:

• Experience with distributed control systems and process control equipment.
• Knowledge of the current National Electric Code.
• Knowledge of electrical, instrumentation, and electronic systems used in area of assignment.
• Knowledge of maintenance, calibration, repair, and construction of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and electronic systems.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, and tools used in the repair, maintenance, and calibration of electrical, electronic,instrumentation, and computerized monitoring and control systems.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and proper safety precautions.
• Proficiency in operations and use of testing equipment and controls installed for the proper…