Senior Instrumentation Technician

The City of Santa Rosa is excited to announce that we are seeking a highly-qualified candidate to join our team of professionals with an immediate opening for Senior Instrumentation Technician in the Water Department.

The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.

In addition to offering a rewarding work environment, opportunity for career growth, and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave accrual package, your choice of three health plans, and top of the line employer paid vision and dental coverage. More information about available benefits can be found in our comprehensive online Benefits Guide and in unit 07 Memorandum of Understanding.

• 12 paid holidays annually, plus 2 to 3 “floating” holidays per year depending on years of service
• $500 annually for wellness
• The City is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) Employee
• Paid Family Leave
• 4% General Salary Increase - July 2026

The City of Santa Rosa is seeking enthusiastic, highly qualified candidates for the position of Senior Instrumentation Technician. This is a lead worker level class in the Instrumentation Services section of the Santa Rosa Water Department assisting with the direction of the technical staff involved in the design, repair, and maintenance of the sub‑regional wastewater treatment plants, reclamation systems, bio‑solids facility, and related City facilities.

This class also provides field and office support to the Wastewater Maintenance Superintendent.

The ideal candidate will possess journey-level maintenance experience in a heavy industrial environment and demonstrate the ability to work safely and effectively around medium-voltage electrical systems (1,000–60,000 volts), particularly in proximity to system controls. They will have experience interpreting, editing, modifying, and creating electrical schematics and technical drawings with accuracy and attention to detail.

In addition, the ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge of system modernization principles, including the ability to support or implement updates to outdated electrical or control systems, improve operational efficiency, and adapt legacy infrastructure to current technologies and standards.

Applicants possessing the most desirable qualifications based on a screening of application materials, including the required supplemental questionnaire, will be invited to continue in the selection process. The selection process may consist solely of an application and training and experience screening or may include a written and/or oral examination of knowledge and skills that will result in an eligible list of candidates to be forwarded to the hiring department(s) for an interview.

Additional requirements, such as successful completion of a physical exam, drug screen, etc., may apply, depending on the duties and responsibilities of the position. If you receive a conditional job offer for the position, the requirements upon which the offer is contingent will be outlined in the conditional job letter.

• Assist with scheduling and assigning the construction, maintenance, design, and repair of the process control, data acquisition, radio‑telemetry systems, and instrumentation associated with the City’s wastewater treatment plants, reclamation systems, bio‑solids facility, and related City facilities.
• Estimate quantities and order materials and equipment.
• Train staff in work techniques, use of equipment, and safety programs and techniques.
• Confer with engineers, contractors, vendors, other City departments, and staff regarding projects, project scheduling, material purchases, work assignments,…