Electronic Control Technician - President Street Water Plant

Overview

This position provides skilled, journeyman-level work in the repair and maintenance of the city's wastewater, water, and stormwater systems and related complex electronic and mechanical equipment.

We offer great pay and excellent benefits, including medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, employee/spouse/child supplemental life insurance, short-term disability, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, deferred compensation plan (457

B), pension plan, flexible spending account, employee referral program, home purchase assistance, and 12 paid holidays!

Women, Minorities, and Veterans Are Encouraged to Apply!

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns, and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Apply PLC and technical knowledge to install, repair, write, maintain, and troubleshoot a variety of electrical and electronic equipment and controls related to production and building equipment, including motors, relays, circuit breakers, proximity sensors, machine and process controls, circuits, alarms, and communication systems.
• Installs, alters, maintains, repairs, and examines electrical wiring systems, fixtures, panels, motors, generators, transformers, and other electrical equipment.
• Performs mechanical assembly and disassembly of electrical components.
• Inspect, diagnose, repair, replace, and maintain station telemetry system, lift station motors, electrical panels, and structural wiring.
• Uses standard and special electrical tools and equipment such as wire locators, voltmeters, ammeters, power meters, and other related tools.
• Operate and maintain electrical equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions.
• Uses a variety of electronic testing equipment to ensure accurate diagnosis of problems encountered.
• Understands, creates, and/or follows schematic diagrams as needed to correctly depict electrical wiring installations. Work with local code enforcement inspectors and associated pump, motor, panel, and component representatives.
• Prepares sketches for electrical layouts and installation. Requisition s supplies, materials, and components.
• Maintains adequate records of work performed; submits reports as required.
• May be required to perform "stand‑by" duty, being available and responding to off‑duty emergency call‑in to effect repairs to malfunctioning electrical and electronic equipment and systems.
• Inspects pump controls, pump panels, bar screens, generators, and fuel tanks.
• Troubleshot electrical problems, including lighting and control circuits.
• Monitors rain gauges throughout the city and county. Removes malfunctioning equipment for repair.
• Maintains repair records and daily reports.
• Responds to emergencies during and after normal work hours. Schedules and performs preventative maintenance work as needed.
• Applies complex methods, procedures, and techniques to support management staff in the analysis, integration, specification, design, calibration, maintenance, and repair of electronic and electromechanical equipment and systems used in the water treatment process.
• Utilizes technical information, schematics and wiring diagrams, tools, and diagnostic test equipment to isolate and identify malfunctions.
• Analyzes installation, circuitry, and operating characteristics of electronic and electromechanical systems.
• Adjusts and aligns system sensors, transmitters, amplifiers, power supplies, display devices, controls, transponders, actuators, servers, computers, and other related components.
• Maintains, modifies, calibrates, and inspects a wide variety of test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment.
• Maintains, uses, and repairs sophisticated test equipment, including multimeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, meggers, analog loop calibrators, and thermal monitoring, detection, and calibration equipment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.