Lead Pump and Controls Technician

Lead Pump and Controls Technician

Location:

Waters, Michigan

Employment Type:

Full-time

Compensation: $32.00–$42.00 per hour, depending on experience, qualifications, and certifications

Operations Services, Inc. (OSI) is an established provider of water and wastewater operations, maintenance, and technical services. We manage, operate, maintain, and develop solutions for municipal, commercial, industrial, and private utility clients throughout Michigan and several other states.

Our services include water and wastewater system operations, specialized treatment plant services, industrial pretreatment, utility management, laboratory and sampling services, customer billing, and the installation, repair, and maintenance of municipal pump stations, sanitary lift stations, and Environment One (E/One) residential grinder pump systems.

OSI is seeking an experienced Lead Pump and Controls Technician based at our Waters, Michigan facility. This is an advanced technical and field leadership position responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, rebuilding, installing, and commissioning municipal pump stations, wastewater lift stations, control panels, telemetry systems, and E/One residential grinder pump systems.

The Lead Technician will diagnose complex electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and control-system problems involving pumps, motors, three-phase power, control panels, variable-frequency drives, level controls, alarms, and remote call-out systems. This position will also lead field crews, train technicians, coordinate work with customers and contractors, and help determine the labor, equipment, parts, and materials needed to complete assignments safely and efficiently.

The successful candidate must be capable of working independently, making sound field decisions, and communicating technical findings and repair recommendations to supervisors, customers, engineers, equipment suppliers, and contractors.

• Lead the inspection, troubleshooting, repair, installation, and maintenance of municipal pump stations and wastewater lift stations.
• Troubleshoot, repair, replace, and install E/One residential grinder pump stations and related components.
• Remove, disassemble, inspect, repair, rebuild, test, and reinstall submersible, centrifugal, grinder, and other wastewater pumps.
• Diagnose problems involving pumps, motors, impellers, seals, bearings, guide rails, discharge piping, valves, check valves, and related mechanical equipment.
• Evaluate pump performance using operating data, pump curves, amperage readings, wet-well drawdown testing, and other diagnostic methods.
• Identify the cause of recurring pump failures, excessive run times, low pumping rates, overheating, seal failures, vibration, noise, and equipment alarms.
• Assist with bypass pumping, wet-well cleaning, pump removal, confined-space activities, and emergency repairs.
• Recommend whether equipment should be repaired, rebuilt, replaced, or further evaluated.

• Troubleshoot single-phase and three-phase electrical systems associated with pumps, motors, lift stations, and grinder pump systems.
• Troubleshoot control voltages and pump power circuits, including common 120/240/208/480-volt systems.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, ladder diagrams, wiring diagrams, control-panel drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Perform control-panel wiring, equipment connections, component replacement, and modifications within the limits of the employee’s training and applicable licensing requirements.
• Troubleshoot and replace motor starters, contractors, overloads, relays, breakers, fuses, transformers, power supplies, phase monitors, alternators, timers, switches, and other control-panel components.
• Troubleshoot floats, pressure transducers, ultrasonic level sensors, probes, level controllers, and pump sequencing controls.
• Diagnose phase loss, phase reversal, voltage imbalance, overcurrent, grounding, short-circuit, and motor-rotation problems.
• Use multimeters, clamp meters, megohmmeters, phase-rotation meters, and other electrical testing equipment safely and correctly.
• Troubleshoot and…