Instrumentation Specialist

Instrumentation Specialist 2

Instrumentation Specialist The Bureau of Police and Security seek to hire an Instrumentation Specialist II based out of the Valhalla, NY office for work assignments geographically covering 9 upstate counties (Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Greene, & Schoharie) and the 5 boroughs of New York City. Working within the maintenance section of the NYC DEP Bureau of Police & Security under the Security Engineering Unit, the Instrumentation Specialist will provide immediate response to emergency conditions to various types of security equipment used by Police personnel to protect the City's water infrastructure.

The selected candidate will be required to have a sufficient knowledge base to troubleshoot and perform the required repair and maintenance tasks for hydraulic, mechanical and electrical power systems. These tasks are including but not limited to the following: electrical wiring, low-voltage electrical power, power supplies, access control and intrusion detection components, surveillance components and closed circuit television system data storage devices, various optical and metallic data transmission components, automated controls, programmable logic controls (PLCs), actuators, motors, hydraulic pumps, brakes, power supplies, and valves.

In addition, assists higher level technicians in more complex repairs and maintenance tasks. Candidate must be able to use computer and TCP/IP to configure components as required. Some of the physical activities performed by Instrumentation Specialists and environmental conditions experienced are: the ability to walk for long periods, lift heavy objects, climb ladders and steep grades, enter small or confined spaces, lifting objects up to waist height;

fingering, grasping, squeezing and/or turning objects such as tools and equipment; pushing and pulling objects such as tools and levers using one or two hands; reaching at a distance up to arm's length;
Instrumentation Specialists may be required to: wear protective equipment such as gloves, boots, goggles, earplugs, noise attenuators, face shields, and/or respirators; work in temperatures ranging from 0 degree Fahrenheit and 105 degree Fahrenheit in wetness and varying atmospheric conditions such as high and low humidity; work in the presence of toxic and/or corrosive chemicals and moving parts of machinery and equipment;

and work in restricted spaces for up to 1 hour at a time and on surfaces made of metal gratings, macadam and/or cement.

Job

Title code: 91001

Civil service title: INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST

Title classification:
Competitive-1

Business title:
Instrumentation Specialist 2

Experienced (non-manager)

Job level: 02

Number of positions: 1

Work location:

465 Columbus Ave. Valhalla, NY