What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instrumentation Technician, Sr position at City of Glendale (AZ)?
| About Us: | ||
| The City of Glendale's Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first! | ||
| The Role: | ||
| The Senior Instrumentation Technician performs advanced journey level electrical repair and electronics maintenance work for water and wastewater treatment equipment, well site motors, sewage lift station pump instrumentation, and process control equipment, including telemetry and computerized monitoring systems. | ||
| Salary: | ||
| This position is a Grade 316 with an hourly rate between $27.52 - $41.28, $57,241.08 - $85,861.88 annually. | ||
| Benefits: | ||
| The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment. You can review the FY24 Benefits Guide or visit the City of Glendale’s Benefits page for more information. | ||
| Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave: | ||
Regular status position’s offer:
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| Retirement: | ||
| This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Contribution is mandatory, and the current contribution rate is 12.29%. | ||
| This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received. |
- Acts as a lead Instrument Technician at water and wastewater treatment plants, well sites, and lift stations.
- Performs advanced journey level electrical, electronic and computer work in the installation, maintenance and repair of the City's water and wastewater systems and equipment and provides guidance to Instrumentation Technicians.
- Repairs, maintains, installs and modifies telemetry equipment including microprocessor based control units, modems, and associated wiring at main facilities, wells, sewage pumping stations, sewage metering stations, zone splits and water booster station.
- Maintains process control computers for water and wastewater treatment facilities; performs file maintenance, database modification and enters updates.
- Troubleshoots to the component level and repairs complex electronic/electrical instruments controls and high voltage electrical production equipment, booster pumps, plant distribution switchgear and motor control centers.
- Plans, coordinates, repairs, calibrates and performs scheduled maintenance on process control instrumentation/analyzers.
- Operates various types of test equipment (digital multi-meter, oscilloscope, telemetry test equipment, and calibrators) to calibrate or troubleshoot instrumentation.
- Maintains accurate maintenance records, parts inventory, and equipment information.
- Specifies, procures, purchases, and installs new equipment to improve existing equipment.
- Coordinates maintenance, repair and improvement projects with department operations, outside agencies and contractors.
- Designs and builds specialized test equipment and control circuitry for plant production equipment.
- Performs general electrical work such as outlet installation and intercom systems maintenance.
- Reviews and evaluates electronic, electrical, and computer specifications for facility construction projects.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Two years of specialized vocational training or college course work in electronic/electrical and five years of experience in testing and calibrating electronic equipment preferably related to industrial process control.
Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying.
Knowledge of:
Theory, practices, procedures, and design of electronic component control, electronic systems and circuits, microprocessors and electrical maintenance
Operation and proper use of electronic test equipment and safety rules for high voltage
Water and wastewater control devices and systems
Computer programs used in an industrial electronic setting
Programmable logic controllers (PLC's)
Skill In:
Use of computer software and hardware
Ability to:
Provide lead supervision and training for Technicians
Read and interpret electronic schematic drawings and engineering specifications
Diagnose, calibrate, and repair electronic process control instrumentation
Operate and maintain test equipment
Identify and analyze equipment problems and design and implement solutions
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Establish and maintain effective working relationships
Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying.
Special Requirements:
- Valid Arizona driver's license.
- Must obtain an ADEQ Grade 1 Water or Wastewater System Operator Certification within 6 months of hire.
- Applicants will be required to undergo drug testing prior to employment and will be subject to further drug and alcohol testing throughout their period of employment in accordance with the City of Glendale Substance Abuse policy.
- Standby and after hours call back is required.
- Professional/Supervisory (to view the success factor definitions please click here)
Work requires some climbing to reach instrumentation. Work is also performed in confined spaces, during inclement weather conditions and may require lifting objects up to 50 lbs.
Working Conditions:
Work is frequently performed around hazardous high voltages, dangerous chemicals and occasionally some bacteriological hazards.
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