Control Systems Technician I/II/III

About the role

The City of Escondido seeks qualified candidates for the position of Control Systems Technician I, II, or III in the Utilities Department/Wastewater. This role involves performing a variety of skilled maintenance duties in water and wastewater treatment plants, sewage lift stations, water distribution facilities, and hydroelectric plants.

Responsibilities

• Performs skilled electrical work in the maintenance, installation, and repair of electrical equipment and systems used in water and wastewater systems and facilities.
• Tests, troubleshoots, locates, repairs, and performs preventative maintenance on a variety of industrial electrical systems, components, and devices.
• Bends and installs conduits, wires, and pull boxes, new lighting circuitry and fixtures, outlets, switches, relays, circuit breakers, power disconnects, circuit panels, automatic transfer switches, emergency generators, and motor control centers.
• Installs motors, controls, and transformers; modifies motor control equipment circuits, planning, layout, and wiring the work.
• Disconnects electrical sources (up to 12kv), uses lockout/tag out procedures and current OSHA requirements; reconnects and operates equipment at panels for maintenance purposes.
• Performs specialized electronic PLC testing and diagnosis on computerized control systems and instrumentation.
• Installs, maintains, repairs, and calibrates all direct and remote instrumentation and related equipment required in pumping, metering, and treatment including audio tone links for telemetry and supervisory control, electromechanical and electronic transmitters and receivers, differential pressure producing flow meters, timers, and alarms.
• Performs field maintenance, installation, and repair on switches, panels, motors, generators, light and power circuits, telemetry equipment, measuring devices, flow transmitters, timers, alarms, and other related devices.
• Checks, repairs, and calibrates pneumatic controls and instrumentation; maintains records of calibrations.
• Maintains records of calibrations, instrument repair and parts inventory; orders parts as necessary.
• Specifies, installs, diagnoses, repairs, and tunes Distributed Control Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System, and Computer Based Monitoring and Controls System.
• Reviews blueprints and works with engineers and contractors on various aspects of the plant upgrade; provides recommendations for changes or additions; designs systems; plans electrical installations; builds special electrical and electronic equipment.
• Troubleshoots new equipment and works with appropriate vendors to learn functionality and how to maintain and repair.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge: Basic theories, fundamentals, and principles of electricity and electronics related to the repair and operation of power devices, pump motors, switching equipment, process control instrumentation, and tone and digital telemetry.
• Methods, Materials, Tools, and Testing Equipment: Methods, tools, and equipment used in the maintenance and repair of communications, computing, and telemetry equipment used in pumping and treatment facilities including PLC's, SCADA, WAN, LAN, and telemetry systems.
• Laws, Rules, Codes, and Regulations: Laws, rules, codes, and regulations relating to electrical system and electronic maintenance and repair work.
• Design and Installation Principles: Design and installation principles related to electrical/instrumentation equipment.
• Electrical and Electronic Schematic Diagrams and Blueprints: Electrical and electronic schematic diagrams and blueprints.
• Time, Materials, and Labor Cost Estimating: Time, materials, and labor cost estimating for maintenance and repair projects.
• Occupational Hazards and Standard Safety Practices: Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Record Keeping: Principles and procedures of record keeping.

Experience

• Control Systems Technician I: Four years (full-time equivalent) of experience in electrical repair and maintenance in an industrial facility including some experience with instrumentation.
• Control Systems Technician II: Two years (full-time equivalent) of experience comparable to a Control Systems Technician I with the City of Escondido.
• Control Systems Technician III: Two years (full-time equivalent) of experience comparable to a Control Systems Technician II with the City of Escondido.

Education/Training

• Control Systems Technician I/II/III: Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by college level course work or trade school training in electrical, electronics, or instrumentation technology or a related field.
• Control Systems Technician I: A California Electrical Journeyman License is highly desirable.
• Control Systems Technician II: Possession of certification as a Grade 2 Plant Maintenance Electrical/Instrumentation Technologist.
• Control Systems Technician III: Possession of certification as a Grade 3 Plant Maintenance Electrical/Instrumentation Technologist.

License/Certificates

• Control Systems Technician I: Possession of, or ability to obtain within eighteen months of appointment, certification as Grade I Plant Maintenance issued by the CWEA.
• Control Systems Technician II: Possession of certification as a Grade 2 Plant Maintenance Electrical/Instrumentation Technologist.
• Control Systems Technician III: Possession of certification as a Grade 3 Plant Maintenance Electrical/Instrumentation Technologist.