Instrumentation and Controls Technician - Denver, CO

About the role

As an Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in protecting public health and the environment by ensuring industrial wastewater meets regulatory standards before entering treatment systems. Your work directly supports sustainable water management and helps communities thrive.

As a Facilities Instrument and Controls (I&C) Operator, based in Denver, CO, you’ll join a team of multi-discipline technical experts, ensuring that our clients can deliver their products and services – uninterrupted. You’ll grow your expertise to help your team succeed in the safe and time-critical operation, maintenance, and repair of mission-essential I&C equipment and components including programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and hardware, and related facilities equipment. You’ll contribute to the success of our program with efficient preventive maintenance and effective solutions to complex challenges that may arise in our client’s state-of-the-art facilities. Most importantly, you’ll take action to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of your team and our planet.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and repair mission-essential I&C equipment and components, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and related facilities equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance and troubleshoot complex challenges in state-of-the-art facilities.
• Troubleshoot, repair, replace, or calibrate field devices such as pressure and temperature transmitters, gauges, transducers, electronic and pneumatic valves.
• Read and interpret mechanical, electrical, and equipment drawings.
• Ensure the safety, health, and well-being of your team and the environment.
• Use CMMS such as SAP for maintenance tracking and reporting.
• Collaborate with a team of technical experts to support uninterrupted client operations.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• 3 years of related commercial and industrial maintenance experience.
• Varied electrical and mechanical experience.
• Proven understanding of electrical system components and theory.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical, electrical, and equipment drawings.
• Refrigeration and chiller controls and device troubleshooting and repair experience (Trane, Frick, and McQuay).
• Building automation system (BAS) experience, preferably Niagara.
• Power plant, water/wastewater plant, or central utility plant operations or maintenance experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office products.

Qualifications

• Trade school or technical program diploma (ideal but not required).
• EPA 608 Universal license or ability to acquire within 6 months.
• Chiller plant or district energy experience (preferred).
• Strong communication skills.

Working Conditions

Safety is a core value at Jacobs. This position will spend a substantial amount of time performing safety-sensitive labor or services. Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Paid time off (allocated plans start at 17 days per calendar year).
• Seven paid holidays.
• Caregiver leave.
• Ability to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Legally mandated benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $72,800.00 to $86,320.00; pay will be hourly based on hours worked. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.