Process Control Systems Specialist

Job Summary

The City of Fort Worth is seeking a Process Control Systems Specialist to join the Water Plant Operations Division. This role involves programming, configuring, maintaining, designing, and integrating Programmable logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributive Control Systems (DCS) for municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities.

Pay Range

Pay Range: $34.45 - $44.79/hr.

Workdays & Hours

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 3pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits

• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Pension Plan
• Professional Development Opportunities

About the Role

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S., serving over 1,000,000 residents. The Water Plant Operations Division seeks a qualified candidate to support the integration and maintenance of control systems for water and wastewater treatment facilities.

Responsibilities

• Performs complex maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, programming, and system administration of Process Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), DCS, and PLCs.
• Maintains a secure, standardized, and reliable SCADA environment.
• Creates and implements electrical wiring diagrams and layout designs for installation of new process control equipment within the water and wastewater facilities.
• Participates in system control design, review, and construction processes.
• Reviews prints for conformity and accepted industry standards.
• Assists in establishing technical strategy and solutions related to control systems, instrumentation, and telemetry needs.
• Acts as lead expert to acquire, store, and deliver operational data to the enterprise system.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and debugs the communication framework for various communication protocols over different wireless or wired architectures and topologies.
• Prepares plans, specifications, and contracts for implementation, repair or maintenance of new and current computer control system equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course in Electrical Engineering, Control and Instrumentation Engineering Technology, or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in PLC/DCS programming, operation and maintenance of plant and computerized process control or SCADA systems.
• Previous experience with Control Systems/SCADA integration projects.
• Municipal water/wastewater experience, a plus.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license.
• Must pass Drug Screen and Physical Screening.

Qualifications

• Possession of an Electrical License in the State of Texas.
• Instrumentation or electrical field experience.
• Electrical work on pump controls.
• PLC, Programmable Logic Controllers.
• Familiarity with Ovation or other Distributed Control System (DCS) platforms.
• Repair, inspection, adjustment and calibration of electronic controls.

Conditions of Employment

• The City of Fort Worth is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
• Candidates must pass Pre-Employment checks, which could include criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc.
• Criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Employees are paid by direct deposit only.