SCADA Technician - Wastewater Treatment Plant

Description

The City of Round Rock is seeking a technically skilled, curious, and dependable SCADA Technician to support the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at our Wastewater Treatment Plant. This role is crucial for ensuring safe, efficient, and continuous operation of our treatment processes, which directly impacts public health and essential city operations.

Examples of Duties

• Program and update SCADA systems by developing new code, editing existing programs, archiving files, and querying historian databases
• Work with platforms such as WonderWare InTouch, INSQL, and Modicon Concept
• Diagnose and repair issues using schematic drawings, monitoring tools, and digital test equipment
• Perform routine and preventive maintenance on SCADA components across the plant
• Assemble, test, deploy, and integrate field and HMI components
• Maintain and troubleshoot uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment, including capacity testing and battery replacement
• Calibrate monitoring instruments using specialized test equipment and direct others in calibration activities
• Respond as the first line of support during outages, alarms, or equipment failures
• Cook as the first line of support during outages, alarms, or equipment failures
• Coordinate work activities with operators, plant staff, vendors, and contractors
• Document all maintenance, testing, repairs, and system changes accurately

Experience and Training

You are someone who enjoys technical work, problem-solving, and working with sophisticated equipment. You stay calm during urgent issues, communicate well with plant staff, and take pride in keeping critical systems reliable and up to date. A strong candidate would have a knack for diagnostics and enjoy understanding how systems connect, be comfortable learning software, instrumentation, and automation tools, enjoy a mix of office, field, and hands-on mechanical/electrical work, and want a stable career path in water/wastewater operations, automation, or industrial controls. Municipal utility experience is helpful but not required. We are ready to train motivated candidates with a technical foundation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Average degree, diploma, or equivalent from a college, technical, business, vocational, or correspondence school
• At least one (1) year of SCADA technician experience or similar technical role
• Certificates and licenses required:
• Valid Class C driver's license
• Wastewater Operator D License within 6 months of hire
• Surface Water C or Water Distribution Operator C (TCEQ) within 2 years of hire

Pay and Schedule

The Hiring Pay Range for this position is $54,080 to $66,040 annually. Pay rate offered is based on experience.

Benefits

Your work influences safety, reliability, and essential city services. Growth opportunities exist in SCADA, automation, and water/wastewater operations. No two days look the same—you’ll troubleshoot, program, repair, calibrate, and innovate. A supportive team values you.