Instrumentation & Control Technician

City of Palm Bay (FL)•Palm Bay, FL

70d

About The Position

Under general supervision, this position has the primary duty to perform skilled technical maintenance work on telemetry instrumentation and process control equipment. This will include programming, troubleshooting, calibration, installation, and repair on a vast assortment of technical, electrical, electronic systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), meters, recording devices and control work in water production and wastewater treatment facilities. Duties include working with electrical equipment (up to and including 480 vac power), electronic equipment such as flowmeters, computerized process controllers, electric, hydraulic instrumentation or pneumatic valves and actuators, and chemical and related systems. This classification performs a variety of advanced technical duties related to operating, maintaining, installing and troubleshooting instrumentation, process control and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for the City's water production and wastewater treatment facilities. Reports to the Electrical Maintenance Coordinator.

Requirements

Graduation from high school, GED or equivalent plus five (5) years of experience in highly automated electronics instrumentation and controls installation, maintenance, and repair.
Must have three (3) years of directly related experience with PLCs, SCADA systems, Radio Networks, and UPS.
Must be able to read, understand, and use technical manuals.
Must be able to closely follow electrical diagrams and schematics.
Must possess a valid Florida Driver's License and have and maintain an acceptable driving record.
CODE 1: Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared emergency and/or declared emergency. On an incident by incident basis, the employee's Department Head will make the determination as to who will be required to work.

Responsibilities

Performs inspection, installation, maintenance, programming, calibration, and repair functions on a vast assortment of technical, electrical, electronic systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), meters, recording devices and control systems in water production and wastewater treatment facilities.
Maintain, repair, calibrate, and/or troubleshoot instrumentation & controls, connect devices using network communication, maintain PLC ladder logic programs, and work with contractors as needed.
Facilitate/perform the implementation, coordination, supervision and maintenance of the SCADA Network.
Performs advanced level work specializing in installation, repair, calibrations, troubleshooting and maintaining electronic equipment, instrumentation and controls at water production and wastewater treatment plants.
Utilizes various tools and proper methodology to detect issues or problems.
Performs preventative and corrective maintenance using computerized maintenance management programs. Reports and/or resolve those issues.
Performs bench work, overhauls, and rebuild complex electronic equipment.
Utilizes various software applications: Microsoft Office, Outlook email & calendar, Internet Explorer, iFIX, and Cityworks software.
Detects causes of electronic failures, ensures compliance with established codes, calculates data as necessary for wiring instrument systems.
Performs related work as assigned or required. Perform other related work (including weather or other extreme emergency duties) as required.
Responsible for configuring, documenting and programming of the automation and control systems.
Responsible for all control aspects of in-house projects including design, programming, simulation, testing and start-up.
Performs general electrical work such as program VFDs, troubleshoot motor control panels and pull wire occasionally.
Performs necessary adjustments and calibrations of instrumentation by using prepared chemical standards and portable electronic meters and related calibration equipment.
Installs new equipment and wires units according to electrical codes and schematics and diagrams provided; troubleshoots and makes repairs to all existing equipment.
Utililizes test equipment such as multi-meters, digital voltmeters, digital calibrators, digital logic probes, oscilloscopes, thermographic cameras and other pertinent electrical and electronic measuring devices.
Services and repairs hydraulic, pneumatic, hydro-pneumatic and elector-pneumatic instrument/control systems.
Prepares necessary records and reports; prepares drawings, sketches and schematics.
Installs, repairs, maintains, and configures the radio telemetry system for water production, wastewater treatment, booster stations, monitoring wells, and elevated tanks.
Installs, maintains, diagnoses and repairs field instrumentation used in control systems or for data acquisition in the telemetry system. These may be, but are not limited to flow meters, pressure transmitters, level sensors, rain gauges, vibration sensors inclinometers, proximity switches, turbidimeters, PH sensors, chlorine, TSS and ammonia analyzers. (Depends on Area of Assignment).
Designs new control systems and new data acquisition monitoring applications when necessary.
Bench tests radio equipment to determine if it needs repair.
Performs any training that needs to be given to new instrument technicians, as well as training of electricians and mechanics on any equipment.