Instrumentation Specialist

City of New York • New York, NY

2d • $62,335 - $64,621

About The Position

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Wastewater Treatment operates and maintains wastewater treatment facilities throughout New York City. Under general supervision, the Instrumentation Specialist inspects and maintains instrumentation and metering equipment used in wastewater facilities. The role installs, repairs, maintains, calibrates, and troubleshoots programmable logic controller (PLC) controls and wastewater instruments, and performs corrective maintenance in place or in a shop. It also involves setting up and servicing electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, and telemetric instrumentation, controls, and communications equipment. Selected candidates are hired provisionally. Permanent employment in the role requires taking and passing the next civil service examination for the title and obtaining a list number issued by the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services; employees who do not meet these conditions may not be able to continue in the provisional position.

Requirements

• Meet one of the following qualification pathways: an associate degree in a specified electrical, engineering technology, electromechanical, or electronic technology field plus one year of qualifying experience; an approved trade, technical, or vocational school credential in a specified technology field plus three years of qualifying experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent plus four years of qualifying experience.
• Qualifying experience must be full-time and satisfactory, within the last ten years, in installing, maintaining, and repairing electronic instrumentation and control systems, including microprocessors, and electrical and pneumatic instrumentation and control systems.
• College coursework toward a degree in a specified field may substitute for experience only under qualification pathways 2 or 3, up to three years, at 30 semester credits per year of full-time satisfactory experience.
• Possess a motor vehicle driver license valid in New York State by appointment and maintain it throughout employment. Moving violations, license suspensions, or an accident record may result in disqualification.
• For Assignment Level II, have an additional year of qualifying full-time satisfactory experience beyond the minimum requirements, for a stated total of five years.
• For Assignment Level III, have an additional two years of qualifying full-time satisfactory experience beyond the minimum requirements, for a stated total of six years.
• For permanent employment, take and pass the next civil service examination for the title and obtain a list number issued by the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

Nice To Haves

• A Federal Communications Commission license for radio repairs may be required at appointment or assignment to Assignment Level III.

Responsibilities

• Assist with and conduct periodic inspections of instrumentation metering equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance on wastewater instrumentation systems.
• Install, repair, maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot PLC controls.
• Dismantle and reassemble equipment for in-place or shop corrective maintenance.
• Install and set up wastewater instruments.
• Adjust and service electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, and telemetric instrumentation, controls, and communications equipment in wastewater treatment facilities.
• Perform other duties related to instrumentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree