Senior SCADA Technician
About The Position
Are you looking to make a meaningful impact on public health and the environment? Join the MWRA team! We deliver some of the nation's highest-quality drinking water to 3 million residents, restored Boston Harbor, and continue to invest in protecting vital public resources. Be part of a mission-driven organization where your work truly makes a difference in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. Summary Participates in the development, installation and maintenance of the Authority's wide area Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Required to be on call for emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in electronic engineering; Bachelor's degree preferred; and
- At least three (3) years of experience maintaining and servicing computer controlled programmable logic controllers and/or other types of automated process equipment; 450/900 Mhz data radio, analog, digital and medium density microwave radio, transmission line and high gain antenna systems; calibration, repair and maintenance of instrumentation and telemetry devices; or
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A valid Class D Motor Vehicle Operators License.
- FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License required within six (6) months.
- Ability to pass Confined Space Entry Training within six months.
- Ability to troubleshoot to the board level using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, service monitors, frequency counters, frequency selective voltmeters, watt meters, transmission line network analyzers and BER test sets as well as using computer driven diagnostics.
- Ability to install, align and service microwave towers, dish, yagi and omni directional antennas in excess of 100 feet above ground level.
- Familiarity with windows-based Intellution HMI application software, AutoCAD or other equivalent CAD design programs, and computer-aided microwave terrain analysis engineering programs; and working knowledge of Windows XP.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- ISA Certified Control System Technician (CCST) certificate preferred.
Responsibilities
- Leads a technician team in the development, installation, enhancement and maintenance of the control and monitoring system.
- Assigns work schedules and keeps records and documentation, including but not limited to Maximo and weekly reports, of all work performed.
- Installs, repairs and services direct to line, time division multiplex digital channel banks and analog/digital CSU/DSU high-speed data modems.
- Works with the Telephone Company and other vendors to achieve data line installations and repairs.
- Performs precision calibration and maintenance on primary instrumentation devices utilized for the control and operation of SCADA controlled and monitored water and wastewater facilities.
- Maintains an up-to-date set of records and documentation on all SCADA facilities.
- Installs, repairs and services VHF, UHF, point to multipoint multiple address and spread spectrum data radios along with analog/digital microwave systems in the 2, 5, 10, 11, and 23 Ghz bands as directed.
- Installs, repairs and services microwave towers, antennas, transmission lines and dehydrator units as directed.
- Works with Human Machine Interface screens, SCADA PCs and programmable logic controllers.
- Insures in-house and consultant compliance with the SCADA Standards.
- Performs preliminary path studies of proposed microwave links as well as frequency interference and intermodulation studies at microwave/radio sites.
- Performs related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
