Utilities Instrument Technician

City of Charlotte•Charlotte, NC

4d•$30 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment. This position maintains, installs, calibrates, diagnoses, and repairs an array of specialized instrumentation, pneumatic, and hydraulic process control equipment associated with the water treatment processes. Work involves initiating maintenance, installation, and repair of process control equipment and instrumentation; maintaining and repairing control valves, chemical feed pumps, and flow meters; and calibrating instruments and controls. This position designs improvements, orders parts, and assists outside vendors/contractors.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED from an accredited school.
OR Four (4) years of related work experience, preferably experience with the maintenance, installation, and repair of process control equipment and instrumentation, and experience with control valves, chemical feed pumps, and flow meters.
Requires a valid Driver’s L icense.
Must obtain and maintain a City Driver’s Permit.
Requires a NC Collection System Operator Grade I state certification (or obtaining level 1 certification within 18 months of hire) with progressive levels of certification each year thereafter.
Knowledge of maintenance, installation, and repair of process control equipment and instrumentation.
Skill in using tools and equipment appropriate for position.
Ability to follow safety directions.
Ability to follow instructions.
The work is medium work and requires applying 30 pounds of force frequently and exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.
Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, feeling, manual dexterity, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity in inspections, and walking.
Requires working in confined spaces, below ground including wet wells and working at heights, working under varied and adverse weather conditions; and responding to after-hour alarms subject to emergency call- back.

Responsibilities

Repairs equipment by troubleshooting equipment; working with operations and maintenance to determine root cause of process failure; replaces or repairs device causing the failure; enters required data into work order system; confirms with operations that proper process integrity has been restored; and coordinates with other groups as needed.
Calibrates equipment in treatment plant by checking equipment operation; prepares calibration standards; cleans and inspects equipment for proper operation; performs calibration; resolves any issues that arise during calibration process; and works with operations to ensure minimal process disruptions.
Handles instruments including flow transmitters, turbid meters, free chlorine analyzers, PH meters, pressure transmitters, ultrasonic level transmitters and streaming current monitors.
Handles controls including AC/DC drives, hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, transducers, motors, actuators, valves, relays, ladder logic, and the supervisory control and data acquisition system.
Participates in equipment upgrades by determining feasibility and potential impact of upgrade; designs system; orders parts; coordinates with maintenance and operations; and installs, tests, and documents the upgrades.
Performs other related job duties as assigned.