Electrical Systems Technician

Salary : $74,194.32 - $89,037.00 Annually
Location : City Corporation Yard, 455 South 5th Ave., Oakdale, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 20261008
Department: Public Services
Opening Date: 10/08/2026
Closing Date: 10/30/2026 4:30 PM Pacific


Description


The City of Oakdale is excited to announce an outstanding career opportunity for an Electrician to serve the Citizens of Oakdale. You would be one of two Electrical Systems Technicians servicing the Oakdale community. This position falls under the Public Services Department. It's very rare that a position like this comes available. In our case, the incumbent is sadly retiring this December, after many years of faithful and dedicated service to the City of Oakdale. We are looking to fill this position by December 2026.

This is a journey-level specialized class. An incumbent in this class performs skilled electrical work pertaining to the maintenance, repair and upgrading of electrical and electronic control systems (e.g., for water, wastewater, sewer and storm water facilities) and provides support to other City electrical and maintenance functions such as radio and information systems network communications.

Examples of Duties

• Performs electrical installation, maintenance, management, repairs and upgrades on City instrumentation systems such as SCADA, PLC and RTU systems.
• Installs and tests new control system equipment; maintains, calibrates, cleans and tunes control system equipment; maintains, tests, cleans, verifies, repairs or replaces auxiliary systems as needed.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctioning equipment; repairs or replaces malfunctioning equipment as appropriate.
• Monitors and tracks SCADA system functions, including system pressure, tank levels and alarms; adjusts system settings as required to maintain proper function.
• Performs electrical and mechanical repairs to pumps and other water, wastewater, sewer and storm water equipment.
• Provides routine technical support for information technology hardware and software for assigned departments; assists with resolving network and communication systems issues.
• Reviews and checks plans and designs of City electrical, radio and control systems; reads and interprets wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, manuals and specifications; documents and draws circuits as installed.
• Works with outside engineers and contractors to assist with the design of telemetry, radio, SCADA, network and other systems.
• Provides telephone system maintenance, repairs and upgrades for assigned departments.
• Assists in developing work plans, procedures and schedules.
• Orders supplies and equipment for work projects.
• Prepares documentation of projects and time worked.
• May assist in maintaining, repairing, constructing and installing other electrical systems for street lights, traffic signals, and City buildings; may assist general maintenance work crews as needed; may help perform emergency repairs to water, sewer, and drainage systems.
• Maintains awareness of safety procedures and practices them on work assignments.
• Operates hand and power tools and motorized equipment used in maintenance work.
• Responds to citizen complaints and answers questions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

ABILITY TO

• Diagnose electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic malfunctions in instrumentation and telemetry systems.
• Read and interpret wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Make repairs to metering and control instruments.
• Make estimates of labor and materials.
• Maintain records and make oral and written reports.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during the course of work.
• Document modifications made to equipment.
• Operate standard computer hardware and software, as well as specialized software pertaining to water, sewer, wastewater and storm water control systems.
• Read, understand and apply safety procedures in operating equipment and performing work assignments.
• Operate specialized and motorized equipment used in public works maintenance work.
• Meet schedules and time lines.
• Maintain records and prepare reports

KNOWLEDGE OF

• Electrical and electronic circuits.
• Methods, practices and tools used in maintaining, repairing, testing and adjusting a wide variety of recording and metering instruments.
• Mechanical linkages to telemetry systems.
• Safety practices and precautions pertaining to the work.
• Codes, laws and ordinances pertaining to the work, including the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Basic mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and factions.
• Principles and operation and maintenance of a variety of actuating instruments and controls.
• Hydraulics as it relates to the operation of recording and metering instruments.
• The mechanics of pumps, valves and backflow devices.
• How to read and implement blue print and schematic directions.
• The use and operation of tools and equipment used in assigned maintenance work.
• The general use of computers.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: possession of a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) and four (4) years of electrical maintenance work, including at least two years of specialized experience involving electrical and electronic telemetry, SCADA and related control systems; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend equipment instructions, as well as correspondence and memos. Ability to write routine correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to understand and carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Possession of a California driver's license is required.
• Possession or ability to obtain a California Water Distribution Operator Certificate is desirable, but not required.

PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PAY: is provided for Miscellaneous and Non-Sworn Police employees with 7-years of service or more for performance that equaled or exceeded department standards. This pay is assigned in 2.5% increments to a maximum of 5%.


COMPENSATORY TIME: Misc. emp. may not accrue more than 150 hours of compensatory time. Employee shall be paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of maximum accrual provided it is not the intent of the City to buy back overtime currently accrued in excess of the maximum accrued amount.

VACATION: Employees are eligible to use vacation leave after 12 continuous months of employment. The accrual rate is as follows:

Miscellaneous
1-3 yrs. of service - 10 days per year
4-8 years of service - 15 days per year
9-15 years of service - 18 days per year
16 or more years - 20 days per year plus 1 day for every year of service past 20 years to a maximum of 25 days

VACATION ACCRUAL: Earned vacation may be accrued to a maximum balance of twice the annual accrual.

SICK LEAVE ELIGIBILITY/ACCRUAL: Employees shall accrue 1 day per month beginning with the first month of employment and are eligible to take sick leave after 6 continuous months of employment.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Employees may take up to 3 days bereavement leave for the death of an immediate family member or close relative residing in the employee's household.

SICK LEAVE CONVERSION: Employees who have not taken more than 36 hours of sick leave during a fiscal year and have a balance of 192 hours on the books may convert up to 24 hours (32 for Misc. employees) of unused sick leave to pay or leave with pay. If employee chooses leave with pay, the 24 hours (32 for Misc. employees) must be taken in the following 12 month period or the leave will be subject to forfeiture.

HOLIDAYS: There are 14 paid holidays (to include 1 "Floating" Holiday) per year as follows:
1. New Year's Day, January 1st
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Third Monday in January
3. Presidents' Day, Third Monday in February
4. Good Friday
5. Memorial Day, Last Monday in May
6. Independence Day, July 4th
7. Labor Day, First Monday in September
8. Veterans Day, November 11th
9. Thanksgiving Day, Fourth Thursday in November
10. Friday after Thanksgiving
11. Christmas Eve, December 24th
12. Christmas Day, December 25th
13. New Year's Eve, December 31st
14. A "floating" holiday

UNIFORM ALLOWANCE: $200 yearly reimbursement allowance for safety shoes.

HEALTH INSURANCE: the City pays premiums for medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance for employees and dependents to a maximum of $1,200 per month for Miscellaneous, plus ½ of cost in excess of $1,200.

HEALTH PLAN: You can choose between Kaiser or Met Life. Both are Platinum Plans.


LIFE INSURANCE: The City provides a $20,000 life insurance policy for all employees.

RETIREMENT
The City pays premiums for retirement benefits with PERS. Miscellaneous and Non-Sworn employees receive 2% at 62 for new members.


Employees leaving City service have the following sick leave conversion options:

1. After 1 year of employment employees leaving City employment may receive pay for unused sick leave based on a formula in the Personnel Rules and Regulations.

2. Employees retiring from the City may convert 50% of their sick leave value (based on hourly rate at time of retirement) to health coverage. Health insurance premiums will be paid from these funds until all of the employee's funds are spent or until the employee dies. The money in this account may not be converted nor the benefit transferred upon the employee's death.

3. Employees retiring may use any portion of their sick leave for the PERS retirement conversion as allowed under PERS law and the City contract with PERS.

These three benefits may be used individually or in combination. See the Personnel or Finance Department for further details.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION: City provides the opportunity for employees to participate in a deferred compensation plan with I.C.M.A. Payroll deductions are available for deferred compensation payments.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM : This program is offered for employees and their families and provides confidential counseling on legal, financial, relationship, emotional, and alcohol and drug abuse problems.

457 Plan: Employees are eligible to contribute into a 457 Plan with a City match of up to 2% of their pay.