Electronic Technician, Senior

Manager, Maintenance Electrical/Electronics Division Chief Electronic Technician, Chief

This position is responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of highly sophisticated instrumentation and remote data acquisition telemetry.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Performs installation, repair, maintenance and routine calibration for instrumentation and controls utilized in the operation and monitoring of water/wastewater treatment and flow measurement including telemetry.
• Responds to critical equipment failures when required.
• Maintains and calibrates in-shop and repair, and test equipment.
• Updates repair procedures as required. Analyzes job requirements, i.e. material, labor and expertise as needed.
• Ability to use technical manuals, engineering drawings and one-line diagrams.
• Monitors and maintains records of work performed. Assists in the maintenance of files and records of electronic equipment and work order management systems.
• Maintains and calibrates safety equipment, including confined space entry equipment, arc flash and personal protective equipment. Performs all duties while observing safety guidelines and security measures as established by the Authority.
• Makes recommendations concerning spare parts inventory and electronic equipment to be purchased.
• Assists in drafting bid specifications.
• Directly supervises one or more Electronic Technicians to include training, scheduling and performance evaluation. Assists Electronic Technicians as required on more complicated jobs.
• May perform duties of the Chief Electronic Technician as required.
• Essential personnel are required to report to work when scheduled during departmental and/or emergency situations including, but not limited to, extended periods of inclement weather when travel may be difficult. This position is essential because, on the absence of sufficient personnel, the plant cannot operate safely.

Supervisory responsibilities regularly lead the work of other employees.

Financial responsibility may include ordering supplies, equipment parts, material and equipment for departmental use. Generate purchase requisitions.

Qualifications include:

• Education: High school diploma or GED and sixty college credit hours preferred or equivalent technical education. Associates Degree in electronics or the completion of a two-year trade school preferred. Approved training courses in electronics preferred.
• Experience: Four years of related experience in the repair and maintenance of sophisticated electronic equipment preferred. Must have the ability to calculate mathematical equations.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid Texas driver's license. State of Texas Journeyman electrical license preferred. Current Class II Collection System if working in Collection System or Class C or Operator license (Class C Water Operator license for water plant) as issued by the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality or the ability to obtain one within two years from date of hire.
• Knowledge: Must possess thorough knowledge of A.C., D.C. analog and digital electronics and a reasonable understanding of industrial instrumentation process control. Must have knowledge to support, operate, and maintain (including configuration and troubleshooting) multiple proprietary flow instrumentation and remote telemetry units. Maintain a sufficient level of knowledge of operating systems and widely used application software to provide the appropriate levels of operation and support. Must possess excellent knowledge of the state and federal confined space entry regulations and the proper use and upkeep of pertinent safety equipment.
• Skills and Abilities: Ability to calculate mathematical formulas. Ability to read and apply information from operation and maintenance manuals, schematics, blueprints, and safety data sheets. Requires a high degree of mental attentiveness, patience and persistence with a high degree of concentration, and good oral and written skills. Requires good recordkeeping and organizational skills.
• Guidance Received: Receives regular instruction and uses guidelines/range of procedures. Follows direct instructions and guidelines, uses policies and procedures that require some interpretation. Problems that cannot be addressed through an existing guideline, policy or procedure are referred to supervisor or more senior position. Incumbent must exercise judgment about whether to escalate issues.
• Physical Demands: This position requires passing a physical and physical ability assessment specific to the position.
• Working Conditions: Working conditions include exposure to weather, odor, noise, chemical hazards, gases and dust, standing for prolonged periods of time, walking up and down several flights of stairs, climbing and descending ladders, working at heights, and working in tight or confined spaces.
• Tools and Equipment: Precision and exotic test equipment, diagnostic equipment including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes and signal generators, analog and digital calibration equipment, office equipment, two-way radio, pickup truck, power tools, construction materials, and office equipment. Confined space entry equipment, Personal Protective Equipment and electrically insulated hand tools.

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