Independent highly skilled technical work in the installation, adjustment, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and monitoring of water/wastewater instrumentation equipment, PLC’s, computers and peripherals, electronic control mechanisms, analog/digital converters, pneumatic/hydraulic controllers, encoded digital frequency shift telemetry and related utility technology components.

Job Description:

As an Instrumentation/Technology Technician will, with instruction from supervisor, maintain, repair, monitor, and/or calibrate a variety of electronic, hydraulic/pneumatic, automatic control devices, sensors, recorders, meters, detectors, and other specialized testing devices/computer technologies used to support a utility.  This will include providing support for the hardware and/or software utilized in these technologies.  Some of the technologies supported are  SCADA, Maximo,  AMR and telemetry.  Additional duties are as follows, but not limited to:

• Inspect and diagnose technical instrumentation and/or hardware/software problems.
• Locates, adjusts, and repairs defects in instrumentation and/or hardware/software.
• Utilizes a variety of equipment with skill such as electronic testers (including voltmeters, ammeters, insulation testing meters, industrial analyzers, and oscilloscopes), pneumatic/hydraulic testers, computers, master controllers, microprocessors, laboratory and shop instruments, and other specialized control devices.
• Installs, adjusts, and maintains SCADA system, alternating and direct current devices, sensors, recorders, analog/digital parameter transmitters, receivers; medium/high/ultra-high frequency radio alternating and direct current receivers, transmitters and auxiliaries; flow loop systems, alternating and direct current circuitry with solid state electronic micro circuitry, pneumatic control systems, according to diagrams, drawing, and sketches.  Installs and tests antennae, frequency monitors, microphones, cable, electrical interference suppressors.  Installs instrumentation controls per specification; makes modifications to equipment, as necessary.
• Makes complete overhauls including adjusting, repairing, and replacing parts to convert obsolete equipment to conform with present instrumentation design, construction standards and user need.
• Maintains records of time and materials used in installing, repairing, maintaining, and adjusting equipment.  Maintains a history of metering, control, and recording equipment.
• Coordinates with other repair agencies to facilitate economical repairs/replacement of damaged and defective equipment effectively and efficiently.  Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance and troubleshooting of electronic, instrumentation, and hardware/software systems. 

Work Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.   

About You

Minimum Qualifications:  Technical school diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of experience in related field; OR a High School Diploma or GED and three (3) years experience in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of electronics equipment and IT Technologies.  Certification may be required as assigned by management or by licensing codes and regulatory laws. May require five (5) years minimum water and wastewater plant experience in maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, and installations.

Preferred Qualifications: Additional Courses in electronic control, instrumentation, electrical engineering, remote data acquisition, IT Technology Systems, or related field.  International Society for Automation (ISA) certification as a Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST).

Job Competencies: 

• Skilled in SCADA, ARM’s, Telemetry, PLC’s, IR, GPS, facility security and Maximo. 
• Ability to use and/or learn the following software Rockwell, GE Fanuc, Wonderware, Archestra, Historian, SQL, and Microsoft Office. 
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and to follow diagrams, blueprints, or schematics. 
• Knowledge of methods, materials, tools, IT technology and standard practices of the trade. 
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade. 
• Knowledge of operation principles of all related processes and equipment. 
• Knowledge of industry codes, standards, and specifications. 
• Skill in the use of tools, machines, IT technology and testing instruments of the trade. 
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, measure, record, transmit, test and repair components according to manuals, factory specifications and knowledge of systems and equipment. 
• Skill in calculating electrical current flows, fluid pressures, measurements, gauges, etc. 
• Ability to deal with scientific principles and wide ranges of intellectual, practical, and related problems/issues.

Physical Demands:  Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

About Everything Else

Pay: $20.01 - $27.37 - On-Call Required.

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! 
• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco Free/Drug Free Workplace

Sarasota County Government promotes diversity and inclusion in its workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identification or expression, genetic information, religion, national origin, marital status, age or disability. A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5741.