Placer County

To perform highly complex and difficult duties requiring independent judgement in the installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of wastewater collection, water distribution, and treatment pond systems related facilities; and to exercise technical and functional supervision over maintenance and technical personnel.

This is the advanced journey level class in the Electrical Instrument and Control Technician series.  Positions at this level are distinguished from other classes within the series by the level of responsibility assumed, complexity of duties assigned, independence of action taken, by the amount of time spent performing lead or specialized duties and by the nature of the public contact made.  Employees perform the most difficult and responsible types of duties assigned to classes within this series including performance of complex and difficult work in electrical maintenance, repair, motors, and pump maintenance and exercise technical and functional supervision over maintenance and technical personnel. Employees at this level are required to be fully trained in all procedures related to assigned area of responsibility.

Classes in the Electrical Instrument and Control Technician series are distinguished from those in the Utility Services Worker series in that the former is required to obtain a higher level of technical, mechanical, and electrical training and experience in order to independently perform the full scope of job duties related to servicing the County’s lift stations which include variable frequency drives per state and local requirements. In contrast, the Utility Service Worker series performs more general maintenance of wastewater, water treatment, and related facilities. 

Receives direction from assigned Utility Operations Supervisor.

Exercises technical and functional supervision over maintenance and technical personnel. 

• Coordinate with other divisions and department's regarding water distribution, wastewater collection, and treatment pond operations; schedule and monitor the work of vendors and contractors ensuring work is being properly performed and is consistent with county standards.
• Perform highly skilled testing, maintenance, and repair on controllers, power switching gears, distribution systems, lighting circuits, single and multi-phase power and control circuits, plan condition status, and alarm circuits.
• Ensure the effective and efficient operation of electrical, electronic, water, and wastewater related instrumentation associated with the County's treatment, distribution, and collections system.
• Monitor the County’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA); support authorized personnel responsible for the programming of the County’s SCADA and telemetry systems.
• Utilize a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) to plan, schedule, complete, and document maintenance activities; maintain a variety of documentation including work orders and maintenance logs.
• Install, maintain, configure, calibrate, inspect, test, modify, and repair instrument control, recordings, metering, and alarm telemetry systems used in water distribution, wastewater collections, and treatment ponds.
• Plan, monitor, and conduct electrical preventive maintenance program; provide training and technical advice to operational staff as required.
• Install, diagnose, troubleshoot, and perform preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical switch gear, relays, process controls, alarm systems, transmitters, gauges, sensors, isolators, analyzers, flowmeters, transducers, uninterruptible power supplies, lighting, motors, starters, pumps, circuit breakers, power meters, switches, control wiring, protective relays, cameras, and related electrical and electronic devices.
• Clean, lubricate, and inspect electrical equipment and other instrumentation and control equipment; Install wiring in conduit for new projects.
• Update electrical drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Inspect, maintain, rebuild, and repair pumps and electric motors, controls and alarms.
• Operate light and moderately heavy equipment such as dump trucks, boom trucks and backhoes; transport equipment and supplies to work sites; and load and unload equipment and supplies.
• When assigned to wastewater treatment plant or sewer pump station, maintain, and repair all mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems; install and repair all piping and valves; interpret manuals, schematics, diagrams, and drawings; and provide technical supervision to maintenance and technical personnel regarding equipment and facility maintenance within the plant or pump station.
• Maintain water distribution, wastewater collection, and treatment pond equipment, such as motor controls and automatic switch gear, and sewage pumps; install and maintain variable frequency drives, starters, and related automatic control equipment such as high voltage circuit Breakers, control wires, and protective relays.
• Test lift station emergency generators at various sites; clean, lubricate, and inspect electrical equipment related to generators.
• Install, configure, and maintain control of video and communications equipment.
• Install and service electrical voltage recording devices; Locate underground electrical conductors to prevent damage; Inspect and repair new and damaged buried cables.
• Test lift station emergency generators at various sites; clean, lubricate, and inspect engine and electrical equipment related to generators.
• May perform minor repair/pipe work, as needed.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with coworkers, other County employees, and the public using principles of good customer service.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Work is primarily performed outside with varying environments, including inclement weather. Duties are performed in close proximity to a variety of hazardous environments including wastewater, sewage, gases, and high voltages.

Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be:  

• Possession of a valid Class A or B driver's license with air brake and tanker endorsements within twelve months of employment. Proof of adequate vehicle insurance and medical clearance may also be required.
• Possession of certificate of training in use of self-contained breathing apparatus, to be obtained within three months of employment.
• California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Grade 1 Electrical & Instrumentation Technologist Certification or equivalent.
• California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Grade 2 Collection System Maintenance Certification or equivalent.

All permanent appointments to this classification shall serve a probationary period of twelve (12) calendar months or two thousand eighty (2,080) hours, whichever is more. 

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