Communications & Control Technician (Electronic Technician)

DIVISION: Operations

DEPARTMENT: Field Operations, Operations Support, Metering & Monitoring, DI

UNION/GRADE: Unit 2/Grade 18

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BASIC PURPOSE:

Participates in the development, installation and maintenance of the Authority's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Required to be on-call for emergencies 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of the Senior SCADA Technician or Unit Supervisor.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Exercises close supervision of technicians and support staff.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists with the development, installation, enhancement and maintenance of the control and monitoring system.
• Installs, repairs and services direct to line, time division multiplex digital channel banks, CSU/DSU high-speed data modems and other data communications equipment.
• Works with the phone company and other vendors to achieve data line installations and repairs.
• Performs precision calibration and maintenance on primary instrumentation devices utilized for the control and operation of SCADA controlled and monitored water and wastewater facilities.
• Installs, repairs and services UHF, point to multipoint multiple addresses, and spread spectrum data radios along with analog/digital microwave systems in the 2, 6, 10, 11 and 23 Ghz bands as directed.
• Installs, repairs and services microwave towers, antennas, transmission lines and dehydrator units as directed.
• Works with Human Machine Interface screens, SCADA PCs, network equipment, programmable logic controllers and remote terminal units as directed.
• Performs preliminary path studies of proposed microwave links as well as frequency interference and intermodulation studies at microwave/radio sites.

SECONDARY DUTIES:

• Performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• An Associate's Degree in Electronic Engineering, an electronics technician certification (community college or trade school), or an ISA Control Systems Technician Certification; and
• One (1) year experience maintaining and servicing computer controlled programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and/or other types of automated process control; and
• Experience in the calibration, repair and maintenance of instrumentation and data communication equipment required; or
• Any equivalent combination of education or experience.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to troubleshoot to the board level utilizing a variety of electronic test equipment as well as computer driven diagnostics is required.
• Ability to install, align and service microwave towers, dish, yagi and Omni directional antennas in excess of 100 feet above ground level required.
• Familiarity with windows-based HMI application software is desired.
• Familiarity with Auto-CAD, or other equivalent CAD design program is desired.
• Familiarity with computer aided microwave terrain analysis engineering program.
• Working knowledge of Windows Operating Systems.
• Strong initiative/work ethic and excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills required.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Valid Massachusetts Class D motor vehicle license.

FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License (or ability to obtain license within six months.)

Pass Confined Space Entry Training within six months.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED:

Electronic test equipment, PLC's climbing and fall retrieval equipment, personal computer including word processing and other software, hand tools, mobile radios and copy and fax machines.