Plant Maintenance Electrician

Posting number: 202600197

Department: Public Works - Belknap

Division: Public Works Water Treatment Plant

Job classification: Plant Maintenance Electrician - Water Treatment Plant

Posting type: External

Categories: Public Works, Wastewater, Maintenance, Utilities

Summary

Salary Range: $31.2799 - $39.8747/hour. Salary reflects Step 1 and Step 6 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This schedule may vary based on operational needs. 

Required Application Attachments:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Job Summary:

This position performs industrial electrical, instrumentation and electronics maintenance.  Under general direction personnel in this position perform a variety of skilled work involved in installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, replacement and calibration of industrial class electrical and electronic equipment, plant automation systems and process control equipment.  

Scope of Responsibility:

Process-level decision making: sets precedent within limits and/or administers operating rules and procedures under management guidance. Performs advanced troubleshooting or analysis; problems require interpretation of data using generally prescribed procedures. Failures and successes impact the department or functional operations, with moderate financial impact on the overall organization.  Provides technical direction to other team personnel on assigned tasks or projects. Requires frequent interaction to provide basic information and/or occasional interaction requiring detailed procedural explanations or technical responses, where relationships are with other functional work units or teams.

Examples of duties

The Plant Maintenance Electrician will be performing the full range of duties as assigned, exercising initiative and working independently, and frequently interpreting codes, procedures and safety policies as applicable to assigned work. 

Duties and Functions

• Performs skilled electrical, electronic, automation and process control systems installation, diagnostics, preventative maintenance, repair and replacement activities for the City’s water and wastewater facilities and systems.
• Plans work projects; prepares estimates of time and materials needed to perform assigned repairs and maintenance; ensures adequate materials and supplies are available for proper performance of assigned work; assists in maintaining inventory of equipment, tools, parts, and supplies used in the electrical/instrumentation activities.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), programmable logic controllers (PLC) and other automation components.
• Performs electrical calibrations on systems and instrumentation.
• Troubleshoots, diagnoses, and repairs, where appropriate, failures in control systems, machinery and equipment, branch circuits; electrical distribution systems, communications, instrumentation, and other electrical systems in the water and wastewater systems.
• Performs electrical preventative maintenance on generator systems, electrical switchgear, electric actuators and other devices and equipment requiring scheduled electrical preventative maintenance.
• Safely operates, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs medium-voltage class switchgear and motor drives (4,160V – 12,500V).
• Installs, maintains, and repairs radio and telephone communication systems, cameras, security systems, and other related devices.
• Installs, troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs wireless, copper and fiber optic network media and equipment.
• Operates a variety of tools and equipment including hand tools, shop tools, diagnostic tools and equipment, electrical calibration equipment, electrical safety equipment, vehicular equipment and other specialized equipment used in the installation, servicing, repair and replacement of electrical, electronic, and automation systems.
• Leadworker Plant Maintenance Electrician may train and technically oversee electrical maintenance personnel.
• Understands and employs the automated maintenance management scheduling and tracking systems employed by the Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Divisions.
• Prepares electrical schematics; make additions, corrections and modifications to electrical drawings.
• Knowledgeable in current electrical code and properly apply requirements to