SCADA Instrumentation Technician

Utilities Department / Wastewater - SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Instrumentation Technician
4530 66th St. W., Bradenton, Florida 34210
Monday – Friday / 7:00am-3:30pm / Stand-By on a Rotating Schedule Required
 
Providing quality customer service to our citizens, business owners and visitors is Manatee County Government’s top priority, and that starts with our employees. We value Accountability, Civility, and Ethics in everything we do, and we look for friendly, innovative employees who share those values.
 
Manatee County has over 735 lift stations which are approximately 1475 pumps. The Lift Station section operates and maintains a SCADA telemetry system that utilizes three telemetry towers with over 35,000 alarm points that they receive information from as we continuously monitor station operation. We have over 150 emergency generators and 9 auxiliary pumps to operate our stations during power outages or system failures. To learn more about the Manatee County Utilities Department please click “here”.

SCADA Instrumentation Technician:
As a SCADA Instrumentation Technician in the Lift Station section, you will join a highly experienced team tasked with protecting public health and safety, protecting the environment, and conserving Florida’s water resources. Your previous experience in the repair, inspection, adjustment, and calibration of electronic controls and instrumentation will be used to install, maintain, and troubleshoot the continually growing number of county lift stations.
 
Manatee County strives to be an employer of choice and most of our employees turn jobs into long term careers with great benefits.

• Comprehensive benefits package – Your Choice Manatee Health Plan
• Generous vacation/sick leave, 11 paid holidays
• Florida Retirement System (FRS)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership.

What You Will Do:
•    Facilitate/perform the implementation, coordination, supervision, and maintenance of the SCADA Network.
•    Responsible for configuring, documenting, and programming of the automation and control systems.
•    Perform general electrical work such as program VFDs and troubleshoot motor control panels and pull wires occasionally.
•    Install new equipment and wires units according to electrical codes and schematics and diagrams provided; troubleshoot and make repairs to all existing equipment.
 •    Use test equipment such as multi-meters, digital voltmeters, digital calibrators, digital logic probes, oscilloscopes, SWR meters, TDR analyzers, frequency measuring meters, and other pertinent electrical and electronic measuring devices.

Who You Are:
•    Knowledge of principles and practices of SCADA systems, specifically as applied to preventative and corrective maintenance of SCADA, including its electrical, electronic, pneumatic, microprocessor and other instrumentation components at water treatment plants.
•    Knowledge of methods of operation of modern equipment and instrumentation of water and wastewater treatment plants and related facilities and of work hazards and appropriate precautionary measures.
•    Knowledge of PLC and SCADA programming with Rockwell (RSLogix 500, Panelview, DeviceNet), Citect, Siemens and DFS.
•    Knowledge of antenna theory and related test equipment used to diagnose transmit/receive problems with radio telemetry systems.

Please see the complete job description here

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent certificate of competency
• Prior courses or technical training in electronics, instrumentation, and controls required.
• 5  years’ experience in repair, inspection, adjustment, and calibration of electronic controls and instrumentation.
• Valid driver license required, with valid Florida Driver License within 30 days of hire.

Desired:

• PLC & HMI programming, instrumentation, computer science and industrial controls highly desired.