Utility Electronics Technician I at City of Chesapeake in Chesapeake, VA

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Utilities Electronics Technician I Job Duties Include:

Performs complex, technical work in the repair, maintenance, inspection, installation, and calibration of instrumentation, control systems and equipment related to water production, water distribution and sanitary sewer pump stations.
Utilities Electronic Tech troubleshoots, diagnoses, repairs, and conducts preventive maintenance (e.g. cleaning, calibration) on electrical, electronic, and instrumentation systems and equipment to include programmable logic controls (PLC); variable frequency drives (VFD); various level, flow, pressure, and temperature devices; solid state reduced voltage controllers; pneumatic and digital instrumentations; alarm telemetry systems; data loggers; motor control circuits; generator control; and transfer switches.
Utilities Electronics Tech designs, fabricates, and installs new instrumentation systems; reads and interprets blueprints, diagrams and schematics to include Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), ladder logic and proportional-integral (PI) controls.
Provides cost estimates, evaluates resource needs, manages the effective deployment of resources, and prepares and reviews specifications.
Maintains inventory of spare parts for instrumentation and initiates procurement of replacement supplies and equipment as necessary.
Utilities Electronics Tech collects data for preventive maintenance system. Prepares files and reports including records of repair and maintenance work completed.
Operates assigned service vehicle, meggers, power analyzers, hand and power tools, permanent and portable generators, and load bank testers; recommends changes to operational functions of equipment, as needed.
Supervise or guide subordinate staff to ensure all equipment meets given codes and guidelines.

*Performs other duties as assigned.

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