Communications & Control Technician; Electronic Technician

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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.

1/9/2026 to 1/23/2026

Clinton, MA

$ Annually $1,996.94 Weekly

Full salary range: $72,259.25 - $ Annually $1,389.60 - $1,996.94 Weekly

Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm

• 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.
• Performs related duties as required.

• An Associate's Degree in Electronic Engineering, an electronics technician certification (community college or trade school), or an ISA Control Systems Technician Certification; and
• At least 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.
• Valid 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.
• This position has been designated as essential in instances where the MWRA Executive Director requires essential personnel to report to work such as inclement weather or other emergencies.
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• 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.

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.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable…