Sr. Instrumentation​/Electronics Technician

At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.

The Sr. Instrumentation/Electronics Technician performs journey-level work associated with the repair, maintenance, and installation of instrumentation, process control equipment, and various other electronic equipment throughout WSSC Water.

• Ensures that electronic equipment and various types of instrumentation functions properly
• Ensures that process controllers are functioning properly and changes control logic parameters where necessary
• Uses industrial test equipment such as digital multimeters, HART communicators, and other specialized test equipment to monitor and calibrate electronic and instrumentation systems
• Maintains records on testing, calibration and repairs of equipment; this includes maintenance record keeping using a computerized maintenance management system
• Participates in preventive maintenance program(s)
• Assists with drawings of modifications to existing systems
• Provides input as to the reliability of current and new instruments and systems for use at WSSC Water facilities
• Inspects the work of contractors at new and existing sites
• Confers with manufacturer’s representatives to determine reason for problems, possible remedies and/or applicability of equipment to meet WSSC Water’s needs
• Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business
• Biosolids Management Division – Performs light, basic electrical and mechanical maintenance tasks as assigned.

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience that includes:
  • 3+ years advanced process control experience
  • Using industrial test equipment such as digital multimeters and HART protocol programming software to monitor and calibrate instrumentation systems
  • Servicing equipment such as level indicators/controllers, flow indicators/controllers, current indicators/controllers, temperature indicator/controllers, and analytical instrumentation
  • Maintaining records on testing, calibration and repairs of instruments
  • Maintaining automated control processors including assisting in programming changes needed to change setpoints or functional operations of systems