Instrumentation & Controls Technician - Santa Monica, CA

Overview

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through the delivery of our operations and maintenance services, you’ll make it simpler and more seamless for our municipal clients to operate safely and efficiently, empowering communities to focus on what matters most to them – people.

Join our advanced water treatment facility in Santa Monica, CA as the Instrumentation & Controls Technician of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program (SWIP). SWIP provides a drought resilient water supply for the City of Santa Monica by producing up to 1,680 acre-feet per year of advanced treated recycled water through the advanced water treatment facility, stormwater harvesting, and upgrades to the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility.

Treatment processes include membranes, cartridge filters, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet advanced oxidation.

Jacobs is seeking to hire a full-time Instrumentation and Controls Technician for SWIP. Under general supervision of the Chief Plant Operator, this position performs the inspection, maintenance, and repair for all equipment control circuits including electronics, pneumatic systems, and signal devices necessary to meet regulatory water compliance and production targets.

Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we’ll help you grow what drives you – and deliver the world’s most challenging Operations Management projects, together.

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• Interpret and work from as-builts, O&M manuals, and other technical documents.
• Maintain the record keeping associated with all electrical, instrumentation, and controls repairs and modifications.
• Follow verbal and written instructions.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work.
• Recommend control system modifications with documented justification that will result in standard utilization of parts and materials and will reduce operating and repair costs.
• Establishes and enforces uniform electrical repair safety procedures.
• Makes modifications to as-built electrical drawings based on system modifications and update all electrical component equipment history files.
• Creates work orders to perform daily tasks using the CMMS and track work performed and inventory used on a per job basis.
• Configure new computers out of the box to be accepted onto the domain and install all necessary software packages for PLC programming and HMI/SCADA monitoring and control.

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must have and maintain a valid CA Driver’s License with no major infractions.
• Three (3) to five (5) years' experience involving the maintenance, repair, and calibration of electrical control systems in a water, wastewater, or advanced water treatment facility.

Ideally you'll also have

• CWEA Electrical and Instrumentation Technologist Grade 1 or above is preferred.
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, equipment, and instruments used in the maintenance, repair, and calibration of electrical and electronic control systems.
• Ability to design and implement networking schemes and have a full understanding of IP network architectures.
• Knowledge of the principle and practices of an effective control system preventive maintenance program.
• Knowledge of standard safety principles and related state and federal laws and regulations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Safety is a core value  are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. This position will spend a substantial amount of time performing safety sensitive labor or services.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you…