Electronic Instrumentation Technician, Water Pollution Control

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Provisional. Aprovisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service Examination process for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for a permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years.

Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:

• Application Opening:
  Tuesday, July 15, 2025
• Final date to receive applications:
  Apply immediately. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement may close at any time after 5:00PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, August 1, 2025
• Compensation Range: $131,118- $159,354 Annually
• Recruitment  / TPV-

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), has approximately 1,700 CCSF employees and strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer.

SFO’s mission is delivering an airport experience where people and our planet come first and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, Care, and Equity. Learn more about careers at SFO.

This position will provide support for the maintaining, installing, and calibrating instrumentation throughout the treatment plant. This includes the industrial waste plant, the sanitary waste plant and advanced water treatment plant that is currently being developed. This position will also be involved in record keeping of maintenance work that is required for the treatment plant to maintain its National Pollution Discharge Systems Permit.

Job Description

You are excited about this position because you will:

• Operates test apparatus such as Diagnostic Test Equipment (DTE), using established testing procedures to produce, regulate and record effects of actual or simulated conditions; prepares reports interpreting test data to usable terms; may direct other technical personnel assisting in test procedures.
• Performs diagnostic, corrective and preventive maintenance on complex electronic systems and instruments, including analog pneumatic and digital electronic equipment; install, test, troubleshoot and repair programmable logic controller interfaces located at a wastewater treatment facility.
• Maintains records of work performed; develops documentation for the maintenance, installation, removal and modification of electronic systems and equipment.
• Installs and inspects new equipment; evaluates performance under operating conditions; assists in the design, fabrication or modification of fixtures, instruments and related apparatus; and verifies and evaluates dimensional and functional acceptability and performance of such devices.
• Operates special power or hand tools and measuring equipment including soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, analyzers, calibrators, hand generators, power suppliers and other instruments used in operating, testing, calibrating or repairing electromechanical and electrohydraulic apparatus.
• Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education

Completion of a two-year AA or AS degree program in Electronics or Instrumentation or equivalent, such as an Electronics or Instrumentation Certificate from a recognized trade or technical school, or military training in Electronics or Instrumentation;
AND

Experience

Three (3) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of industrial electronic or pneumatic instrumentation and control equipment;
AND

License and Certification

Possession of a current Valid Class C Driver’s License

Substitution

Completion of a State (DAS) or Federal (DOL) certified apprenticeship program may substitute for the required education and experience;
OR

Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Upon appointment to employment, and then on an annual basis, employees will be required to pass a State-mandated Respirator Medical Examination and be clean-shaven as required for use, and at least annually for respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus…