Electrical Systems Technician

City-of-Oakdale,-C; Oakdale (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Oakdale is seeking an Electrician to serve as one of two Electrical Systems Technicians in the Public Services Department. This journey-level role maintains and upgrades electrical and electronic control systems for water, wastewater, sewer, and storm water facilities, including SCADA and telemetry systems.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting, installation, calibration, and coordination with engineers and contractors.

Qualifications

• Possession of a high school diploma or GED and four years of electrical maintenance work, including telemetry/SCADA experience.
• Ability to read wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, and manuals; document circuits as installed.
• Knowledge of NEC and safety practices pertaining to electrical work.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical maintenance, repairs, and upgrades on city instrumentation and control systems including SCADA, PLC, and RTU.
• Install, calibrate, test, and troubleshoot control system equipment and telemetry devices.
• Read wiring diagrams and schematics; work with engineers/contractors on system designs and upgrades.
• Operate tools and equipment; maintain records and prepare reports on projects and time worked.
• Respond to citizen inquiries and participate in safety practices on assignments.

Skills

Electrical diagnosis

Troubleshooting

Read wiring diagrams

Telemetry knowledge

SCADA systems

Education

High school diploma or GED; 4 years electrical maintenance; telemetry/SCADA experience

Tools

SCADA

PLC

RTU

Job description

The City of Oakdale is excited to announce an outstanding career opportunity for an Electrician to serve the Citizens of Oakdale. You would be one of two Electrical Systems Technicians servicing the Oakdale community. This position falls under the Public Services Department. It's very rare that a position like this comes available. In our case, the incumbent is sadly retiring this December, after many years of faithful and dedicated service to the City of Oakdale. We are looking to fill this position by December 2026. This is a journey-level specialized class.

An incumbent in this class performs skilled electrical work pertaining to the maintenance, repair and upgrading of electrical and electronic control systems (e.g., for water, wastewater, sewer and storm water facilities) and provides support to other City electrical and maintenance functions such as radio and information systems network communications.

• Performs electrical installation, maintenance, management, repairs and upgrades on City instrumentation systems such as SCADA, PLC and RTU systems.
• Installs and tests new control system equipment; maintains, calibrates, cleans and tunes control system equipment; maintains, tests, cleans, verifies, repairs or replaces auxiliary systems as needed.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctioning equipment; repairs or replaces malfunctioning equipment as appropriate.
• Monitors and tracks SCADA system functions, including system pressure, tank levels and alarms; adjusts system settings as required to maintain proper function.
• Performs electrical and mechanical repairs to pumps and other water, wastewater, sewer and storm water equipment.
• Provides routine technical support for information technology hardware and software for assigned departments; assists with resolving network and communication systems issues.
• Reviews and checks plans and designs of City electrical, radio and control systems; reads and interprets wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, manuals and specifications; documents and draws circuits as installed.
• Works with outside engineers and contractors to assist with the design of telemetry, radio, SCADA, network and other systems.
• Provides telephone system maintenance, repairs and upgrades for assigned departments.
• Assists in developing work plans, procedures and schedules.
• Orders supplies and equipment for work projects.
• Prepares documentation of projects and time worked.
• May assist in maintaining, repairing, constructing and installing other electrical systems for street lights, traffic signals, and City buildings; may assist general maintenance work crews as needed; may help perform emergency repairs to water, sewer, and drainage systems.
• Maintains awareness of safety procedures and practices them on work assignments.
• Operates hand and power tools and motorized equipment used in maintenance work.
• Responds to citizen complaints and answers questions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

ABILITY TO

• Diagnose electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic malfunctions in instrumentation and telemetry systems.
• Read and interpret wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Make repairs to metering and control instruments.
• Make estimates of labor and materials.
• Maintain records and make oral and written reports.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during the course of work.
• Document modifications made to equipment.
• Operate standard computer hardware and software, as well as specialized software pertaining to water, sewer, wastewater and storm water control systems.
• Read, understand and apply safety procedures in operating equipment and performing work assignments.
• Operate specialized and motorized equipment used in public works maintenance work.
• Meet schedules and time lines.
• Maintain records and prepare reports

KNOWLEDGE OF

• Electrical and electronic circuits.
• Methods, practices and tools used in maintaining, repairing, testing and adjusting a wide variety of recording and metering instruments.
• Mechanical linkages to telemetry systems.
• Safety practices and precautions pertaining to the work.
• Codes, laws and ordinances pertaining to the work, including the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Basic mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and factions.
• Principles and operation and maintenance of a variety of actuating instruments and controls.
• Hydraulics as it relates to the operation of recording and metering instruments.
• The mechanics of pumps, valves and backflow devices.
• How to read and implement blue print and schematic directions.
• The use and operation of tools and equipment used in assigned maintenance work.
• The general use of computers.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: possession of a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) and four (4) years of electrical maintenance work, including at least two years of specialized experience involving electrical and electronic telemetry, SCADA and related control systems; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend equipment instructions, as well as correspondence and memos. Ability to write routine correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to understand and carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Possession of a California driver's license is required.
• Possession or ability to obtain a California Water Distribution Operator Certificate is desirable, but not required.