Instrumentation & Automation Technician I (SCADA & Controls)

DeKalb County Government; Decatur (GA); On-site; USD 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

DeKalb County Government is seeking an Electronic Instrumentation Technician to install, maintain, calibrate, and repair telemetry and control equipment at water and wastewater facilities. The role involves SCADA systems, PLCs, and instrumentation across remote sites.

The ideal candidate has an Associate’s Degree in Electronics and at least one year of hands-on experience with industrial control equipment, with a valid Georgia driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in Electronics required.
• One year of experience in maintenance and repair of analog and digital industrial control equipment.
• Equivalent education/experience combinations may be considered.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Programs, installs, repairs, and expands telemetry system and integrates system with other hardware and software systems.
• Calibrates, troubleshoots, repairs, installs, and integrates flow and measuring equipment and instrumentation systems (pH, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, chlorine, dissolved oxygen, flow, level, water/air pressure).
• Performs electronic equipment setup, programming, calibrating, and troubleshooting of components such as VFDs, control valves, pump controls, alarm systems, and level monitoring systems.
• Installs, maintains, and analyzes malfunctions of computerized control devices, controls and instrument loops, SCADA components; makes repairs.
• Performs programming changes and upgrades, calibration, and logic troubleshooting of PLCs.
• Researches and assists with the design of new control systems; automates old systems.

Education

Associate’s Degree in Electronics

Tools

SCADA systems

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Telemetry systems

Job description

DeKalb County Government is seeking an Electronic Instrumentation Technician to install, maintain, calibrate, and repair telemetry and control equipment at water and wastewater facilities. The role involves SCADA systems, PLCs, and instrumentation across remote sites.

The ideal candidate has an Associate’s Degree in Electronics and at least one year of hands-on experience with industrial control equipment, with a valid Georgia driver’s license.