SCADA & Instrumentation Technician - Water/Wastewater

Manatee County Government; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Manatee County Government seeks an experienced Instrumentation/SCADA Technician to install, maintain and troubleshoot SCADA, PLCs, and instrumentation across county wastewater facilities in Bradenton, FL. The role emphasizes configuring automation systems, calibration, and field service tasks.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent with electronics/controls training and at least five years of experience in repair and calibration of electronic controls.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; electronics/controls training.
• Minimum of five years' experience in repair, inspection, adjustment and calibration of electronic controls.
• PLC & HMI programming experience highly desired; Rockwell RSLogix 500, PanelView, device networks.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate/perform the implementation, coordination, supervision and maintenance of the SCADA Network.
• Configure, document and program automation and control systems.
• Design, programming, simulation, testing and start-up for in-house projects.
• Electrical work: program VFDs, troubleshoot motor control panels, pull wire.
• Preventative and corrective maintenance of instrumentation at waste/water facilities.
• Calibrate instrumentation using calibration equipment and standards.
• Install and configure telemetry systems for lift stations and tanks.
• Train other instrument technicians and electricians as needed.
• Support emergency or disaster response activities.

Skills

SCADA knowledge

PLC programming

Rockwell RSLogix 500

PanelView

Citect

Siemens DFS

Electrical troubleshooting

HART communication

VFD programming

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical training in electronics and controls

Tools

AutoCAD

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

TDR analyzer

Calibration equipment

Job description

Manatee County Government seeks an experienced Instrumentation/SCADA Technician to install, maintain and troubleshoot SCADA, PLCs, and instrumentation across county wastewater facilities in Bradenton, FL. The role emphasizes configuring automation systems, calibration, and field service tasks.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent with electronics/controls training and at least five years of experience in repair and calibration of electronic controls.