Title:

SCADA Technician Department:

Public Works Status:

Full-Time FLSA:

Non-Exempt

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under general supervision, the Supervisor Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Technician performs a variety of technical tasks in support of the SCADA system to include calibrating equipment, performing overall maintenance and correcting problems with equipment; providing technical support; serving as first responder to outages and equipment failures: coordinating work; and documenting work activities. Works under the leadership of SCADA Superintendent for water treatment, water distribution and wastewater collection system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Programs SCADA by developing new code; querying the historian; edits existing programs; archives programs; works with software such as, WonderWare, INSQL, and Modicon Concept. Repairs and maintains SCADA by diagnosing problems using schematic drawings, monitoring software, and digital test equipment, repairs, replaces and reprograms by diagnosis; performs routine maintenance on SCADA system components; performs visual and machine aided inspections, installs and installs and inspects weatherization. Builds SCADA by assembling parts to form a working product; tests assembly prior to deployment; deploys. Assembles, and integrates field and human machine interface. Maintain UPS equipment by diagnosing software to measure uninterruptable power supply capacity; replaces batteries if capacity is low; replaces UPS if unit fails. Calibrates instruments by using test equipment; performs periodic calibrations to verify monitoring instruments are within limits; directs other to perform calibrations. Work with manufacturers of SCADA system and field instruments to plan, install, maintain, and repair existing and new field equipment/devices.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of installing and maintaining process control equipment including PLCs, RTUs, hubs, switches, and routers
• Knowledge with configuring and troubleshooting process control instruments
• Knowledge with installing and maintaining servers, workstations and human interfaces (HMI) for water and wastewater systems used in the Water Industry.
• Skill in running PC windows and Unix
• Skill with programming and configuration of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and remote terminal units (RTUs) using ladder logic and IEC Programming languages.
• Ability to install and maintain fiber optic cable, twisted pair cables, multi-pair cable and coax cable technologies.