Utilities - Instrumentation and Control Technician
Salary
$21.99 - $36.28 Hourly
Location
3100 Loveland Blvd Port Charlotte FL 33980, FL
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
2026-00167
Department
UTIL - I & C
Opening Date
04/30/2026
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
IUPAT
How You Can Help Us Make a Difference
Step into a career where precision meets purpose. As an Instrumentation & Control Technician, you'll play a critical role in keeping essential water and wastewater systems running safely, efficiently, and reliably. From troubleshooting advanced electrical and electronic controls to calibrating the instrumentation that powers treatment plants and pump stations, your expertise ensures clean water flows to the community every day. If you're driven by hands-on problem solving, cutting-edge technology, and work that truly matters, this is your opportunity to make an impact behind the scenes of vital public infrastructure.
Education & Credentials That Power This Role
Education and Experience:
An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience:
Licenses and/or Certificates:
Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey
An Instrumentation and Control Technician performs daily inspections, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of electrical, electronic, and pneumatic instrumentation and control systems across water and wastewater facilities, including treatment plants, pump stations, and distribution systems. Tests, calibrates, installs, and upgrades monitoring and control equipment to ensure accurate system performance, while assisting with electrical systems and equipment maintenance as needed. Maintains detailed records, interprets schematics, and monitors system operations to identify issues and take corrective action. Supports system improvements and special projects, including designing and commissioning control upgrades, while maintaining a clean work environment, participating in on-call and emergency response duties, and providing responsive customer service and problem resolution.
Extra Details You Should Know
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work typically requires moderate exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors or dust).
RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS
The position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.).
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:
All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.
Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.
All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.
Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive benefits package to regular full-time employees.
Charlotte County Benefits & Total Rewards
Employer Charlotte, County of (FL)
Address 18500 Murdock Circle
Room 130
Port Charlotte, Florida, 33948
Phone 941-743-1260