Utility Electronics Technician II

Are you ready to advance your career by taking your technical skills to the next level and taking on greater responsibilities?

As a Utilities Electronics Technician, you will play a key role in maintaining and optimizing critical electronic systems that support water and sewer operations. This position blends hands-on technical work with problem-solving and system improvement, including installing and servicing instrumentation, troubleshooting and repairing equipment, and ensuring systems operate efficiently and meet regulatory standards.

Job Duties Include:

• Performs complex, technical work in the repair, maintenance, inspection, installation, and calibration of instrumentation, control systems and equipment related to water production, water distribution and sanitary sewer pump stations.
• Troubleshoots, diagnoses, repairs, and conducts preventive maintenance (e.g. cleaning, calibration) on electrical, electronic, and instrumentation systems and equipment to include programmable logic controls ( PLC ); variable frequency drives ( VFD ); various level, flow, pressure, and temperature devices; solid state reduced voltage controllers; pneumatic and digital instrumentations; alarm telemetry systems; data loggers; motor control circuits; generator control; and transfer switches.
• Designs, fabricates, and installs new instrumentation systems; reads and interprets blueprints, diagrams and schematics to include Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLC ), ladder logic and proportional-integral (PI) controls.
• Provides cost estimates, evaluates resource needs, manages the effective deployment of resources, and prepares and reviews specifications.
• Maintains inventory of spare parts for instrumentation and initiates procurement of replacement supplies and equipment as necessary.
• Collects data for preventive maintenance system. Prepares files and reports including records of repair and maintenance work completed.
• Operates assigned service vehicle, meggers, power analyzers, hand and power tools, permanent and portable generators, and load bank testers; recommends changes to operational functions of equipment, as needed.
• May supervise or guide subordinate staff to ensure all equipment meets given codes and guidelines.

*Performs other duties as assigned.

The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.

Required Qualifications
VOCATIONAL / EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT : Requires an associate's degree or any equivalent combination of education and experience in electronics or a closely related field.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS : In addition to satisfying the vocational/education standards, this class requires a minimum of two years of full-time equivalent experience.

SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES : Requires a valid driver's license and a driving record that is in compliance with City Driving Standards .

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : Employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in programming and calibration of water and sewer instrumentation and controls is preferred.