Posted: 20-May-25
Location: Lorton, Virginia
Type: Full Time
Years of Experience:
Internal Number: 25-01063
$2,500 Signing Bonus*
Are you a curious individual that likes to learn how things work? Does troubleshooting & analyzing a complex problem motivate you? Do you have fun improving things? If you identify with these traits, you may find working in Fairfax counties’ wastewater instrumentation group at Noman M. Cole Jr. Water Recycling Facility in Lorton a fulfilling career experience.
Responsibilities include:
- Performs preventative and corrective maintenance on electronic, electrical, and mechanical systems and components associated with flow, level, and analytical measuring devices.
- Calibrates maintains, and repairs wastewater treatment plant instrumentation.
- Assists Instrumentation Technician III in the installation, repairs, and programming of programmable logic controllers (PLC), digital valve networks, and other complex process control systems.
- Performs independent action to troubleshoot and repair the plant process control systems.
- Responsible for the proper setting and operation of pressure, level, motion, and status switches that interlock to the process control systems.
- Maintains the continuous emission monitoring system on the incinerator stacks.
- Performs calibration and repair on sensor and alarm systems for oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, explosive gas (methane), and fire detection.
- Utilizes electronic test equipment such as laptop computers, volt/ohm/ amp meters, digital manometers, and a variety of specialty calibrators to verify the accuracy and proper operation of the plant equipment.
- Keeps accurate records of calibrations and correction maintenance.
- Uses a laptop computer for troubleshooting, and researching technical information related to field installations.
- Documents work completed in a computer-based work order system.
- Performs other duties as required.
Wastewater Management is part of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES), please visit us here to learn more about us.
DPWES is a diverse, nationally accredited and award-winning public works agency with approximately 1,000 employees providing solid waste, capital facility development, wastewater, stormwater, urban forestry, and land acquisition management services for the most populous county in Virginia. Join our team to help us protect the environment and serve the people of Fairfax County by creating and preserving a sustainable community that is an ideal place to live, work, and play for everyone.
Benefits:
Fairfax County Government is committed to our employees, and offers comprehensive benefits, including a defined-benefit retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Through our LiveWell Program and the County Benefits Division, we endeavor to cultivate a culture of wellbeing that empowers, educates, and engages employees and retirees to make life-long choices that promote a holistic approach to their physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial wellness. Please review our awesome benefits:
Note: The appointee to this position is subject to emergency callback 24 hours a day/seven days a week (24/7) to respond to snow, flood, and other emergencies requiring division resources.
*A $2,500 signing bonus is available to new county employees hired in the Instrumentation Technician II position.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to graduation from high school, or a GED issued by a state department of education or completion of a vocation course of an instrumentation/ technician/electronic or similar vocational and or apprenticeship program; plus three years of work experience related to the installation, maintenance and repair of industrial instrumentation or electronic, electrical equipment found in water or wastewater utilities.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
A valid driver's license.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, driving record check, and a pre-employment physical examination to the satisfaction of the employer.
Subject to 24 hour call back and must, therefore, be able to work emergency overtime. Subject to working in adverse weather conditions and may be exposed to raw waste or environments generating methane gas. Ability to distinguish different color wiring.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Associate degree in instrumentation/electrical/electronic technology or related field.
- Journeyman's license in Instrumentation, Electrical, and or ISA certification.
- Experience working in a wastewater environment.
- Two years of experience troubleshooting and repairing electrical & instrumentation control systems.
- One year of experience performing SCADA and PLC troubleshooting and/or programming.
- One year of experience, in water treatment, or pump station maintenance group.
- One year of experience reading instrumentation data, interpreting schematics, circuit diagrams, and manuals related to Instrumentation.
- Confined space certification.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to lift 50 pounds. Climb ladders, work in confined spaces. Work from elevated heights such as catwalks etc., and use respirators. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.
The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.
BONUS ELIGIBILITY:
Positions within this classification that are general merit may be eligible for a one-time hiring incentive bonus for new county employees only. This bonus program requires a signed payback agreement between the department and employee.
Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.