Job Opportunity:  Electronic Instrumentation Technician, Water Pollution Control

Annual Compensation Range: $131,118 – $159,354

Link to Apply:  Electronic Instrumentation Technician, Water Pollution Control – Facilities – SFO (7336) – 156473

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is recruiting for a skilled and motivated Electronic Instrumentation Technician – Water Pollution Control to support the maintenance, installation, and calibration of instrumentation at SFO’s wastewater and advanced water treatment facilities. Technicians play a critical role in ensuring system performance and environmental compliance by troubleshooting complex electronic systems and maintaining essential records for regulatory permits. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, safety-focused, and thrive in a hands-on technical environment.

Qualifications: This position requires three (3) years of experience in maintaining and repairing industrial electronic or pneumatic instrumentation/control equipment, and completion of a two-year AA/AS degree, technical certificate, or equivalent military training in electronics or instrumentation. A valid California driver’s license is required.

Ready to contribute to SFO’s mission of safety and environmental excellence? Apply now through the official job posting!

You are excited about this position because you will:

• Operates test apparatus such as Diagnostic Test Equipment (DTE), using established testing procedures to produce, regulate and record effects of actual or simulated conditions; prepares reports interpreting test data to useable terms; may direct other technical personnel assisting in test procedures.
• Performs diagnostic, corrective and preventive maintenance on complex electronic systems and instruments, including analog pneumatic and digital electronic equipment; install, test, troubleshoot and repair programmable logic controller interfaces located at a wastewater treatment facility.
• Maintains records of work performed; develops documentation for the maintenance, installation, removal and modification of electronic systems and equipment.
• Installs and inspects new equipment; evaluates performance under operating conditions; assists in the design, fabrication or modification of fixtures, instruments and related apparatus; and verifies and evaluates dimensional and functional acceptability and performance of such devices.
• Operates special power or hand tools and measuring equipment including soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, analyzers, calibrators, hand generators, power suppliers and other instruments used in operating, testing, calibrating or repairing electromechanical and electrohydraulic apparatus.
• Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How to qualify

Education: Completion of a two-year AA or AS degree program in Electronics or Instrumentation or equivalent, such as an Electronics or Instrumentation Certificate from a recognized trade or technical school, or military training in Electronics or Instrumentation; AND

Experience: Three (3) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of industrial electronic or pneumatic instrumentation and control equipment; AND

License and Certification: Possession of a current Valid Class C Driver’s License

Substitution: Completion of a State (DAS) or Federal (DOL) certified apprenticeship program may substitute for the required education and experience; OR

Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Upon appointment to employment, and then on an annual basis, employees will be required to pass a State-mandated Respirator Medical Examination and be clean-shaven as required for use, and at least annually for respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus fitting.

Desirable Qualifications: 

Experience with wastewater/water instrumentation including, but not limited to:  level sensors and transmitters, temperature sensing devices, pressure gauges and sensing devices, analytical instruments such as dissolved oxygen, turbidimeter, total suspended solids, pH, and ozone sensors.  Experience in basic electrical troubleshooting with multimeter.