District Electrician

Join the Cawelo Water District team as a District Electrician, responsible for maintaining and repairing the district's electrical infrastructure and systems.

• Develop, install, maintain, troubleshoot, test, and repair the district's communications, telemetry, automated controls systems, SCADA system, and electrical and electronic components.
• Perform electrical maintenance of pumping plants, groundwater wells, and high-voltage power lines.
• Conduct tests and maintain records as required.
• Program, install, and operate programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and SCADA equipment.
• Schedule and perform preventative maintenance of electrical facilities and equipment.
• Troubleshoot district electrical facilities and equipment, identify problems, and make necessary repairs.
• Maintain all electrical aspects of the district's pumping plants, distribution system, and groundwater wells.
• Purchase materials and maintain inventory of commonly used spare parts and materials.
• Maintain a clean and orderly supply room.
• Develop and maintain effective work relationships with fellow district employees, water users, landowners, representatives of other agencies, and sub-contractors.

• Graduation from high school or equivalent G.E.D. certificate plus two years of college-level and/or trade school electrical and electronic coursework in computerized integrated automation, or equivalent.
• Seven years of experience as an electrician in general and industrial electrical installation and repair work, including high (12,000) and medium (4,160) voltage experience.
• Five years of experience working with computerized process controls, SCADA, telemetry, and digital and analog communications, plus five years of experience in the operations and/or maintenance of pumping plants and related facilities.

• Classification: Non-Exempt (Fair Labor Standards Act)
• Hours: 7:00AM to 3:30PM, Monday through Friday, including a one-half hour lunch and two (2) fifteen (15) minute breaks.
• Possible summer hours 6:00AM to 2:30PM.
• Off-hour 'on-call' as required.