Sobre esta vaga de Process Control Systems Specialist na The City of Fort Worth
Pay Range: $34.45 - $44.79/hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 📅
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 3pm; Other workdays and hours available. Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆
A Process Control Systems Specialist job is available with the City of Fort Worth in the Water Plant Operations Division. The Water Plant Operations is seeking a qualified candidate to program, configure, maintain, design and integrate Programmable logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributive Control Systems (DCS) for municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities. The position will assist in the planning and design of projects that require the integration to existing PLC/DCS control system architectures. The successful candidate will provide insight and resolution for operations and instrument/electrical process control issues within water and wastewater.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Electrical Engineering, Control and Instrumentation Engineering Technology, or a
related field
- Five (5) years of experience in PLC/DCS programming, operation and maintenance of plant electronic and computerized process control or SCADA systems in the water and wastewater treatment plant industry
- Valid Texas Driver’s License
- Must pass Drug Screen and Physical Screening
Preferred Qualifications:
- Instrumentation and Controls experience
- Experience working with Control Systems/SCADA integration projects. Municipal water/wastewater experience, a plus
- Experience with pump control systems
- PLC, Programmable Logic Controllers
- Familiarity with Ovation or other Distributed Control System (DCS) platforms
- Repair, inspection, adjustment, and calibration of control system components
The Process Control Systems Specialist job responsibilities include:
- Performs complex maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, programming, and system administration of Process Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), DCS, and PLCs. Maintains a secure, standardized, and reliable SCADA environment
- Creates and implements electrical wiring diagrams and layout designs for installation of new process control equipment within the water and wastewater facilities. Participates in system control design, review, and construction processes. Reviews prints for conformity and accepted industry standards
- Assists in establishing technical strategy and solutions related to control systems, instrumentation and telemetry needs. Acts as lead expert to acquire, store, and deliver operational data to the enterprise system. Procures PLC/DCS parts, repairs and services to maintain system reliability
- Troubleshoots, repairs, and debugs the communication framework for various communication protocols over different wireless or wired architectures and topologies
- Prepares plans, specifications, and contracts for implementation, repair or maintenance of new and current computer control system equipment
Working Conditions and Physical Demand
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
