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The Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls (E&I&C) Supervisor is responsible for leading the maintenance, reliability, and operation of electrical power systems, process instrumentation, industrial automation systems, and facility control systems at the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (ECLWRF) and supporting E&I&C activities across West Basin's additional facilities, pump stations, satellite treatment facilities, and distribution infrastructure.
This position supervises E&I&C technicians, contractors, and specialty service providers while ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical water recycling, advanced treatment, pumping, and distribution assets. The E&I&C Supervisor serves as the facility's primary technical resource for electrical systems, instrumentation, SCADA, PLCs, process control systems, and associated infrastructure.
The successful candidate will lead maintenance planning, reliability improvement initiatives, contractor management, procurement activities, and capital project support while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, safety standards, and operational objectives.
Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we’ll help you grow what drives you - and deliver the world’s most challenging Operations Management projects, together.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership & Supervision
- Directly supervise Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls Technicians assigned to the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility and regional facilities.
- Plan, assign, prioritize, and monitor daily, weekly, and outage maintenance activities.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, coaching, and workforce development for E&I&C personnel.
- Conduct employee performance evaluations and support training and qualification programs.
- Develop staffing plans and coordinate resources to support operational and project requirements.
- Promote a strong safety culture focused on hazard recognition, safe work practices, and continuous improvement.
- Coordinate and oversee contractor activities supporting E&I&C maintenance and capital projects.
Electrical Systems Responsibilities
- Oversee maintenance and reliability of medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems.
- Supervise operation and maintenance of switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), transformers, breakers, disconnects, standby generators, and UPS systems.
- Direct troubleshooting and repair of process equipment motors, VFDs, soft starters, and power distribution equipment.
- Ensure compliance with NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements and Lockout/Tagout procedures.
- Support electrical system upgrades, arc flash studies, equipment replacements, and facility modernization projects.
- Maintain electrical one-line drawings, system documentation, and equipment records.
Instrumentation Responsibilities
- Oversee calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and replacement of process instrumentation.
- Ensure reliable operation of flow, pressure, level, temperature, analytical, and water quality monitoring equipment.
- Support instrumentation associated with recycled water treatment, filtration, disinfection, pumping, and distribution processes.
- Manage calibration programs and maintain regulatory compliance documentation.
- Oversee maintenance and repair of control valves, actuators, positioners, analyzers, and field instrumentation networks.
- Support startup, commissioning, and functional testing of new process equipment and instrumentation systems.
Controls & Automation Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight of PLC, SCADA, HMI, industrial networking, and facility automation systems.
- Review and approve control logic modifications, software changes, and system upgrades.
- Lead troubleshooting of automation, communications, and process control issues.
- Ensure consistent management of system backups, version control, and cybersecurity practices.
- Support development and optimization of process control strategies and operational efficiencies.
- Maintain and improve alarm management systems, control narratives, and sequence of operation documentation.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and IT personnel to maintain system reliability and data integrity.
Maintenance Planning & Reliability
- Develop and manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs for all E&I&C assets.
- Utilize the CMMS to plan, schedule, track, and document maintenance activities.
- Monitor equipment performance and implement reliability improvements to reduce downtime and improve asset life.
- Lead root cause analyses of equipment failures and process upsets.
- Develop maintenance standards and best practices for E&I&C systems across all facilities.
- Establish critical spare parts strategies for essential operational equipment.
Procurement, PRF, and Contractor Management
- Initiate, review, and process Purchase Requisition Forms (PRFs) in accordance with company procurement requirements.
- Identify, source, and procure electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation-related materials and equipment.
- Coordinate with vendors, purchasing personnel, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of parts and services.
- Maintain inventory levels for critical E&I&C spare parts and consumables.
- Review quotations, technical proposals, service contracts, and equipment specifications.
- Develop scopes of work for maintenance services, equipment repairs, calibrations, testing, and specialty support.
- Schedule, coordinate, and supervise contractors performing field maintenance, repair, commissioning, testing, programming, and construction activities.
- Verify contractor compliance with site safety requirements, permits, work plans, and quality standards.
- Review completed contractor work packages and approve documentation for project closeout and payment processing.
- Support annual maintenance budgets, capital planning efforts, and lifecycle replacement programs.
Capital Projects & Facility Support
- Provide technical support for plant upgrades, rehabilitation projects, equipment replacements, and facility expansion efforts.
- Participate in project design reviews, constructability reviews, FATs, SATs, and commissioning activities.
- Review engineering drawings, control narratives, electrical designs, and instrumentation packages.
- Support implementation of new process technologies and automation improvements.
- Coordinate E&I&C resources during facility shutdowns, outages, and major maintenance activities.
Safety, Regulatory & Environmental Compliance
- Ensure compliance with all company safety policies and procedures.
- Administer and enforce LOTO, confined space, hot work, and electrical safety programs.
- Support compliance with OSHA, NFPA, California regulations, and applicable water industry standards.
- Participate in incident investigations and corrective action development.
- Support regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments.
- Maintain required maintenance and calibration documentation for regulatory and operational purposes.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Associate Degree or Technical Certification in Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls, Automation, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum seven (7) years of industrial E&I&C maintenance experience.
- Minimum three (3) years of supervisory or team leadership experience.
- Experience maintaining electrical distribution, instrumentation, PLC, SCADA, and process control systems.
- Experience planning maintenance activities and coordinating contractors.
- Experience with procurement processes, purchase requisitions, vendor management, and inventory control.
- Proficiency with CMMS systems and maintenance planning tools.
- Valid California Driver's License.
Ideally, You'll Also Have:
- Experience in water treatment, wastewater treatment, recycled water, utilities, industrial process facilities, or municipal infrastructure.
- Experience supporting advanced water treatment, pumping systems, filtration systems, disinfection systems, and large-process facilities.
- Experience with Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Ignition, Wonderware, FactoryTalk, or similar industrial control platforms.
- OSHA 30-Hour Certification.
- NFPA 70E Training.
- ISA, NICET, Journeyman Electrician, or equivalent technical certification.
- Experience managing multi-site maintenance operations.
Core Competencies
- Leadership and Personnel Development
- Electrical Power Systems
- Process Instrumentation & Calibration
- Industrial Controls & Automation
- SCADA & PLC Systems
- Water & Wastewater Operations
- Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
- Contractor Management
- Procurement & PRF Administration
- Reliability Engineering
- Budget Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Safety Leadership
- Continuous Improvement
Working Conditions:
Safety is a core value at Jacobs. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. This position will spend a substantial amount of time performing safety sensitive labor or services
As an essential function of the position and as a business necessity, this role requires regular travel by motor vehicle to client sites, project locations, and other work-related destinations in connection with the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities. Accordingly, a valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record are required for this position. The OMFS business uses Telematics & Dash Cameras with our fleet of vehicles and all new hires will require a Telematics acknowledgement to be signed.
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