Reliability Maintenance Technician

Orange County Sanitation District

CA, USA

Pay: $61-$74/hr

Shift: Full time

What do **you** **value in your next job?**

At the **Orange County Sanitation District** **our** **Core Values** form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we'd love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

**Integrity, Inclusion, Honesty, and Respect**

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

**Leadership, Teamwork, and Problem Solving**

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

**Customer Service, Transparency, and Accountability**

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

**Resiliency, Innovation, and Learning**

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

**Safety**

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of a **Reliability Maintenance Technician**.

Under general supervision, performs a variety of condition-based monitoring of OC San’s plant facility and pump station equipment; assists in the development of preventative and predictive maintenance plans/requirements for equipment; uses a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to maintain and track maintenance and repair related records; generates a variety of maintenance performance reports to optimize/prioritize resource allocation; and performs duties as assigned.

• Performs a wide variety of condition-based monitoring technique surveys on mechanical equipment, pumps, motors, compressors, blowers, gearboxes, turbines, electrical equipment, transformers, control panels, switchgear, or variable frequency drives following OC San's lockout-tagout (LOTO) procedures.
• Conducts analysis of vibration trending data, infrared inspections, and oil sampling data; reviews and interprets vibration, infrared, and tribology technical data; prepares reports and provides recommendations for correction based on data analysis and interpretation; creates service requests based on recommendations given in condition based techniques reports; performs advanced diagnostics to verify defects and failure modes; tracks machinery defect and failure mode severing in conditioning monitoring software.
• Conducts acceptance testing on new and overhauled equipment and machinery; analyzes technical data from nameplate and the online maintenance management system; provides complete analysis and prepares and submits reports; compiles information and data from multiple sources.
• Assists in the configuration of the condition-based monitoring software database by entering and maintaining new equipment and updating asset case history, setting up baseline for new/overhauled machinery, and removing obsolete equipment from the CMMS database; reads and reviews machinery diagrams and data sheets in determining components in need of repair or replacement.
• Responsibilities include conducting motor health assessments, interpreting test data and supporting predictive maintenance efforts to prevent equipment failures. The Reliability Maintenance Technician will also perform airborne and structure-borne ultrasound testing to detect issues such as electrical discharge (arcing, tracking, and corona), bearing faults, and air or stream leaks.

**Qualifications & Requirements**

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Required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D., supplemented by specialized training or coursework in conditioned based monitoring techniques, mechanical, electrical, water/wastewater operations, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience applying predictive and proactive maintenance techniques on field equipment, including three (3) years in the field mechanical or electrical trades.
• A valid California Class C Driver’s License.

Desired:

• Valid Vibration Analysis, Ultrasound, Motor Circuit Analysis, Infrared, and/or Oil Analysis Certifications.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and other departments (both orally and using written documentation).
• Ability to establish