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Electronic System Technician (Vacancy)

City of Columbus

Columbus, OHFull-time$31.51–48.7/hrPosted 6 days agoStill listed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$31.51–48.7/hr
Location
Columbus, OH
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver’s License

Job overview

Under general supervision, the Electronic System Technician installs, repairs, and maintains electronic equipment used in communications, traffic control, video, and instrumentation and control systems. The role includes testing and calibrating equipment, programming control systems, maintaining cables and records, and responding to field repairs. The position is located at the Hap Cremean Water Plant in Columbus, Ohio, and follows a Monday–Friday schedule from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electronic Equipment RepairElectronic Equipment CalibrationElectronic Test EquipmentNetwork MonitoringProgrammable Logic ControllersRemote Terminal UnitsVariable Frequency DrivesWiring DiagramsTraffic Signal EquipmentProcess Control Instrumentation

Qualifications

Two Years Electronics Experience or TrainingValid Driver’s License

Full job description

Under general supervision, is responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining electronic equipment for telephone, radio, mobile data, data processing, traffic control, video, or instrumentation and control systems; performs related duties as required.

Located at Hap Cremean Water Plant (4250 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43230)

Schedule: M-F 6:30am-3:00pm(Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties that may be performed.)

Installs, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and calibrates/adjusts electronic equipment in order to maintain proper operating standards; performs preventative maintenance on electronic and electro-mechanical equipment;

Operates various electronic test and measuring devices such as a multimeter, oscilloscope, calibrator, line tester, RF power meter, and other diagnostic tools in order to test equipment and ensure proper functioning;

Maintains and updates daily work records and files on repair history of equipment and submits regular work reports to supervisors;

Generates and maintains electronic communication software including network monitoring programs, network statistics programs, network diagnostic programs, and/or line protocol test routines;

Makes emergency runs to repair and/or service damaged cable lines, radio equipment, amplifiers, AC power units, and other electronic systems field equipment;

Interprets wiring diagrams, schematics, and manufacturers' manuals to assist in troubleshooting and repairing telephone, radio, computer, process control instrumentation, or other electronic equipment;

Installs, tests, repairs and maintains traffic signal equipment, and video detection equipment for traffic control;

Tests all traffic signal equipment cabinets and components before putting into street operation;

Installs, calibrates, and repairs various chemical additive equipment, electronic control valves, pumping devices, and process control instrumentation such as liquid flow meters, chemical analyzers, and liquid level, pressure, and temperature sensors;

Programs remote terminal units and programmable logic controllers for water collection, treatment, and distribution processes; installs and maintains variable frequency drives;

Performs routine inspections, calibration, and maintenance on gas detection and other electronic equipment;

Programs electronic equipment by entering a series of codes in order to meet operating specifications; utilizes computer software to program and adjust equipment;

Determines the quality, size, capability, and quantity of cable and other accessories necessary for an assignment;

Installs, tests, and maintains electronic/telephone/computer system cable or wire;

Practices safety related to performance of duties to include use of personal protective equipment and precautions when working with and around power sources.Two (2) years of experience learning or assisting in the installation, maintenance, and/or repair of electronic equipment for telephone, radio, mobile data, data processing, traffic control, video, or instrumentation and control systems. Substitution(s): Successful completion of a formal classroom or vocational training program related to electronics may substitute for the required experience. Significant coursework (twelve (12) semester hours or eighteen (18) quarter hours) related to electronics from an accredited college may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Recruitment #: 26-3668-V1 Employment Type: Full-Time (Regular)

Should you have questions regarding this vacancy, please contact:

Elizabeth Hopkins Columbus Water & Power Division of Water 37 W. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 P: (614) 645-8515 E: [email protected]

The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How this job compares

Set against the 845 open Electronics Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$31.51–48.7/hr
  • US median$23–46/hr476 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $40.11/hr, is 3% above the US median midpoint ($39/hr) — in the middle half of Electronics Technician hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 21 open Electronics Technician jobs in Ohio and 845 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Electronics Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (653 postings).
Education
7 of the 845 open Electronics Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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