[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Jacobs Solutions jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Jacobs Solutions · Tempe, AZ # Water Operations and Instrumentation Technician - Prescott Valley, AZ Tempe, AZ Skilled Trades & Maintenance Listed on Jacobs Solutions’s official careers site. Posted October 13, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Jacobs Solutions’s careers site →](https://jacobs.jobs/jobs/1B7622DA7D7546EC9437AE0264CDA12D/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Jacobs Solutions](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/) / Water Operations and Instrumentation Technician - Prescott Valley, AZ ## Job description At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical infrastructure and environmental challenges. As an Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in protecting public health and the environment by ensuring industrial wastewater meets regulatory standards before entering treatment systems. Your work directly supports sustainable water management and helps communities thrive. As a Water Operations and Instrumentation Technician, based in Prescott Valley, AZ, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuous, safe production and distribution of drinking water. This position is intermediate to advanced level involved with daily water operations while specializing in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing SCADA system components, instrumentation, pumps, and motors that keep our water system moving safely. 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. #ourjacobs #bia #omfs #challengeaccepted Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Water Operations - Monitor, adjust, and operate wells and distribution system treatment operations to meet state and federal water quality standards. - Collect water samples, conduct routine laboratory tests, and adjust chemical dosing as required. - Maintain comprehensive logs of water system operations, chemical usage, and water production. ### SCADA & Communications - Monitor, operate, and minor troubleshooting in Ignition SCADA platform; help diagnose basic remote communication and network issues. - Communicate with and assist contractors with screen modifications, tag configurations, and alarm management Instrumentation - Calibrate, repair, and replace process instrumentation, including basic sensors, flow meters, and control panels; learn to troubleshoot low-voltage electrical components. - Some knowledge of electrical control panels, VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives), and low-voltage systems (24VDC and 120VAC) with potential for growth in knowledge of these systems and training for troubleshooting (480VAC) - Basic understanding of 4-20mA signals and wiring Pump, Motors, & Valves Maintenance - Perform predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance on vertical turbine pumps, submersible pumps, booster pumps, and associated motors. - Service, rebuild, and exercise water control valves to prevent water hammer and ensure system reliability ### Experience - Minimum of 2 years of experience or education in water/wastewater operations combined with hands-on mechanical and instrumentation maintenance or combination thereof. ### Certifications - State-issued Water Treatment Grade I and Water Distribution Grade I (or ability to acquire within 1 year); Preferred NFPA70 or QEW Training or Certifications; Class A CDL or ability to obtain within 1 year. ### Technical Skills - Familiar with operating water system SCADA software (e.g. Ignition) for daily water operations ### Physical & Environmental - Ability to lift heavy equipment, work in confined spaces, and respond to on-call/after-hours emergencies. ### Education - High school diploma or equivalent; Associate’s degree or vocational training in electronics, instrumentation, or industrial mechanics is highly preferred but not required ### Computer Systems - Microsoft Suite Proficiency, CMMS, HACH RIO, and WIMS 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 Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 13, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 20, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Location: Tempe, AZ[Apply on Jacobs Solutions’s careers site →](https://jacobs.jobs/jobs/1B7622DA7D7546EC9437AE0264CDA12D/) ## More jobs at Jacobs Solutions ### [Building Mechanical Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/jobs/90303bd4fd389c434959/) Tempe, AZ ### [Entry-Level Mechanical Engineer - Semiconductor - Summer 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/jobs/e83da1828d8ade7006aa/) Tempe, AZ ### [Mechanical Engineering Intern - Summer 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/jobs/e6db43ad0eff068324a5/) Tempe, AZ ### [Radiation Health Technician - Environmental Remediation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/jobs/0000b141237751850dca/) Tempe, AZ ### [Senior Building Mechanical Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jacobs-solutions/jobs/c1d5bdeb4112302a657b/) Tempe, AZ ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Instrumentation Technician](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cargill/jobs/658cbb007941139587c5/) Cargill · Cedar Rapids, Iowa ### [Facilities Instrumentation & Controls Technician - Water](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/micron-technology/jobs/52d7c81a6d586351b3ed/) Micron Technology · Boise ### [Electrical & Instrumentation Technician](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/5507153428c998f5e506/) BAE Systems · Kingsport, Tennessee, United States ### [Calibration and Instrumentation Technician](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jones-lang-lasalle/jobs/4639baec5b37dd923815/) Jones Lang LaSalle · Bloomington, IN ### [Senior Instrumentation and Process Calibration Technician](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jones-lang-lasalle/jobs/103bab9c4088c31db64f/) Jones Lang LaSalle · Bloomington, IN OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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