Supervisor Relay Operations

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you!  With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

 

PSE's Electric Operations team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Supervisor Relay Operations position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description

Puget Sound Energy's Substation Department is looking for a Supervisor of Relay Operations to join our team.  

 

The relay operations supervisor manages a team of journeymen relay technicians responsible for operationalizing electric system protective relaying and controllers across PSE's transmission, generation, and distribution systems. The Relay Operations supervisor is focused on research and development related to protection systems and operational procedures, NERC/WECC compliance oversight associated with grid connected devices, advancing and directing team training and skills development, and connects multidisciplinary engineering teams with the field facing technicians that bring major projects online and into service. As the Relay Operations Supervisor you will also respond to emergent system events and guide solutions, decision making, and outcomes. This role works side by side with the relay engineering group under System Protection.

 

This role is a hands on role where the successful candidate will spend time in the field and laboratory environments working with journeyman, engineers and other key partners to ensure the reliability and safety of our system.  The successful candidate will have deep knowledge of substation protection, automation and controls.  Knowledge and experience leading a represented workforce is a plus.

 

This job is considered “safety sensitive” as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to preemployment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites. 

Job Responsibilities

• Employee Safety, Development & Team Building - Provides employees with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams:
  • Demonstrates a passion for safety. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety including eliminating at-risk behaviors by conducting safety audits and inspections, eliminating hazards and near misses, and attending safety meetings.
  • Sets clear expectations and holds employees accountable for performance as well as safety goals/targets where applicable.
  • Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions. Ensures required training is successfully completed.
  • Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
  • Accountable to ensure employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements, as well as safety standards.
  • Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
  • Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve employee, business, customer and safety results.
• Plans, prioritizes, coordinates, and monitors the work of the Relay Technicians in performing critical construction, commissioning, planned and unplanned maintenance, emergency and non-emergency incident response, and NERC/WECC compliance maintenance testing of protective relaying and control systems.
• Serves as subject matter expert for NERC and WECC regulatory requirements related to electric system protection and equipment and ensures PSE compliance with such standards.
• Engages other departments and serves as the subject-matter expert and point-of-contact for Relay Technician functions and issues. 
• Maintains strong working relationships with the Load Office, System Operations, Substation Engineering, Communications, Information Technology, System Planning, Maintenance Planning, Reliability Compliance, and others.
• Serves as rotating “duty supervisor” of Substation Operations.
• Keeps abreast of current industry changes and developments and updates management on implications to PSE.
• Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5 years experience in substation protective relaying and control systems, preferably in a design engineering role (control schematics, wiring diagrams, and relay