Utilities Field Relay Technician 3 or Senior, Sign-on Bonus

Requisition ID: 16867

 

Summary

Join the Utilities gold standard for benefits (Pension, Health, 401k) and stability (average employee tenure is 16 years)!  SRP is seeking Relay Technicians with experience planning and organizing the installation, maintenance and repair of protective relay's, instruments, voltage regulators, protective devices and control circuits.

**Min Travel : opportunities are based out of Tempe, Arizona as well as in the East Valley, West Valley and Central Phoenix **

 

Relay Commissioning & Testing:

Performs programming, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Power System Operation Technology equipment (protective relaying systems, telemetry devices, and other intelligent electronic devices) for Generation, Transmission, and Distribution facilities. 

Protection Automation & Control Construction:

Performs project management, testing, and QA/QC functions for Power System Operational Technology equipment (protective relaying systems, control systems, telemetry devices, and other intelligent electronic devices) for Generation, Transmission, and Distribution facilities.

Experience

The following applies to technical Level III/Senior: Graduate of an approved Relay or Electrical Apprenticeship Program or equivalent.

• Tech III- 4 years of experience or graduate of a Relay or Electrical Apprenticeship Program or equivalent.
• Senior Technician -  7 years of related Relay Technician experience and meets expectations by a technical review panel.

What You'll Do

Relay Commissioning & Testing:

• Programs settings on microprocessor relays and other intelligent electronic devices
• Commission and energizes protective relaying systems, telemetry devices, and other intelligent electronic devices through validation of wiring, settings, communication protocols and logic
• Uses test equipment to simulate faults to validate protective relay systems
• Performs preventative and corrective maintenance of protective relaying systems and other intelligent electronic devices
• Develops and submits all commissioning and maintenance testing documentation for asset management and regulatory compliance
• Must be available to work overtime and accept callouts
• Assists with Protection Automation & Control Construction responsibilities as assigned

 

Protection Automation & Control Construction:

• Provides on-site project management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) by providing direction and oversight to field personnel and contingent workforces
• Outage coordination for generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial customers
• Maintains quality assurance and quality control through reviewing and correcting protection and control engineering design prints
• Responsible for installation strategy (panel construction, procurement, wire pull schedules, field wiring, etc.) 
• Performs installation quality assurance and quality control through field wiring checks and supporting with scheme checks
• Must be available to work overtime to meet project milestones
• Assists with Relay Commissioning & Testing responsibilities as assigned

What It Takes To Succeed

• Knowledge of the principles of electrical and electronic theory
• Knowledge of algebra, geometric, trigonometric and statistical concepts, techniques and procedures
• Knowledge of personal computer operation and transient cyber assets
• Knowledge of relay and test set applications
• Knowledge and understanding of protective relay theory, principles and applications
• Knowledge of commissioning, protective system testing and construction processes
• Must be available to work overtime