Relay Tester A - U-Local-270 - OH Substation Services - Cleveland Brooklyn Service Center

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

This is an open position with Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

A.    Duties

Under close supervision actively participates in required training classes and assists employees of the same or higher classification; Under directive supervision when qualified to work safely as work experience is acquired assists with and engages in the inspection, testing, checking, calibrating to close tolerances, making of delicate adjustments, repairing, installing and removing of instruments, relays, and control equipment; Under general directive supervision performs similar duties of
progressively increasing importance and carries through assignments independently or with the assistance of other employees, all of whom may be the same classification; performs such duties as:

1. Safeguarding all personnel and equipment in the work area at all times;
2. Maintaining a high standard of good housekeeping during and upon completion of all assigned tasks;
3. Completing neat and accurate records, reports, and time-reporting documents;
4. Performing duties such as; installing, testing, maintaining,  repairing  and operating, circuit breakers, transformers, capacitors, regulators, batteries, relays, meters, control equipment, telemetering, supervisory control equipment, public address systems, and other related equipment  in  substations,  power plants, or other electrical facilities; wiring energized panels; operating phasing sticks; inspect4lg substations, making inspections of equipment, control buildings and _ yards, observing and recording circuit and equipment loads and data, completing substation reports including logs, operating reports, relay targets, and apparatus trouble reports; performing routine inspections of work performed by contractors; operating small bucket trucks and aerial lift equipment;
5. Locating, diagnosing, and correcting electrical troubles of limited complexity in circuits and equipment;    
6. Performing preventive and corrective maintenance activities utilizing test equipment such as relay tests sets, multimeters, ohmmeters and microobmmeters, circuit breaker analyzers, combustible gas analyzers, timers, Profiler testers, meggers, circuit analyzers, TTR's, battery testers, capacitor testers, Hi-Pot testers, Ground Resistance testers, TCG Testers, and other similar test equipment;
7. Periodically testing, calibrating, troubleshooting and adjusting various types of induction relays such as differential, ground, reverse power, directional
   overcurrent, negative sequence, ground directional overcurrent, overcurrent,  under/ overvoltage relays, and transformer sudden pressure and temperature
   relays; replacing worn or defective parts and cleaning and realigning contacts, as required; performing functional tests on induction relays when utilized on Distribution circuits; performing calibration and functional tests on static and microprocessor relays of limited complexity on Distribution circuits; testing and adjusting associated auxiliary equipment;
8. Periodically testing, calibrating, troubleshooting, and renewing parts on feeder voltage regulating primary and secondary relays and line drop compensators;
9. Performing initial acceptance and initial calibration tests on various new induction relays of limited complexity, such as overcurrent and under/overvoltage relays;
10. Testing, repairing, and maintaining substation remote alarms and equipment;
11. Under close supervision: performs switching operations necessary to perform the job of a Relay Tester A; reporting any abnormal or unusual conditions found when troubleshooting and for the purposes of testing and calibrating. 
12. Using common hand tools and basic power tools; removing and replacing wires, covers, panels, doors, barriers and insulation, as necessary, to gain access to the work area during construction, maintenance or troubleshooting activities;
13. Assisting Relay Testers when checking electrical apparatus and new installations; tracing and identifying circuits; calibrating and adjusting protective relays and regulating apparatus; preparing reports and recording test data;
14. Adding, removing, replacing, correcting and changing wiring in AC and DC distribution and control c