Electrical Relay Testing Technician

Echo Power Engineering, Llc; Windsor; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading engineering firm as an Electrical Relay Testing Technician, specializing in protective relay testing and maintenance. This role involves working with high voltage substations and power generation plants, ensuring safety compliance and technical excellence in all operations. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in electrical testing, coupled with excellent communication skills, and must be self-motivated. This full-time opportunity offers career growth and engagement in exciting projects across Northern California.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in electrical testing, installation, and commissioning.
• Good knowledge of power generation and transmission equipment.
• Self-motivated technician comfortable in field and office.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing and maintenance of protective relays and associated equipment.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Assist in developing commissioning work plans for projects.

Skills

Electrical testing

Troubleshooting

Communication

AutoCAD

Microsoft Platforms

Education

High school diploma

Job description

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Base pay range

75,000.00 / hr - $112,000.00 / hr

Job Summary : Echo Power has an opportunity for an Electrical Relay Testing Technician looking for career growth and new opportunities. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a strong background in relay testing, inspection, and maintenance procedures. The Relay Testing Technician takes part in all aspects of a substation or power generation plant design or redesign, from conception to in-service.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Responsible for assessment, retrofit design and implementation of protective relay work for medium / high voltage substations and power plants, including :
• Protective settings, testing commissioning, development of commissioning documents, and performing field commissioning.
• Perform testing and maintenance of protective relays and associated equipment.
• Perform functional testing of relays and relay systems.
• Perform troubleshooting and repair of relays and associated equipment.
• Assist in development and execution of commissioning work plans required for projects.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records of testing and maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies.

Skills and Abilities Required :

• Good working knowledge of all power generation and transmission (G&T) equipment, metering and controls, instrument transformer circuits, relays and relay settings / logic, generator excitation systems, transformers, G&T protective principles and functionality, and testing procedures for G&T equipment are required.
• Good working knowledge with instrumentation, process control, and transmitters (pressure, flow, temperature).
• Experience with HART based transmitters, programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) fundamentals, wiring, and troubleshooting is desired.
• Experience with basic 480V motor controls.
• Experience installing and commissioning equipment in power plants and substations is preferred.
• Ability to complete as-builts for completed projects in AutoCAD.
• Must be a self-motivated technician who is equally comfortable in the field or at a computer.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interact with customers in a variety of settings.
• Strong computer skills in all Microsoft platforms and AutoCAD.
• Experience with various testing platform hardware and software is required.
• Strong work ethic.
• Must live in California and be willing to travel for design data gathering and on-site installation and testing (must be able to be onsite at least 50-75% of the time).

Education and Experience Requirements :

• High school diploma required.
• 5+ years recent and relevant experience with electrical testing, installation, and commissioning.

Job Location :

Northern California; preferably in the counties of Sonoma, Lake, or Napa.

Echo Power is a professional Engineering and Project Services company that operates in accordance with our core values of integrity, commitment to team, customer-focus, technical excellence, and optimism. We are a work-from-home company that has created a family-friendly culture that strives to serve our customers with excellence while creating opportunities for our people.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

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