Sr. Relay Technician

Electric Power Systems; Post Road; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Sr. Relay Technician to lead electrical testing and maintenance in power stations. This role involves supervising relay testing, troubleshooting, and ensuring safety standards on-site. With a focus on technical expertise and safety, you'll work with advanced relay test equipment and software while developing procedures for complex projects. This innovative firm offers a generous benefits package, including competitive pay, comprehensive training resources, and career path planning. If you have a passion for electrical systems and a commitment to excellence, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Comprehensive Training Resources

Career Path Planning

Incentives for Professional Certifications

Competitive Per Diem

Referral Bonuses

Tuition Reimbursement

Medical, vision, and dental benefits

401k with company match

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in electrical testing and maintenance.
• Hands-on experience with protective relays in substations.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety briefings and mitigate hazards on job sites.
• Perform installation, testing, and troubleshooting of relays.
• Train and qualify junior technicians.

Skills

Installation and maintenance of protective relays

Troubleshooting distribution and transmission control circuits

Knowledge of relay test software

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to analyze protection schemes

Education

Bachelor's or associate degree in electrical/Electronic technology

Military Experience

4-year Engineering Degree

Tools

Relay test equipment

Relay test software

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Sr. Relay Technician

About The Company:

At Electric Power Systems, we specialize in electrical acceptance testing, commissioning, and maintenance testing for a wide range of clients including Utility, Generation, Renewables, Industrial, Transit, Data Centers, and Commercial Facilities throughout North America. We are committed to providing a culture of safety and technical expertise as a way of setting the standard of excellence in the power industry.

As a NETA accredited independent electrical testing & engineering organization, we set the standard for technical expertise and uncompromising safety within the renewable energy, data centers, and industrial industries.

We care about our employees and offer a generous benefits package including:

• Competitive pay
• Nashville Training Academy & Comprehensive Training Resources
• Career Path Planning
• Incentives for Professional Certifications
• Competitive Per Diem
• Referral Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 401k with company match

Job Summary:

The Sr. Relay Technician performs and supervises electrical testing, maintenance and troubleshooting relays in electrical power stations. Your duties involve using relay test equipment and tools to test several types of relays inside the electrical substation.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety briefings on job site, identify, eliminate, or mitigate hazards.
• Utilize Human Performance Error Elimination concepts and tools.
• Analyze protection schemes for power circuits and other power system components.
• Perform installation, commissioning, testing, and function testing of substation control circuits on relay panel, transformer & circuit breaker change-outs.
• Ability to analyze event records and make informed deductions.
• Develop Project Execution, Commissioning, Outage Sequence & Energization Procedures.
• Project management of large scale and complex projects.
• Train and qualify Relay Technician I, II, or Relay Engineer I.
• Interact with customers.
• Perform complex troubleshooting.
• Perform end-to-end relay testing using relay test software and analyze the operation of the relay based on the fault type run.
• Lead investigations of electrical related issues, including root cause analysis as needed.
• Calibrate & perform functional tests on both electromechanical and microprocessor based protective relays for substations.
• Function as an on-site lead for the project, assign tasks, prioritize activities and interface with customers.
• Read and fully understand protection and control schematic diagrams and wiring diagrams and catch mistakes and problems with the drawings and design when comparing with accepted engineering and customer standards.
• Determine and interpret customer’s requirements and provide final deliverables including as built prints and all test results meeting specified requirements.
• Understand manufacturers’ literature to facilitate testing.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Complete a satisfactory criminal background check.
• Able to work overtime and travel out of town for periods of time.
• Must have a valid driver's license and currently have and be able to maintain a safe driving record.
• Hands-on experience installing, maintaining, testing & repairing protective relays in transmission, generation, or distribution level substations.
• Capable of troubleshooting distribution and transmission controls circuits.
• Knowledge of relay test software.

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience installing, maintaining, testing, or repairing circuit breakers, transformers, switchgear, or similar equipment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's or associate degree in electrical/Electronic technology, Military Experience, or 4-year Engineering Degree, preferred.
• 5+ Years of Relevant Industry Experience.
• NETA III/IV Certified, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to climb ladders, stand for extended periods, able to lift 70 lbs.