Commissioning Engineer

Shermco Industries; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 110,208 - 130,872; Full time

Job summary

Shermco Industries is seeking a Commissioning Engineer to lead installation, testing, and commissioning of protection and control equipment across multiple sites. You will document results, interpret diagrams, and ensure compliance with project requirements.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years in electrical testing, HV protection focus, and experience with relay families like SEL/GE/ABB. Travel up to 95% is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in electrical testing with HV protection and control.
• Oversight of protection and control technicians and engineers.
• Travel up to 95% and willingness to relocate if needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee installation, testing and commissioning of protective relay and related equipment.
• Document and submit test reports for clients and regulatory purposes.
• Interpret wiring and schematic diagrams and flag discrepancies.
• Complete time and expense reporting and maintain company vehicle.
• Perform end-to-end testing of protection and control schemes.
• Support RTU/communication testing across systems.

Skills

Travel readiness

Test planning

Documentation

Safety awareness

Leadership

Education

BSc in EE or EET

Tools

Doble 6150

Powercomm PCA-4125A

Arbiter 931

Vanguard CT 2000C

Omicron CT analyzer

Job description

Commissioning Engineer

Locations: Pittsburgh, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Cleveland, OH, & Columbus, OH

The Commissioning Engineer will be responsible for overseeing the installation, testing, and commissioning of various systems and equipment. This includes ensuring that all systems are installed and functioning properly, conducting tests to verify system performance, and troubleshooting any issues that arise during the commissioning process.

Responsibilities

• Actively promotes safe working practices along with HPI daily.
• Leads and/or participates on completing Job Hazard Analysis with assigned team each workday.
• Perform installation, commissioning, testing, and maintenance of protective relay equipment, powerline carrier equipment, digital fault recorders (DFR's), and remote terminal units (RTU's).
• Perform functional testing for protection and control circuitry associated with transmission lines, HV bus, transformer, circuit breaker, feeder, reactors, and capacitor banks.
• Perform end to end testing of communication aided tripping schemes for both fiber systems and powerline carrier using RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite software.
• Familiar with testing and calibrating GE and Westinghouse/ABB electromechanical relays.
• Experienced with commissioning SEL microprocessor relays such as 311C, 311L, 387, 411L, 421, 487B, 487E, 487V, 587, 587Z, and 787.
• Experienced with commissioning GE microprocessor relays such as C30, D60, F35, L90, T35 and T60.
• Support RTU upgrade projects for various clients.
• Accurately documenting and submitting test reports used for client reporting and regulatory purposes.
• Interpret one line, three line, wiring, and schematic diagrams with ability to recognize and bring attention to discrepancies.
• Accurately completes time and expense reports along with maintaining good condition of assigned company vehicle.

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel overnight (up to 95%).
• Ideal candidate will have 4+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus working with protection and control equipment with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients.
• Provide oversight of protection and control technicians and engineers.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
• Proven experience with transmission and distribution relays to include SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse.
• Familiarity with test equipment to include Doble 6150, Powercomm PCA-4125A, Arbiter 931, Vanguard CT 2000C, Omicron CT analyzer.
• Experienced in using test software such as RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite.
• Experienced in developing detailed commissioning test plans.
• Experience performing relay end to end testing to verify communication assisted tripping schemes such as differential, DCB, POTT, and transfer trip.
• Strong understanding of safe work practices and human performance improvement applicable to protection and control work in utility high voltage substations.
• Capable of performing in-service load checks for new equipment to validate correctness of operation.
• Familiar with NERC PRC-005-6 requirements related to protection systems, automatic reclosing, and sudden pressure relaying maintenance.

Pay Range

USD $80.00 - USD $95.00 /Hr.

Equal Opportunity Employer | Drug-Free Workplace

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER | DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

Shermco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Shermco is a drug-free workplace.

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