Electrician in Plant City

Energy Jobline ZR; Florida; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Substation Electrician / Technician — High Voltage for Plant City, FL. This full-time, on-site role supports HV transmission/substation maintenance for 13 kV–230 kV systems, on multi-person crews in accordance with OSHA, NESC and NERC CIP standards.

You will inspect, test and overhaul transformers, breakers, regulators, switchgear and buswork; perform oil sampling, dielectric filtering, and complex switching operations with safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Accredited 4-year Substation Electrician Apprenticeship or 4+ years journeyman HV substation maintenance.
• HV safety training required from military, utility, employer program, NFPA 70E or OSHA 1910.269.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to read single-line and three-line diagrams; knowledge of OSHA 1910.269 and NESC.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, test, repair and overhaul power transformers, breakers, switchgear, and buswork in substations.
• Oil sampling and dielectric fluid filtering.
• Execute high- and low-voltage switching under lockout/tagout with safety protocols.
• Perform diagnostics: Doble PF, TTR, insulation resistance, SFRA tests.
• Respond to outages and storm restoration on on-call rotations; operate bucket and crane trucks.

Skills

HV substation

Arc flash safety

Diagram reading

OSHA 10/30

Travel readiness

On-call availability

PPE compliance

Education

Substation Electrician Apprenticeship (4-year)

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Doble power factor

Megger insulation tester

TTR testing

SFRA testing

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Substation Electrician / Technician — High Voltage

Job Type: Full-Time direct hire

Job Location: Plant City, FL (Onsite)

Job Description

The client is hiring Substation Electricians / Technicians for high-voltage transmission and distribution substation work out of Tampa / Plant City, FL.

This is journeyman-level electrical and mechanical work on energized utility substations from 13 kV to 230 kV and above, on multi-person field crews, to OSHA, NESC, and NERC CIP standards.

What you'll do

• Inspect, test, repair and overhaul power transformers, oil/SF6/vacuum circuit breakers, voltage regulators, tap changers, switchgear, disconnect switches, buswork and surge arresters
• Oil sampling and dielectric fluid filtering
• Execute complex high- and low-voltage switching under System Dispatchers — lockout/tagout, grounding and safety tagging, daily tailgates, job hazard analyses and pre-job briefings
• Diagnostic testing: Doble power factor, transformer turns ratio (TTR), contact resistance (micro-ohm), insulation resistance (Megger) and sweep frequency response analysis (SFRA) Station auxiliary and DC backup — battery banks, chargers, DC distribution panels, standby generators, AC/DC control circuits
• Respond to unplanned outages and storm restoration on an on-call rotation; operate bucket trucks, crane trucks and oil processing trailers in all weather

What you'll need — every item is a hard requirement unless marked

• An accredited 4-year Substation Electrician Apprenticeship, OR 4+ years of journey-level high-voltage substation maintenance with an electric utility or industrial facility
• Documented high-voltage or arc-flash safety training — from the military, a utility, an employer safety program, NFPA 70E or OSHA 1910.269
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
• High school diploma or GED
• Able to read single-line and three-line diagrams and schematics; working knowledge of OSHA 1910.269 and NESC
• Valid state driver's license with a clean record Class A CDL with tanker endorsement, or able to obtain one within 6 months ()
• Available to travel, and available for emergency response and on-call work
• Must qualify for NERC CIP clearance within 6 months
• Able to pass a pre-employment technical assessment, and a seven-year background check for site clearance after an offer
• Physically able to work outdoors in all weather — lifting up to 50 lbs, climbing, working at height in bucket trucks and on top of transformers, in restricted clearances, in arc-flash PPE