Lead Transmission Relay Technician II

100 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy in the United States (North/South Carolina region) seeks a Relay Technician II to assist and lead relay construction and maintenance activities. You will supervise teams, ensure safe practices, and apply advanced P&C testing and SCADA troubleshooting to protect critical infrastructure.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and hands-on experience with relay schemes, testing equipment, and complex systems.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in engineering technology and one plus years work related experience OR HS/GED and three plus years work related experience in lieu of an associate's degree.
• Associate's degree in engineering technology and three plus years work related experience OR HS/GED and five plus years work related experience in lieu of an associate's degree.

Responsibilities

• Has professional safety behavior and holds high expectation of others to work safely and follow safe work practices.
• Has expert verbal communications skills and frequent use of 3-way communication.
• Reviews and critiques isolation procedures, coaches team in proper techniques for writing and execution of these procedures.
• Provides peer level P&C technical support.
• Capable of creating hand written test routines using manufactures bulletins.
• Remains focused under internal and external pressures. Resilient to conflict, leads team while under pressure and ensures all distractions are eliminated.
• Can lead any construction or maintenance activities, within any station, no matter the sensitivity and complexity.
• Has the demonstrated ability to conduct remote logic testing via mirror bits, using MB tester or relay MB outputs along with knowledge of end to end testing with time synched test sets.
• Utilizing old and new drawings and existing conditions, is fully capable of finding and correct design errors that affect scheme operation.
• Is expert at installing, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting carriers, tone equipment, traps and tuners, MP or EM relays.
• Can lead teams to ensure paperwork and files are accurate and submitted in timely fashion with no issues.
• Can lead the relay installation portion of mobile substations/transformers or other temporary equipment.
• Can lead other technicians to organize, develop and execute procedures and work plans to complete a tasks with error free performance.
• Has expert knowledge to trouble shoot P&C circuits within any station or protection scheme.
• Can independently commission schemes by interacting with ECC/DCC/Generation.
• Has working knowledge of complex SCADA systems, with sound ability to troubleshoot wiring and I/O associated SCADA systems, legacy RTU's, SEL3354's, SEL3610's, DFR's.

Skills

Leadership

Safety awareness

Verbal communication

SCADA knowledge

Relay testing/commissioning

Team coordination

Education

Engineering technology degree

HS/GED with experience

Tools

MB tester

Relay testing equipment

Job description

Duke Energy in the United States (North/South Carolina region) seeks a Relay Technician II to assist and lead relay construction and maintenance activities. You will supervise teams, ensure safe practices, and apply advanced P&C testing and SCADA troubleshooting to protect critical infrastructure.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and hands-on experience with relay schemes, testing equipment, and complex systems.