P&C Substation Test & Commissioning Technician

NES Fircroft; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem

Travel opportunities

Long-term projects

Career progression

Job summary

NES Fircroft is partnering with a growing engineering and field services organization to add experienced Protection & Control Technicians across the U.S.

The role focuses on relay testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and protection system work in transmission and distribution substations, with hands-on field duties.

Travel with per diem is offered, with opportunities for long-term career progression into senior P&C roles on a pipeline of utility projects.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Protection & Control or substation commissioning experience.
• Hands-on testing and commissioning of protective relays.
• Experience with relay test equipment such as Doble F6150 or Omicron CMC.
• Ability to read one-line diagrams and protection drawings.
• Work in utility transmission or distribution substations.

Responsibilities

• Perform protection testing and commissioning in substations.
• Test protective relays from manufacturers including SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens, etc.
• Conduct secondary injection, functional, and end-to-end testing of protection schemes.
• Troubleshoot relay logic and protection circuits.
• Support SCADA, RTU, and substation communications.
• Read diagrams and verify trip/close circuits.

Skills

Relay testing

Substation commissioning

Troubleshooting

Protective relays

SCADA/RTU

Tools

Doble F6150

Omicron CMC

Secondary injection tester

Job description

NES Fircroft is partnering with a growing engineering and field services organization to add experienced Protection & Control Technicians across the U.S.

The role focuses on relay testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and protection system work in transmission and distribution substations, with hands-on field duties.

Travel with per diem is offered, with opportunities for long-term career progression into senior P&C roles on a pipeline of utility projects.