Protection & Control Tech: Relay & Substation

Shermco Industries; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Tuition reimbursement

401(k)

Company vehicle

Job summary

Shermco Industries is actively seeking a Relay Tech/ Transmission or Distribution specialist based in the Atlanta area. The role focuses on installation, testing and maintenance of protective relay equipment, RTUs and related telecom gear for HV utility projects.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in electrical testing with relays (SEL/GE/ABB/Westinghouse), substation RTU experience, and familiarity with NERC CIP requirements.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate will have 5+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus working with protection and control equipment, RTU's, and telecom with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Technology in similar discipline, or Technical school diploma, or military experience in either Army Prime Power or Navy Nuclear electrical program.
• Experience with transmission and distribution relays to include SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse.
• Experience with substation RTU's, communication processors, and telecom equipment for both brownfield and greenfield projects.
• Experienced with scoping, scheduling, and budgeting process for protection and control, RTU, and telecom projects for both internal and external entities.
• Experience with project management of protection and control teams working in HV substations for utility clients.

Responsibilities

• Installation, commissioning, testing, and maintenance of protective relay equipment, powerline carrier equipment, digital fault recorders (DFR's), remote terminal units (RTU's), and communication processors.
• Functional testing for protection and control circuitry associated with transmission lines, HV bus, transformer, circuit breaker, feeder, reactors, and capacitor banks.
• RTU and telecom upgrades for various clients
• Experienced with SEL microprocessor relays such as 311C, 311L, 387, 411L, 421, 487B, 487E, 487V, 587, 587Z, and 787.
• Desired experienced with GE microprocessor relays such as C30, D60, F35, L90, T35 and T60.
• Required experienced with various RTU's and communication processors such as GE, Telvent, SEL, Cooper, and Novatech.
• Accurately reviewing, documenting, and submitting test reports used for client reporting and regulatory purposes.
• Interpret one line, three line, wiring, schematic diagrams, communication configurations with ability to recognize and bring attention to discrepancies.
• Accurately completes time and expense reports along with maintaining good condition of assigned company vehicle.

Skills

Electrical testing

Protection & control

RTU telecom

Substation work

NERC CIP

Education

B.S. in Engineering or Technology

Tools

SEL relays

GE relays

ABB/Westinghouse relays

RTU/Telecom equipment

Job description

Shermco Industries is actively seeking a Relay Tech/ Transmission or Distribution specialist based in the Atlanta area. The role focuses on installation, testing and maintenance of protective relay equipment, RTUs and related telecom gear for HV utility projects.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in electrical testing with relays (SEL/GE/ABB/Westinghouse), substation RTU experience, and familiarity with NERC CIP requirements.