Relay Technician

Utili-Serve; Conover (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Utili-Serve seeks a skilled Relay Technician to install, test, troubleshoot, and repair relay and control equipment across substations, power plants, and client sites. You will work with electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor-based protective relays, instrument transformers, meters, and SCADA systems.

Ideal candidates have an associate degree in electrical/electronic fields and at least 3 years of hands-on experience with protective relays and control systems.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mathematics or equivalent experience in electrical/electronic field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with electrical relays and control systems.
• Hands-on testing and analysis of protective relays and control equipment.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel for work.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, troubleshoot, and repair relay and control systems in substations, power plants, and customer facilities.
• Work with protective relays (electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor), instrument transformers, metering devices, and SCADA systems.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures and report updates.
• Estimate upcoming projects and assist in planning.
• Monitor project progress, track time and cost, and support management as needed.

Skills

Relay testing

Protection schemes

Electrical troubleshooting

SCADA familiarity

Documentation & reporting

Education

Associate degree in electrical/computer/math field

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a skilled Relay Technician responsible for the installation, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of relay and control equipment in electrical substations, power plants, and customer facilities. This includes working with electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor-based protective relays, instrument transformers, KWH/KW meters, sequential event recorders, digital fault recorders, substation controls, and various SCADA systems. The technician must adhere to all company and client safety protocols, contribute to project estimation, track progress, monitor costs, and support team leaders and management as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, test, troubleshooting, and repair relay and control systems in substations, power plants, and customer facilities.
• Work with a range of equipment including protective relays (electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor), instrument transformers, metering devices, and SCADA systems.
• Ensure compliance with all company and client safety policies and procedures.
• Estimate upcoming projects and assist in planning.
• Monitor project progress, track time and cost, and report updates.
• Support team leaders and management with operational needs.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mathematics from a technical school, or equivalent experience in the electrical/electronic field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with electrical relays and control systems, in addition to required education.
• Hands-on experience testing and analyzing results of protective relays and control equipment.
• Proven knowledge of protective relay schemes.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving technology and changing work schedules.

Desired Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Background in estimating relay and control projects.
• Experience working with protective relaying and control systems in power plant environments.
• Familiarity with advanced protective relay schemes.