Senior Electrical Field Technician

Mesa Associates, Inc; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Mesa Associates, Inc is seeking a Senior Electrical Field Technician to support the utility and power generation industries. The ideal candidate should have experience in electrical installations and be adept at reading drawings and providing guidance to electricians at client sites.

The role involves significant travel, as well as managing modifications based on engineering feedback. Knowledge of equipment like circuit breakers and transformers is essential, along with strong organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive travel or extended time at client sites.
• Field experience in coal, hydro, and simple cycle power plants is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to on-site electricians.
• Implement changes and create field red-lines during modifications.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of industry best practices for electrical installations

Ability to read drawings

Field experience with power plants

Tools

Circuit breakers

Low and medium voltage power transformers

Power quality / multimeter

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Electrical Field Technician candidate should have experience with the utility, industrial, or power generation industries with an ideal background as a facility or plant electrician that is able to read drawings, implement changes, and create field red-lines resulting from changes in field conditions. Supervision and guidance may be required to be provided to on-site electricians to implement work or modifications made by the engineering team. This position requires extensive travel or extended time at client sites. This position requires extended travel and outage work at client sites and is largely an on-site position.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, written and organizational skills.
• Strong knowledge of industry best practices for electrical installations, wiring, terminations, field red-lines, etc.
• Ability to read drawings and provide direction to craft labor.
• Field experience with coal, hydro, simple cycle and combined cycle power plants.

Knowledge of The Following Equipment

• Circuit breakers
• Protection relays
• Low and medium voltage power transformers
• Switchgear and motor control centers
• Motors
• Potential and current transformers

Experience With The Following Test Equipment Is a Plus

• Power quality / multimeter
• Megger
• Hi-Pot
• Doble relay test set

Preferred Locations

• Knoxville, TN
• Chattanooga, TN
• Nashville, TN
• Atlanta, GA