Substation Meter & Relay Electronics Technician

Western Area Power Administration; Page (AZ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Area Power Administration is seeking an Electronic Integrated Systems Mechanic (Meter & Relay) (Journeyman/CIT) to maintain, repair, program, and commission complex substation protection, metering and control equipment across our power grid.

The role emphasizes testing of relays and associated equipment, with on-site work in substations and a requirement for journeyman/CIT credentials.

Qualifications

• Maintenance, repair, and programming of complex electrical/electronic equipment in substations.
• Develop software test routines for protective relays.
• Verify protective relay, transfer trip, and communication settings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, modify, program, install and commission power system substation protection control, monitoring and metering equipment.
• Maintain, repair, install, program, and test polyphase revenue metering equipment, including electronic and microprocessor-based kilowatt-hour meters, digital demand recorders, panel meters, transducers, and instrument transformers.
• Maintain, repair, install, program, and test equipment used in controlling substation equipment. This includes human/machine interfaces (HMI), and communication processors.
• Maintain, repair, install, program, and test protective relay equipment including current, voltage, differential, reclosing, timing, auxiliary, ground detection, and complex impedance relays of the electromechanical, electronic and microprocessor types.
• Develop software test routines for protective relays.

Job description

Western Area Power Administration is seeking an Electronic Integrated Systems Mechanic (Meter & Relay) (Journeyman/CIT) to maintain, repair, program, and commission complex substation protection, metering and control equipment across our power grid.

The role emphasizes testing of relays and associated equipment, with on-site work in substations and a requirement for journeyman/CIT credentials.