Test Technician

Energyunited; Statesville (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

EnergyUnited is seeking a Test Technician I or II to support the construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of substations, metering systems, communications equipment, and related electrical infrastructure.

This role ensures safe, reliable delivery of electric services to cooperative members through preventive maintenance, equipment testing, outage restoration, and technical support activities.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, test, maintain, and repair substation and distribution equipment.
• Perform substation inspections, minor switching, and equipment troubleshooting.
• Maintain low-voltage substation systems including batteries, lighting, control buildings, security systems, grounding systems, and oil containment equipment.
• Test insulating oil and respond to environmental incidents in accordance with regulations.
• Install, test, calibrate, and repair electric metering equipment.
• Investigate and resolve power quality, load management, and metering issues.
• Install and maintain SCADA, AMI, communications equipment, mobile radio systems, security cameras, LAN equipment, fiber networks, and Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs).
• Participate in outage restoration, storm response, underground fault locating, and on-call assignments as required.
• Install, maintain, and support standby generation, peak shaving equipment, and mobile substations.
• Document maintenance activities, testing results, and repairs.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable safety, environmental, and industry standards.
• Provide technical support to regional operations personnel and other departments.

Job description

About This Role

EnergyUnited is seeking a Test Technician I or II to support the construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of substations, metering systems, communications equipment, and related electrical infrastructure. This position plays a critical role in ensuring the safe, reliable delivery of electric services to cooperative members through preventive maintenance, equipment testing, outage restoration, and technical support activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect, test, maintain, and repair substation and distribution equipment.
• Perform substation inspections, minor switching, and equipment troubleshooting.
• Maintain low-voltage substation systems including batteries, lighting, control buildings, security systems, grounding systems, and oil containment equipment.
• Test insulating oil and respond to environmental incidents in accordance with regulations.
• Install, test, calibrate, and repair electric metering equipment.
• Investigate and resolve power quality, load management, and metering issues.
• Install and maintain SCADA, AMI, communications equipment, mobile radio systems, security cameras, LAN equipment, fiber networks, and Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs).
• Participate in outage restoration, storm response, underground fault locating, and on-call assignments as required.
• Install, maintain, and support standby generation, peak shaving equipment, and mobile substations.
• Document maintenance activities, testing results, and repairs.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable safety, environmental, and industry standards.
• Provide technical support to regional operations personnel and other departments.