Test Technician

EnergyUnited Career Center; Statesville (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

EnergyUnited Career Center in Statesville, North Carolina is seeking a Test Technician I or II. This role involves supporting the construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical infrastructure, crucial for delivering reliable electric services.

The successful candidate will inspect and maintain substation equipment, perform testing and troubleshooting, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards while providing technical support across departments.

Qualifications

• Experience in testing and troubleshooting electrical equipment.
• Knowledge of substation and distribution systems maintenance.
• Familiarity with safety and environmental regulations.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, test, maintain, and repair substation and distribution equipment.
• Perform substation inspections and equipment troubleshooting.
• Document maintenance activities and testing results.

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.