Transmission Specialist

Orsted; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ørsted is seeking an experienced electrical technician to support its North-East offshore wind program. You will commission, maintain, operate, and troubleshoot HV/LV equipment in substations, with safety as a core focus.

The role will involve offshore rotations and onshore/offshore work at substations across the region. You will report to the HV Transmission System Manager and contribute to safe isolation, switching, and outage management while coordinating with contractors and on-site teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of electrical maintenance experience at substations.
• Qualified person under Ørsted HV Safety Rules (ØESR) with switching operations experience.
• Willing to work offshore on rotation (up to 7/14 days) and hold a valid US driver’s license.
• Must complete medical checks and GWO safety training.

Responsibilities

• Provide isolation, earthing, and switching for HV and LV equipment.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance of HV substation assets.
• Troubleshoot using alarms on SCADA or local control systems.
• Operate transmission configurations and understand relay protection schemes.
• Coordinate outages and inter-system operations with teams.
• Lead contractors and oversee safety procedures during work in substations.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

HV switching

SCADA

Safety training

US driving license

Job description

Join us in this role where you’ll support our North-East program of offshore wind farms. You’ll be responsible for commissioning, maintaining, operating, and trouble‑shooting high and low- voltage equipment in a safe and controlled manner, as well as providing safety guidance for all working parties in accordance with Ørsted Electrical Safety Rules (ØESR). We cultivate a collaborative, dynamic, and diverse work environment and encourage careerlong learning and development so our people can realise their full potential. The role will be based both onshore and offshore.

Welcome to US Offshore Operations

You’ll be part of the High Voltage Transmission System team where you, together with your colleagues, will service, maintain, and repair the HV equipment in electrical substations throughout the region. In this role, you’ll report to the High Voltage (HV) Transmission System Manager. As a team, we foster a safety culture and are able to reliably maintain the bulk electric transmission system.

You’ll play an important role in:

• providing safety by electrical or mechanical isolation, earthing, and switching of high-voltage and low-voltage equipment in substations for both planned and unplanned work
• undertaking preventive and corrective maintenance of high-voltage substation assets in accordance with manufacturer's instructions
• performing troubleshooting activities using alarm signals on SCADA or local control system
• operating transmission system configurations and contingencies for a wind farm and being able to comprehend transmission system relay protection schemes
• outage managing and network controlling in collaboration with relevant personnel and being able to operate the transmission assets using the SCADA or local control system
• leading contractors and working parties working on transmission assets within a substation and participating in coordination of inter-system operation, testing, and associated safety procedures.

To succeed in the role, you:

have at least five years of electrical working and maintenance experience working at substation as a qualified person operating under the company’s HV Safety Rules are experienced in performing switching operations on high-voltage transmission assets need to become a qualified person under the ØESR with support and training provided to gain this internal accreditation in the first year of employment are able to work a shift-pattern, sometimes spending up to 7/14 days offshore at a time on a service operation vessel (SOV) have the clear medical checks and safety training programs as required by Global Wind Organisation (GWO) standards and have a valid US driver’s license.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.