Transmission Specialist

Orsted (Germany); Setauket (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Ørsted US Offshore Operations seeks a High Voltage Technician to join the North-East offshore wind program. You’ll commission, maintain, operate and troubleshoot HV/LV equipment and provide safety guidance in line with ØESR.

The role is based both onshore and offshore within substations across the region. You’ll work in the HV Transmission System team reporting to the HV Transmission System Manager, performing isolation, earthing, switching, preventive maintenance, and SCADA-based

Qualifications

• Electrical maintenance expertise for HV/LV equipment in substations.
• Experience with HV switching and isolation procedures.
• Knowledge of SCADA alarms and local control systems.
• Familiarity with Ørsted Electrical Safety Rules (ØESR).
• Ability to work offshore for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety through electrical/mechanical isolation, earthing, and switching of HV/LV equipment in substations for planned/unplanned work.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance of HV substation assets per manufacturer instructions.
• Troubleshoot using SCADA alarms or local control systems.
• Operate transmission configurations and contingencies; understand relay-protection schemes.
• Manage outages and control networks in collaboration with relevant personnel using SCADA/local systems.
• Lead contractors and coordinate inter-system operation and safety procedures.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

High voltage switching

SCADA troubleshooting

Safety training

Offshore experience

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 career‑long 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.