Traveling NETA Field Service Technician – Electrical Testing

Shermco Industries, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Shermco Industries is seeking a Field Service Technician - Electrical Testing to perform electrical testing, maintenance, and repair on distribution systems. The technician travels to customer sites to inspect, test, troubleshoot, and data-collect for low to high voltage equipment, ensuring safety and quality.

You will work with a team, performing transformer and relay tests, cable tests, and switchgear verification, with 80% travel and on-call rotations as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be able to drive daily locally/regionally and be available for periodic overnight travel.
• NETA Certification (I, II, III or IV) or similar desired
• Must have 2+ years of experience performing switchgear testing & troubleshooting.
• Microsoft Excel experience; PowerDB a plus.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customer sites (industrial & commercial) to inspect, test, troubleshoot, perform start-up and data collection for low to high voltage systems.
• Perform instrument transformer tests.
• Conduct power transformer testing (Doble, TTR, insulation resistance).
• Test electro-mechanical and solid state relays.
• Perform cable testing (Tan Delta, Power Factor, VLF, DC Hipot).
• Troubleshoot automatic transfer switches and test switchgear.
• Support on-call emergencies as needed.

Skills

Electrical testing

Field service

Safety procedures

MS Excel

Email & Internet

Driver's license

On-call readiness

Education

Associate’s degree in Electrical Power & Controls (EPC)

EE Degree ABET accredited college

Tools

PowerDB

Doble

Job description

Shermco Industries is seeking a Field Service Technician - Electrical Testing to perform electrical testing, maintenance, and repair on distribution systems. The technician travels to customer sites to inspect, test, troubleshoot, and data-collect for low to high voltage equipment, ensuring safety and quality.

You will work with a team, performing transformer and relay tests, cable tests, and switchgear verification, with 80% travel and on-call rotations as needed.