Join the Utilities gold standard for benefits (Pension, Health, 401k) and stability (average employee tenure is 16 years)! Now offering a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.
The Relay Technician plays a crucial role in maintaining and ensuring the reliability of electrical power systems.
- Travel within Metropolitan area for projects. Company vehicle assigned at nearest SRP facility.
What You'll Do
Protection Automation & Control Construction:
- Provides on-site project coordination creating schedules and communicating with project stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of protection system installations.
- Responsible for coordination and outage scheduling for generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial customer projects.
- Maintains quality assurance and quality control through reviewing and correcting protection and control engineering design prints
- Responsible for installation strategy (panel construction, procurement, wire pull schedules, field wiring, etc.)
- Performs installation quality assurance and quality control through field wiring checks and supporting with scheme checks
- Must be available to work overtime to meet project milestones
- Assists with Relay Commissioning & Testing responsibilities as assigned:
- Programs settings on microprocessor relays and other intelligent electronic devices
- Commission and energizes protective relaying systems, telemetry devices, and other intelligent electronic devices through validation of wiring, settings, communication protocols and logic
- Uses test equipment to simulate faults to validate protective relay systems
- Assists with Protection Automation & Control Construction responsibilities as assigned.
What It Takes To Succeed
- Knowledge of the principles of electrical and electronic theory
- Knowledge of algebra, geometric, trigonometric and statistical concepts, techniques and procedures
- Knowledge of personal computer operation and transient cyber assets
- Knowledge of relay and test set applications
- Knowledge and understanding of protective relay theory, principles and applications
- Knowledge of commissioning, protective system testing and construction processes
- Must be available to work overtime
- Performs related work as required and/or assigned
- Attends training programs, seminars, conferences, and meetings
- Assists engineers and other personnel
- Assists in directing other technicians, apprentices, and trades helpers
Experience
The following applies to technical Level III/Senior: Graduate of an approved Relay or Electrical Apprenticeship Program or equivalent.
Tech III: 4 years of experience or graduate of a Relay or Electrical Apprenticeship Program or equivalent.
Senior Technician: 7 years of related Relay Technician experience and meets expectations by a technical review panel.
Contact the department for the "Criteria for Advancement of Relay Technician 3 to Senior."
Education
Completion of an appropriate Apprenticeship program or equivalent.
SRP
Arizona United States
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