High Voltage Technician III

GE Vernova

15d • Remote

About The Position

Job Description Summary Job Description Job Description Essential Responsibilities: Provide onsite and remote technical direction to site personnel and customers. Prepare job planning documents that define the work scope being performed through engineering instructions, drawings, and process instructions. Provide leadership to skilled labor performing work on customer sites. Troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for a wide range of equipment such as power transformers, switchgear, protection relays, control systems, and motors. Troubleshoot electrical problems in the substations on wind and solar plants. Perform administrative functions such as writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, and preparing job completion reports to customers. Exercise good judgment in controlling costs. Maintain strong safety mindset at all times. Must live with 100 miles of Arlington Oregon. GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED
• Must live with 100 miles of Arlington Oregon.

Nice To Haves

• Previous High Voltage experience
• Familiar with test equipment and testing procedures for transformers, relays, breakers, and underground splices.
• Familiar with switching pad mount transformers and substations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to read schematics.
• Ability to write and interpret switching orders.
• Required to mentor and train unqualified technicians
• Proven experience in leading field service team.
• Safety must be top priority.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel.
• Flexibility required.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and SmartSheets
• Basic Workplace First Aid

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite and remote technical direction to site personnel and customers.
• Prepare job planning documents that define the work scope being performed through engineering instructions, drawings, and process instructions.
• Provide leadership to skilled labor performing work on customer sites.
• Troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for a wide range of equipment such as power transformers, switchgear, protection relays, control systems, and motors.
• Troubleshoot electrical problems in the substations on wind and solar plants.
• Perform administrative functions such as writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, and preparing job completion reports to customers.
• Exercise good judgment in controlling costs.
• Maintain strong safety mindset at all times.

Benefits

• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance and 12 paid holidays.
• New hires also two weeks of annual vacation (which may be pro-rated based on start date).
• GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED