Relay Technician

UTILI-SERVE, LLC • Conover, NC

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About The Position

The Relay Technician installs, tests, troubleshoots, and repairs relay and control equipment in electrical substations, power plants, and customer facilities. The role involves work with electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor-based protective relays; instrument transformers; metering devices; sequential event recorders; digital fault recorders; substation controls; and SCADA systems. The technician follows company and client safety protocols, contributes to project estimation and planning, tracks project progress and costs, and supports team leaders and management as needed.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mathematics from a technical school, or equivalent experience in the electrical/electronic field.
• At least 3 years of experience working with electrical relays and control systems, in addition to the required education.
• Hands-on experience testing protective relays and control equipment and analyzing test results.
• Proven knowledge of protective relay schemes.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving technology and changing work schedules.

Nice To Haves

• Project management experience.
• Background estimating relay and control projects.
• Experience with protective relaying and control systems in power plant environments.
• Familiarity with advanced protective relay schemes.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, troubleshoot, and repair relay and control systems in substations, power plants, and customer facilities.
• Work with protective relays, instrument transformers, metering devices, and SCADA systems.
• Comply with company and client safety policies and procedures.
• Estimate upcoming projects and assist with planning.
• Monitor project progress, track time and costs, and report updates.
• Support team leaders and management with operational needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree