Sr. Relay Technician

Electric Power Systems•Reno, NV

About The Position

The Sr. Relay Technician perfo rms and supervises ele ct rical testing, maintenance and troubleshooting relays in ele ct rical power stations. Your duties involve using relay test equipment and tools to test several types of relays inside the ele ct rical substation.

Requirements

Able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
Complete a satisfactory criminal background check.
Able to work overtime and travel out of town for periods of time.
Must have a valid driver's license and currently have and be able to maintain a safe driving record.
Hands on experience installing, maintaining , testing & repairing protective relays in transmission, generation, or distribution level substations.
Capable of trouble shooting distribution and transmission controls circuits.
Knowledge of relay test software.

Nice To Haves

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience installing , maintaining , testing, or repairing circuit breakers, transformers, switchgear, or similar equipment.

Responsibilities

Lead safety briefings on job site, identify , eliminate, or mitigate hazards.
Utilize Human Performance Error Elimination concepts and tools .
Analyze protection schemes for power circuits and other power system components .
Perform installation, commissioning, testing, and function testing of substation control circuits on relay panel, transformer & circuit breaker change-outs .
Ability to analyze event records and make informed deductions
Develop Project Execution, Commissioning, Outage Sequence & Energization Procedures .
Project management of large scale and complex projects .
Train and qualify Relay Technician I, II, or Relay Engineer I
Interact with customers .
Perform complex troubleshooting .
Perform end-to-end relay testing using relay test software and analyze the operation of the relay based on the fault type run.
Lead investigations of electrical related issues, including root cause analysis as needed.
Calibrate & perform functional tests on both electromechanical and microprocessor based protective relays for substations.
Function as an on-site lead for the project, assign tasks, prioritize activities and interface with customers.
Read and fully understand protection and control schematic diagrams and wiring diagrams and catch mistakes and problems with the drawings and design when comparing with accepted engineering and customer standards.
Determine and interpret customer’s requirements and provide final deliverables including as built prints and all test results meeting specified requirements .
Understand manufactures’ literature to facilitate testing.