Technical - Electric Testing (South)

WEC Energy Group•Franklin, WI

6d•$39 - $65•Onsite

About The Position

We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is hiring two Technical Electric Testing technicians for its Special Testing Group in Franklin, Wisconsin. This position is represented by We Energies L2150 Union. The role involves programming and coordinating, calibrating, troubleshooting, repairing, and performance-testing relays, metering, communications and control systems, and other company-owned equipment at substations, power plants, line reclosers, SCADA sites, and customer substations. The technician evaluates new relay and SCADA devices before startup and provides technical support and training to engineering, management, and other technical groups. The work also includes developing and maintaining instrument and relay test procedures and ensuring the integrity of records and stored data. High-potential and fault-location tests are performed on power circuits and related equipment. Special projects, workload, and system emergencies may result in scheduled or unscheduled overtime. The position also performs testing, repair, and calibration of relay and SCADA systems, remote terminal units, fault recorders, transducers and meters, certain telecommunications devices, and mechanical, electrical, and computer-controlled relays.

Requirements

Two-year associate degree in electronics technology, or at least 60 college credits from an accredited institution, including at least 35 credits in electrical engineering or electronics.
Valid driver's license and ability to meet the company's driving requirements.
Must comply with DOT Part 199 pipeline drug and alcohol testing requirements.
May need to qualify for unescorted access to certain critical cyber assets by satisfying company and NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standard 004 security requirements, including a background investigation.
Official transcripts must be submitted with the application or provided to the assigned HR Associate within ten days of the posting closing date.
Must demonstrate the technician-level abilities assessed by the Technician Selection System: using numerical information in drawings, prints, and graphs to solve arithmetic problems; using symbols and codes to locate objects on a map; understanding pictured mechanical principles; and reading and applying rules to make decisions based on written information.
Must demonstrate electronics knowledge and skills measured by the Electron Test, covering electronic theory such as digital and analog electronics, relay logic, power supplies, and computers and PLCs.

Responsibilities

Pinpoint outage-related underground cable faults for repair crews.
Conduct AC and DC high-potential testing on new and aged substation buses and breakers.
Conduct reliability high-voltage AC partial-discharge testing of new and aged cable systems and analyze results.
Locate and mark underground facilities for construction services within substations, generation facilities, and other controlled locations; color differentiation is essential for this work.
Conduct periodic maintenance dielectric testing of fleet field units.
Repair and calibrate miscellaneous test equipment to support other groups.
Provide analysis, direction, and expertise to associated groups and engineering.
Program, coordinate, calibrate, troubleshoot, repair, and performance-test relays, metering, communications and control systems, and other company-owned devices.
Evaluate new relay and SCADA devices before startup.
Provide technical support and training to engineering, management, and other technical groups.
Develop and maintain instrument and relay test procedures and maintain the integrity of records and stored data.
Perform high-potential and fault-location tests on power circuits and related equipment.