This position is responsible for 24/7 system operations including the calibration, commissioning, inspection, maintenance, and repair of transmission and distribution equipment and protective relays, switches, apparatus, and Power Line Carrier (PLC) communication systems associated with the transmission grid, distribution infrastructure, and capital improvement projects.
Requirements
- Perform maintenance and inspection on substation equipment
- Perform monthly inspection of substation facilities and equipment
- Perform substation switching under direct supervision
- Write and execute formal switching orders inside substations
- Install mobile substations for substation construction projects
- Perform technical testing of substation equipment
- Test and inspect substation battery banks and chargers
- Locate and repair DC grounds within substation control systems
- Perform operating mechanism inspection, motion analysis, contact resistance, gas purity tests, and repair of 138KV SF6 gas breakers
- Perform operating mechanism inspection, internal inspection, motion analysis, power factor, contact resistance, and repair of 69/138KV oil breakers
- Extract oil samples from energized substation equipment for dissolved gas analysis (DGA) and fluid quality testing
- Perform internal inspection and repair according to manufacture specification on a variety of substation power transformer load tap changers (LTC’s)
- Perform Infrared thermography inspections of substations
- Repair hot spots on substation switches and connections identified thru infrared thermography inspections
- Perform Partial Discharge surveys on various energized substation equipment
- Provide expert technical support for substation capital improvement projects
- Commission new substations or newly upgraded substations
- Verify wiring diagrams and electrical control schematics during substation commissioning projects
- Program Schweitzer electronic protective relays and function test protection schemes
- Write logic scripts used as test plans for SEL digital protective relay tests
- Program, test, and commission programmable logic controllers (PLC’s) for protection circuits in substations
- Perform end-to-end testing of PEC’s transmission carrier and fiber communication systems
- Analyze test results on equipment and recommend practical cost-effective solutions for equipment performance and repair
- Follow work procedures and company policies
- Carry out operating procedures
- Perform emergency Call-Out duty for all substation issues and respond to substation power outages
- Record data on appropriate test reports to maintain NERC, FERC, and TRE compliance
- Coordinate activities with other departments
- Operate PEC vehicle(s) for business purposes
- Maintain driver eligibility through appropriate valid Texas Driver's License and driving record in accordance with PEC policy
- Maintain the security of confidential information
- Stay abreast of advances in technology
- Demonstrate regular and prompt attendance
- Perform other related duties as necessary or assigned
Benefits
