High Voltage Reliability Engineering Specialist
Provide electrical transmission, high-voltage (HV), collection system, and substation support. Provide feedback regarding electrical design, engineering, testing, and construction. Support and coordinate commissioning, start-up, and initial operating activities. Optimize scheduled maintenance with consideration of fuel resources, weather, and reactive maintenance activities. Report problems and update activities in SAP. Maintain inventory, inspection, and calibration of all tooling and equipment. Manage spare parts inventory. Perform safe switching and grounding of HV equipment. Develop and implement site betterment projects. Support and coordinate electrical equipment maintenance at company facilities with LO/TO and outage planning. Serve as an example to others of safe work practices. Perform equipment inspections and testing and store the reports in respective depository to ensure compliance with applicable standards. Perform emergency and routine repairs. Train subordinates and other field personnel.
Position Requirements
Knowledge/Skills
Medium and high voltage substation electrical equipment including relay protection systems, collection systems, transmission designs and operations. MS Office, project software, SEL equipment. Relay and protection fundamentals. Operation of capacitor banks, transformer load tap changers, circuit breakers, and motor/manually operated or disconnect switches.
Education/Training
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of training & experience
Experience
5+ years relevant technical experience. Experience with power generation or distribution preferred. Experience establishing High Voltage field service preferred.
Credentialing Required/Optional
Qualifications to operate HV (high voltage) equipment
Career Path
Position Reports To
High Voltage Operations Manager, Regional Operations Manager
Career path moves from this role
High Voltage Operations Manager, Project Manager