Commissioning Engineer
- Tallmadge, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively promotes safe working practices along with human performance improvement (HPI) daily.
- Leads and/or participates on completing Job Hazard Analysis with assigned team each workday.
- Perform installation, commissioning, testing, and maintenance of protective relay equipment, powerline carrier equipment, digital fault recorders (DFR’s), and remote terminal units (RTU’s).
- Perform functional testing for protection and control circuitry associated with transmission lines, HV bus, transformer, circuit breaker, feeder, reactors, and capacitor banks.
- Perform end to end testing of communication aided tripping schemes for both fiber systems and powerline carrier using RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite software.
- Familiar with testing and calibrating GE and Westinghouse/ABB electromechanical relays.
- Experienced with commissioning SEL microprocessor relays such as 311C, 311L, 387, 411L, 421, 487B, 487E, 487V, 587, 587Z, and 787.
- Experienced with commissioning GE microprocessor relays such as C30, D60, F35, L90, T35 and T60.
- Support RTU upgrade projects for various clients.
- Accurately documenting and submitting test reports used for client reporting and regulatory purposes.
- Interpret one line, three line, wiring, and schematic diagrams with ability to recognize and bring attention to discrepancies.
- Accurately completes time and expense reports along with maintaining good condition of assigned company vehicle.
- Ideal candidate will have 4+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus working with protection and control equipment with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients.
- Provide oversight of protection and control technicians and engineers.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
- Proven experience with transmission and distribution relays to include SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse.
- Familiarity with test equipment to include Doble 6150, Powercomm PCA-4125A, Arbiter 931, Vanguard CT 2000C, Omicron CT analyzer.
- Experienced in using test software such as RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite.
- Experienced in developing detailed commissioning test plans.
- Experience performing relay end to end testing to verify communication assisted tripping schemes such as differential, DCB, POTT, and transfer trip.
- Strong understanding of safe work practices and human performance improvement applicable to protection and control work in utility high voltage substations.
- Capable of performing in-service load checks for new equipment to validate correctness of operation.
- Familiar with NERC PRC-005-6 requirements related to protection systems, automatic reclosing, and sudden pressure relaying maintenance.