Utility Protection and Control Technician

As a Utility Protection & Control(P&C) Technician, you'll assist the Lead Technician in conducting technical operations and producing documentation including work plans, isolation plans and functional test plans. This hands-on role involves comprehensive testing and final checkout of installed equipment ensuring the highest standards of safety and reliability. As a P&C Technician, you'll collaborate with the Lead Technician to identify and correct any errors from design or installation, protecting employees, equipment, and the integrity of transmission and distribution systems. Work around energized “in-service” electrical equipment to perform testing and commissioning activities on reliability upgrades in energized “brownfield” transmission stations and occasionally on distribution system equipment. Develop isolation plans & procedures for the removal of existing equipment such as protective relays, relay panels, AC/DC panels, battery systems, breakers, transformers, SSVTs, CCVTs, PTs, CTs, linear couplers, etc. Provide technical support for the decommissioning, install, testing, and recommissioning of this equipment. Communicate technical information to internal and external customers and technical and non-technical personnel. Assist with testing of substation protection devices and related equipment, including reading / verifying all voltage and current inputs to relays and metering, trip testing, functional verification of all control systems, verification of all devices and equipment alarms, and other similar testing. Identify and resolve design errors. Directly witness or perform critical tests such as DC functional trip testing prior to energization and in-service. Support of field related substation testing and commissioning activities. Plan, perform, coordinate, and supervise on-site testing and commissioning activities as required by project scope. Provide field engineering support to the electricians in the wiring of the substation protective relaying and control system, verifying against design drawings. Assist in providing commissioning oversight of substation installations. Support protection and control-related activities on both transmission and distribution level customer assets. support for this position. 2+ years of utility substation relay testing experience OR currently enrolled in a 2-year relay testing technical program (community college or trade school accredited program) or a bachelor program in a related technical field with completion by January 2026. Associate or Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution and/or applicable military experience. Level 3 or 4 NETA or NICET certification. Power distribution field experience in servicing, maintaining, and testing electrical power distribution equipment. Ability to provide technical instructions, mentoring, and guidance regarding substation and electrical power systems to field personnel. Knowledge and practice of safety precautions related to working with electrical and electronic equipment. Ability to read drawings and understand various protection schemes and proper checkout techniques for the troubleshooting and correcting of non-working schemes. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel. Experience with relay testing software such as Enoserve (RTS) and Doble Protection Suite. Experience with relay communication software such as SEL Compass, AcSELerator Quickset (SEL-5030), GE (Enervista Launchpad), RFL (Gard PRO), and other common industry software. Knowledgeable with all aspects of the testing & operation of various protective relays and power meters, including all device types: microprocessor-based, solid state, and electro-mechanical.