Commissioning Technician

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a daily champion of safety and Human Performance Improvement (HPI), modeling best practices for the commissioning team.
• Lead Job Hazard Analyses JHAs, maintaining a safe, compliant, and high-performing jobsite environment.
• Perform detailed commissioning, functional testing, and operational verification of low- and medium-voltage switchgear, breakers, transformers, and protection systems.
• Verify, configure, and commission microprocessor relays including SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse to ensure correct protection logic, communication schemes, and system coordination.
• Execute system-level testing such as end-to-end protection testing, SCADA point-to-point verification, and interlock validation.
• Interpret complex electrical drawings one-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams and proactively identify discrepancies, ensuring issues are documented and corrected.
• Cook up with engineering, construction, and client teams to resolve technical issues, clarify design requirements, and support project planning.
• Develop or refine commissioning test plans and procedures to ensure project-specific scopes are executed thoroughly and consistently.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation, including test reports, relay settings verification, redlines, daily logs, timesheets, and expenses.
• Support startup and energization planning, including outage coordination, equipment readiness checks, and safety walkdowns.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior technicians and commissioning support staff.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in electrical testing and commissioning, specifically within power distribution, protection, and control systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology preferred; equivalent technical experience considered.
• Demonstrated proficiency with SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse protection relays, including configuration, troubleshooting, and commissioning.
• Experience with relay test equipment, CT/PT test equipment, insulation resistance testers, and other standard electrical test tools.
• Strong proficiency using test software such as Pro-Test, Protection Suite, or RTS, including developing automated test routines.
• Experience creating and executing commissioning test plans, FAT/SAT procedures, and turnover documentation.
• Solid understanding of NERC PRC-005 6, equipment maintenance standards, and best practices for work in high-voltage substations.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate engineering drawings, relay settings, and electrical logic diagrams with high attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead field activities, coordinate with multiple stakeholders, and document test results clearly.
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to work independently in dynamic field environments.

About Us

ABM (NYSE: ABM) is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions. Every day, our over 100,000 team members deliver essential services that make spaces cleaner, safer, and efficient, enhancing the overall occupant experience. ABM serves a wide range of market sectors including commercial real estate, aviation, education, mission critical, and manufacturing and distribution. With over $8 billion in annual revenue and a blue-chip client base, ABM delivers innovative technologies and sustainable solutions that enhance facilities and empower clients to achieve their goals. Committed to creating smarter, more connected spaces, ABM is investing in the future to meet evolving challenges and build a healthier, thriving world. ABM: Driving possibility, together.