Field Electrical Engineer

Since 1974, Shermco has become North America’s largest and fastest growing NETA-accredited electrical testing organization. Our focus is to ensure electrical power systems function properly and safely. With our Professional Engineering Group, Rotating Machinery Division, Renewable Energy Services, and Field Repair and local Repair Service Centers, Shermco handles all aspects of electrical power systems—emphasizing safety and client service.

Responsibilities

• Drive to customer jobsites in a company-provided vehicle across the state, including remote locations.
• Review, interpret, and understand wiring diagrams and relaying schematics to fully grasp project scope.
• Understand customer needs and requirements.
• Determine an isolation plan to take protective schemes out of service prior to work beginning.
• Develop a test plan to implement relaying projects using customer-provided prints and documentation.
• Apply settings and perform functional tests on microprocessor protective relays and associated circuitry using test equipment.
• Ensure received and installed electrical equipment meets project specifications.
• Develop livening procedures for placing new equipment into service.
• Perform end-to-end relay testing to verify carrier and fiber systems.
• Perform primary current injection testing to prove secondary current connections as designed.
• May perform simple power system studies, including short circuit, arc-flash, and protective device coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from a top ABET-accredited school, with a focus on Power Systems studies; internship in a related industry is a plus.
• FE or EIT certification desirable.
• Comfortable safely working in the vicinity of high-voltage transmission lines.
• Ability to work independently, accurately, and make sound decisions.
• Willingness to work hands-on in the field at industrial and commercial sites (this is NOT an office job).
• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, good judgment, and dependability.
• Strong computer skills.
• SCADA knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to clearly communicate in English verbally and in writing, effectively interacting with customers and coworkers.
• Pass a background check and maintain a drug-free status.
• Physically capable of climbing ladders, lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs, full functionality of arms and hands, and standing/walking for long periods (with or without reasonable accommodation).

Pay

USD $40.00 - USD $60.00 per hour.