Field Engineer

About the role

Hunt Utility Services, a privately held company providing management and support services for Sharyland Utilities, L.L.C., a Texas-based electric transmission utility, is seeking a Field Engineer. The Field Engineer will perform and coordinate protection, control, commissioning, and diagnostic work for the assigned district, with primary responsibility for maintaining substation protection and control (P&C).

Responsibilities

• Execute the protection-system maintenance, testing, and compliance data collection required by NERC PRC, CIP, and IRO standards.
• Execute testing, calibration, and commissioning for SEL and GE protection platforms, SEL RTAC SCADA devices, and DFR equipment; analyze relay event reports and coordinate protection schemes with transmission operations.
• Maintain the District relay lab and use it to validate firmware, relay settings, and Doble RTS test routines before changes are applied to in-service equipment.
• Commission new and modified substation equipment, including relay panels, control buildings, and protection and communications infrastructure.
• Diagnose complex protection-system faults, determine root cause, and direct corrective actions.
• Coordinate maintenance scheduling under ERCOT seasonal restriction windows; plan and execute outage work within approved windows.
• Provide protection, control, and automation support for the Sharyland HVDC converter station (Hitachi MACH 2/3 platform), including participation in planned maintenance, thyristor valve inspection, protection-system testing, and control-system verification.

Requirements

• Proficiency with protective relay test equipment (OMICRON, Doble F6150, or equivalent).
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, protection one-lines, and relay settings files.
• Relay configuration and event-analysis software experience (SEL AcSELerator, SEL-5030, or equivalent).
• Excellent field documentation, organizational, and communication skills.
• Self-directed, professionally mature, and capable of working independently in field environments.
• Valid Texas driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an ABET-accredited program or a program with recognized equivalency.
• 7+ years of progressive field experience in protection, control, and relay-systems commissioning, testing, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated proficiency with protective relay platforms.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• FE/EIT registration.
• HVDC system experience (Hitachi, ABB, Siemens, or equivalent converter-station platform).
• FACTS equipment (SVC, STATCOM) commissioning or maintenance experience (strong differentiator).
• Familiarity with Doble PowerBase (protection asset and testing database).
• Familiarity with HVDC converter-station protection and control platforms (Hitachi MACH 2/3) and FACTS devices (SVC, STATCOM).
• Doble RTS test-system programming proficiency.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.

Benefits

• 401K – 12% employer contribution with no vesting period (6% Match and 6% non-matching contribution)
• Highly competitive compensation
• Hybrid work options available for most roles
• Five to eight weeks of PTO annually based on years of experience; eleven additional holidays per calendar year
• All Medical/Dental/Vision benefits start day one with the company; low employee premiums
• Education Assistance Program
• Free covered employee parking for Dallas HQ based employees
• Free specialty coffee bar in the Dallas HQ
• Onsite breakfast and lunch area in the Dallas HQ