Field Engineer

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Perform NETA-compliant acceptance and maintenance testing on power transformers, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, and associated metering and control equipment.
• Conduct CT ratio and polarity testing, panel wiring verification, and control circuit continuity checks in accordance with NERC PRC-005 maintenance intervals.
• Participate in planned maintenance at the Sharyland HVDC converter station (Hitachi MACH 2/3 platform), including thyristor valve inspection, protection system testing, and control system verification.
• Serve as the asset-owner technical representative during OEM field service windows; provide independent scope oversight and documentation of Hitachi maintenance activities.
• Develop working proficiency with HVDC equipment to support HUS insourcing feasibility evaluation; document OEM procedures and internal capability benchmarks.
• 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.
• Cookordination maintenance scheduling under ERCOT seasonal restriction windows; plan and execute outage work within approved windows.
• Maintain NERC PRC-005 maintenance records and author PRC-004 relay event reports for PUCT/ERCOT audit readiness.
• Develop and maintain compliance documentation packages.

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.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.

Qualifications

• 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 NETA testing standards and protective relay platforms.
• FE/EIT registration preferred.
• HVDC system experience preferred (Hitachi, ABB, Siemens, or equivalent converter station platform); FACTS equipment (SVC, STATCOM) commissioning or maintenance experience is a strong differentiator.