High Voltage Electrical Technician

About the role

Bring your energy to Aggreko as a High Voltage Electrical Technician based in Houston, TX. You’ll perform installation, commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of Aggreko's electrical power distribution equipment, including transformers, switchgear, load banks, cables, and related systems. This role supports both field and service center operations while ensuring compliance with safety regulations, technical standards, and customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Respond to major component failure escalations.
• Carry out major component changes and field repairs.
• Carry out advanced troubleshooting of electrical LV or HV systems
• Provide hands on electrical support.
• Ensure the completion of major repairs are on time, to standard and within agreed budgets for both specific repairs and overall department budgets.
• Read and work from drawings and specifications, and use graphic instruction such as blueprints, schematic drawings, layouts, or other visual aids
• Locate and repair defects in electrical systems
• Review accuracy of reports
• Comply with all electrical practices
• Work under pressure to handle significant problems and tasks which come up simultaneously and/or unexpectedly
• Recommend improvements and revisions to current maintenance procedures
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless service
• Exercise independent initiative and judgment in accordance with accepted practices
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable in 4160 and higher voltage power generator systems, amperage, frequency, and power factors.
• Skilled in locating and repairing defects in electrical systems, installing load break elbows, high voltage terminating, splicing, and service grounding.
• Knowledge of safety principles and using personal protective equipment.
• Additional knowledge and skill requirements may vary by assignment.
• Minimum five (5) years of high and/or medium voltage experience.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with Refineries/government site protocols and requirements to enter and perform work.
• Experience with HV test equipment preferred.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally and current or ability to obtain a Passport.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a TWIC Card.

Benefits

• Full-time with potential for overtime and/or