High Voltage Electrician Field Tech

About the role

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.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of electrical LV or HV systems.
• Provide hands-on electrical support.
• Ensure completion of major repairs on time, to standard, and within agreed budgets for both specific repairs and overall department budgets.
• Read and work from drawings and specifications, using 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 that 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 to provide quality seamless service.
• Exercise independent initiative and judgment in accordance with accepted practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 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 have or be able to obtain a Passport.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a TWIC Card.

Skills

• 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.

Benefits

• Full-time with potential for overtime and/or weekends.
• Annual bonus program.
• No premium cost medical plan option available.
• Career growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement available.
• Safety-focused culture working on brand new technology.

Essential Job Requirements

• Availability to work the assigned schedule, travel to work locations (if needed), and be on standby for work outside of regularly scheduled shifts.
• Must be able to stand, walk, and sit for prolonged periods of time; and be able to walk over uneven terrain with functional balance that does not require any special assistive devices.
• Must be able to move the extremities and spine through a functional range of motion that will permit work to be safely performed from ground/floor level to full overhead level.
• Must have good finger dexterity to manipulate small items, functional hand-eye coordination, and functionally grip with adequate strength to safely hold tools and stair railing or ladders.
• Must be able to safely meet the physical demands outlined in the Essential Physical Capacities Assessment and pass the post-offer physical abilities assessment, which includes being able to lift (60 lbs), push/pull (80 lbs), carry (60 lbs), climb stairs and ladders, as well as a combination of climbing while carrying objects (15 lbs), stoop, kneel, and squat.