Lead P&C Technician Field Services

About the role

This Opportunity Leads field operations for complex construction, environmental, and infrastructure projects by providing expert technical guidance, hands-on execution, and oversight of day-to-day site activities.

Responsibilities

• Applies extensive field experience and specialized knowledge to support day-to-day site activities, troubleshoot technical challenges, and uphold quality and safety standards while ensuring escalations are made to project leadership for issues involving contractual, schedule, or major scope impacts
• Covers site logistics, facilitates effective communication between field crews and project leadership, and mentors technicians
• Supports project delivery by coordinating with engineers, scientists, and subcontractors to ensure field tasks are delivered efficiently and in compliance with regulatory and client requirements
• Leads field implementation of site-specific health and safety protocols, job hazard analyses, and quality control procedures
• Maintains oversight of fleet vehicles, tools, materials, and inventory to support site productivity
• Contributes expert technical expertise to incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives across projects
• Maintains a strong safety culture and encourages proactive hazard recognition and reporting
• Exercises responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adheres to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
• Performs additional responsibilities as required by business needs

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 11 years of experience in the electrical testing industry, including experience in medium and high voltage circuit breakers, power transformers, instrument transformers, and substation protection and controls testing
• Demonstrable expertise on transmission, generation, or distribution relays (SEL, Basler, Beckwith, and GE families) and protective schemes
• Advanced technical skills related to protective relays, including relay calibration utilizing test sets/measuring devices such as Omicron CMC 256/356 and Doble F6150, control scheme testing, testing of the sensing CT/PT circuits, ability to upload settings to microprocessor relays, and static & dynamic testing of microprocessor-based protective relays
• Proven experience with electrical field testing standards, practices, and procedures, such as NETA, IEEE, and NFPA applicable standards
• Expert knowledge of testing electrical distribution, generation, and transmission projects with voltage levels ranging from 15 kV to 500 kV, including protective relays and circuit breakers
• Strong understanding of technical software used for testing purposes and data review: ProTesT, Protection Suite, ENOSERV RTS, Omicron Test Universe, and AcSELerator Quickset
• Demonstrable ability to identify and respond to field challenges and equipment malfunctions
• Advanced skill in preparing field logs, sketches, and digital reports
• Physical stamina to work in outdoor and physically demanding conditions
• Significant experience collaborating with contractors, technicians, and engineers
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies
• Willingness and physical ability to lift up to 35 pounds individually, and up to 100 pounds with assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Technology degree in a similar discipline
• Experience in testing and troubleshooting electromechanical relays
• Experience in testing and commissioning electrical equipment on high voltage substations such as CTs, CCVTs, PLC systems, and DC systems, including batteries and battery chargers
• Current OSHA 30-hour or 40-hour HAZWOPER certification

Skills

• Extensive field experience and specialized knowledge
• Technical skills related to protective relays
• Electrical field testing standards and practices
• Technical software for testing purposes
• Collaboration with contractors, technicians, and engineers
• Physical stamina and ability to work in outdoor and physically demanding conditions
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $70.00 - $90.00 per hour

Schedule

Up to 80% travel may be required