Protection & Controls Technician

About the role

Join Our Team at Brazos Electric as a Protection & Control Technician in Krum, TX. At Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, we are looking for a skilled and motivated Protection & Control Technician to join our team and play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the reliability of our electrical systems. If you enjoy hands-on work, solving complex problems, and working with high-voltage equipment, this is a role where your expertise truly matters.

Responsibilities

• Test, maintain, troubleshoot, and commission protection and control systems for high-voltage transmission and distribution substations.
• Program, configure, and verify operation of protective relays and associated control equipment.
• Install, inspect, and maintain substation equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, reclosers, CTs, PTs, TRUs, IEDs, batteries, and AC/DC power systems.
• Perform electrical testing, calibration, maintenance, and repair of circuit breakers, reclosers, generator circuit breakers (69kV–345kV), and transformer tap changer controls.
• Interpret and update electrical drawings, schematics, one-line diagrams, wiring diagrams, and protection logic documentation.
• Analyze relay event records, disturbance data, and test results to diagnose equipment issues and support corrective actions.
• Install and validate relay protection schemes.
• Implement and verify settings changes from engineering teams.
• Install and maintain associated equipment such as recorders and transducers.
• Support installation of control house equipment.
• Run conduit and terminate control wiring in substations.
• Maintain accurate records of testing and equipment documentation.
• Ensure compliance with standards and reporting requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of electrical or substation mechanical experience. Completion of a relevant 2-year electrical certification program or degree may partially substitute for experience.
• Must live within a 45-minute response time to Brazos Electric regional office for emergency response.

Benefits

• Collaborative work culture rooted in integrity, innovation, and reliability.
• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to help build the future of electric power in Texas.