Protection & Controls Technician

About the role

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.

Qualifications

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.