Senior Field Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Conduct NETA testing, commissioning electrical systems, and ensure proper functioning of electrical equipment in data centers.
• Work closely with clients to troubleshoot and resolve electrical issues, and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Drive to customer jobsites in a company provided vehicle across the state, some of which are in remote locations.
• Review, interpret, and understand wiring diagrams and relaying schematics to fully understand project scope.
• Determine an isolation plan to take protective schemes out of service prior to work beginning.
• Develop a test plan to implement relaying projects using customer provided prints and documentation.
• Apply settings and perform functional tests on microprocessor protective relays and associated circuitry using test equipment.
• Ensure that received and installed electrical equipment meets project specifications.
• Develop livening procedures for placing new equipment into service.
• Perform end-to-end relay testing to verify carrier and fiber systems.
• Perform primary current injection testing to prove secondary current connections as designed.
• May perform simple power system studies including short circuit, arc-flash, and protective device coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from a top ABET accredited school, with a focus on Power Systems studies; internship in a related industry a plus.
• FE or EIT certification desirable.
• Must be comfortable safely working in the vicinity of high-voltage transmission lines.
• Must be comfortable with and have ability to work independently, accurately, and make great decisions.
• Willingness to be hands-on and work in the field at industrial and commercial sites (this is NOT an office job).
• Must be smart, a quick learner, adaptive, able to use good judgment, and be dependable.
• Strong computer skills a must.
• Not required, but SCADA knowledge a plus.
• Must be able to clearly communicate in English via verbal and written methods, and be comfortable and effective doing so directly to customers and co-workers.
• Must have a good background check and be and stay Drug-Free.
• Must be able to physically climb ladders, lift and carry up to 50 lbs, have full functionality of arms and hands, stand and walk for long periods of time (with or without reasonable accommodation).

Pay

USD $100,000.00 - USD $150,000.00 /Yr.