Senior Relay Technician

About the role

Ulteig is seeking an experienced Senior Relay Technician to serve as a technical field lead for protection and control, metering, and SCADA-related commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and energization support. This role is well suited for a hands-on technician who can lead complex field work, coordinate with clients and project teams, and mentor developing engineers and technicians. Qualified candidates may not have experience in every discipline; opportunities exist to build on existing expertise through hands‑on assignments, mentorship, and formal training while developing additional capabilities that support a broad range of field activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead protective relay commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting, and oversee field demolition and construction activities for relay replacement projects at generation facilities, substations, and other sites
• Operate Omicron, Doble, Radian, and other vendor test sets, running tests through vendor software or manual control
• Program, install, test, troubleshoot, certify, and verify accuracy of revenue and check meters and electronic data recorders, including Factory Acceptance Testing and diagnosing metering problems
• Perform point-to-point metering and telemetry testing to validate wiring and data paths from source devices, ensuring successful communication to the head‑end system
• Review and mark‑up (yellow‑line/red‑line) SLDs, 3LDs, schematics, and wiring diagrams and utilize these drawings to support field troubleshooting
• Review engineering work packages and field conditions to identify constructability, wiring, and commissioning
• Develop or support field mitigation plans, document deviations, and coordinate required changes with the responsible engineer before implementation
• Lead field execution by preparing or reviewing test plans, commissioning procedures, job hazard analyses, test records, redlines, daily reports, deficiency lists, and final configuration backups
• Coordinate field activities with engineers, contractors, owners, and operations personnel, and communicate conditions that could affect safety, quality, schedule, or energization readiness
• Connect to relays, meters, and RTUs on‑site and remotely to retrieve settings, event files, configurations, and other data
• Support troubleshooting and event analysis through the evaluation of oscillography, sequence of event reports, live data, and on‑site wiring
• Develop and maintain relaying and metering standards, procedures, and safety practices, serve as an expert in discipline‑specific software, and train and mentor engineers and technicians in the field and shop
• Inspect relay and meter panels for adherence to client requirements, applicable codes, and authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) standards
• Support SCADA point‑to‑point checkouts, RTU, RTAC, and OrionLX configuration review, and troubleshooting of DNP3, Modbus, or similar substation communication protocols in coordination with engineering and integration teams
• Perform work in accordance with Ulteig, client, and site‑specific safety requirements, including job hazard analyses, lockout/tagout procedures, energized‑work boundaries, personal protective equipment requirements, and stop‑work escalation when conditions cannot be performed safely
• Estimate labor and equipment for budgeting, maintain schedules