Substation Commissioning Technician - Minnesota

Date: Sep 17, 2026 | Location: MN, US | Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

About the role

Verification that Transmission Substation Equipment is commissioned in compliance with project contract and specification requirements, conforms to design operational feasibility, and is set up and tested per the supplier’s requirements, within the engineer’s discipline capacity.

Responsibilities

• Sets up equipment.
• Performs eqiupment calibration
• Confirms device set points per design
• Performs alarms checks to SCADA per substation commissioning package
• Loads and test settings and programming in protection relays, RTU, RTAC
• Performs required functional testing of equipment and systems
• Verifies equipment installation per design
• Walks down substation for erection completion
• Identifies damaged or failed devices for replacements within completion schedule
• Prepares testing and commissioning documentation
• Assisting and learning aspects of substation yard apparatus testing
• Learning and implementing safety protocols and procedures
• Familiarity with substation schematic sets, able t navigate prints to find necessary drawings.
• Learning how to properly and safely operate a man-lift