Substation Technician C (NextEra)
About the role
This position is a non-exempt Substation Technician C role. The position involves the construction, maintenance, and repair of substation equipment and systems, including but not limited to buswork, airbreak/hookstick switches, control cable terminations, and transformer installations.
Responsibilities
- Works safely while performing construction, maintenance or repair, testing, adjusting, and troubleshooting of substation equipment/systems.
- Performs tasks such as concrete foundations, ground grids, and steel erection.
- Handles buswork (high and low voltage), airbreak/hookstick switches, control cable terminations, capacitor bank installations, transformers, regulators, and circuit breakers.
- Operates various types of heavy equipment including bucket trucks, backhoes, excavators, skid steer loaders, articulating man-lifts, pressure diggers, trenchers, track crawler loaders, and telescopic fork lifts.
- Maintains Company vehicles, test equipment, and tools in good working condition.
- Works independently or collaboratively with others, and occasionally works long hours during emergency conditions.
- May travel to another state depending on customer demands.
- Works in confined spaces and elevated work areas, and occasionally works with energized high voltage systems.
Requirements
- Able to perform rigorous physical labor.
- Must be capable of climbing and working at heights up to 125 feet above ground.
- Must supply own personal hand tools required by the company for this work.
- Must supply own safety toed work boots.
- Must be capable of lifting in excess of 50 lbs.
- Must be capable of working in confined spaces/areas.
- Must be capable of learning to operate various types of heavy equipment.
- Willing to work over-time or long hours during emergency conditions and/or when requested.
- 90% travel required.
- Must gain knowledge of construction standard practices, techniques, quality requirements, applicable codes and standards.
- Must be capable of working in close proximity of energized substation equipment.
- Knowledge of substation structural drawings (i.e. elevations, plan views, section views, grounding details, and foundation plans).
Qualifications
- Able to follow Company safety rules and policies.
- Must have or be capable of obtaining a Commercial Drivers’ License.
- Must be capable of working independently or with others.
- Must be capable of working in close proximity of energized substation equipment.
- Must be capable of learning to operate various types of heavy equipment.
- Must be willing to work outside of the normal work schedule including weekends, holidays, and overtime as required for the position.
Skills
- Safety awareness.
- Physical strength and endurance.
- Ability to work independently or with others.
- Knowledge of substation structural drawings.
- Ability to operate various types of heavy equipment.
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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Company Information
About Us Founded in 1945, Pike is a leading provider of construction, repair and engineering services for electric and gas utilities, as well as telecommunications companies with a growing portfolio of turnkey renewable projects. We work with hundreds of utility clients across the country, and we continuously expand our offerings to supply our customers with the ideas, technology, experience, manpower and equipment to perform any job. Pike is a family-oriented workplace with a strong culture of safety, collaboration, innovation, and exceptional customer service.