Utility Foreman - Relay

Utility Foreman - Relay is primarily responsible for supervising and performing installations, maintenance and testing of substation protective systems and SCADA systems. The relay foreman will supervise emergency activities associated with the restoration of relay and substation equipment, promote safe work behaviors, and serve as a professional point of contact for contractors and internal/external customers. This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and perform all aspects of installation and maintenance of substation protective systems
• Supervise and perform all aspects of installation and maintenance of substation SCADA systems
• Supervise and organize emergency activities associated with the restoration of relay and/or substation equipment
• Provide field training to relay crews on a wide array of protective devices, schemes and philosophies
• Assist crews in performing relay and SCADA testing and commissioning
• Provide a professional point of contact for contractors, internal/external customers, and design groups
• Ensure compliance with Configuration Management and system protection regulatory procedures and processes
• Facilitate and support activities associated with the realization of departmental and company goals
• Assure a safe work environment exists and actively require safe work behaviors from all assigned crews

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent or related work experience (Preferred: 2-year technical degree in Electronics/Instrumentation)
• At least 5 years of experience in the electric utility industry, or in a related industrial field
• Preferred: 5-10 years of experience in electrical substation maintenance or construction
• Experience in leading construction and maintenance of transmission relay protection schemes
• Experience with leading on-call/after-hours response to substation equipment and line outages on the transmission system
• Experience in storm restoration of transmission substations
• Able to work with little direction with a high level of organization to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be available for 24-hour callout and extended hours
• Must be certified and able to perform substation switching

Skills

• Proficient in transmission relay protection schemes including: Power Line Zone Distance Protection, Permissive and Blocking Schemes, Transformer and Bus Differential Protection, Fiber Optic Communication Schemes, Power Line Carrier Schemes
• Proficient with RTU SCADA programming (GE: D20, D25, D400; SEL RTAC)
• Proficient with microprocessor-based relay applications (SEL Engineering, GE, ABB)

Location

Texas - Conroe

This position requires up to 25% travel and may involve additional hours during storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company.