Field Engineer Jobs

Our client strives to create an environment where their field teams operate safely, delivering excellent technical service, leading to high client satisfaction. They share lessons learned and sharpen their safety and technical skills through training and application.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Inventory BOM list to receive items on-site and coordinate any missing items with the design team
• This position will be with our Mountain West team, reporting to the Mountain West Area Lead (AL) or Department Manager (DM). The work will primarily be located throughout Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and other areas within the Mountain West region
• Sequence, schedule, and coordinate demolition/construction/testing outages in utility substations
• Perform on-site hands-on protective relay testing using relay test sets such as Omicron CMC 256/356 or Doble F6150. Examples of relays to be tested are SEL-311L, SEL-387, SEL-487, SEL-421, SEL-351S, GE L90, GE D60 among others
• Technical and safety development
• Maintain, sign off, and deliver project record drawings and test documentation
• Drive overall project scope, including testing and commissioning of protection and control systems on high-voltage substations for electric utilities and renewable plants
• Verify SCADA and DFR points with utility operations staff; document results, communicate and resolve discrepancies
• Perform testing and commissioning of Protection and Control systems on high-voltage substations
• Provide field engineering and verification of wiring per design drawings. Submit and track RFIs related to system design or implementation
• Perform Job Hazard Analysis – JHA
• Support the Project Lead or Field Supervisor on projects
• Coordinate electricians, relay technicians, and commissioning engineers to deliver properly installed, tested, and energized new protection and SCADA systems. Lead and supervise these staff while on site
• Perform clerical responsibilities such as timecards, expense reports, and project reports
• Attend virtual and on-site meetings related to the project. Collaborate with project management and the client to identify and mitigate project risks and resolve schedule conflicts
• Prepare isolation plans for required work that allow the work to be safely performed without causing unintended trip events

Required Education/Experience

• Experience validating substation protection and control wiring
• Proven experience with electrical field-testing standards, practices, and procedures such as NETA, IEEE, and NFPA applicable standards
• Demonstrable expertise in transmission, substation, and distribution relays (SEL, Basler, Beckwith, and GE families) and protective schemes
• Experience in electric utility operation, substation construction, outage sequencing, and commissioning
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Five to ten (5-10) years of professional experience in the electrical testing industry, including experience in medium and high voltage circuit breakers, power transformers, instrument transformers, and substation protection and controls testing
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical skills, and the ability to perform mathematical calculations
• Experience with MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of computer systems, microprocessors or relay software, and project environment skills
• Demonstrable knowledge of testing electrical distribution, generation, and transmission projects with voltage levels ranging from 15 kV to 500 kV, including protective relays, circuit breakers, transformer controls, SCADA systems, and DFRs
• Experience in managing electrical drawings
• Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift 50+ lbs with or without reasonable accommodation
• Experience in performing brownfield retrofits of relaying and equipment
• Technical skills related to protective relays including relay calibration utilizing test sets/measuring devices such as Omicron CMC 256/356 and Doble F6150, control scheme testing, testing of the sensing CT/PT circuits, ability to upload settings to microprocessor relays, and static and dynamic testing of microprocessor-based protective relays
• Must be willing to travel (up to 85%)

Desired Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Technology degree in a similar discipline
• Demonstrable expertise with NovaTech OrionLX and GE D20 equipment Professional Engineer license (P.E.)
• Demonstrable expertise in the use of the latest computer-controlled solid-state test equipment (automated protective relay test equipment such as Omicron or Doble)
• Experience testing and commissioning electrical equipment on high voltage substations such as CTs, CCVTs, PLC systems, and DC systems including batteries and battery chargers