Engineer - Electrical Test

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Under direct or general supervision, responsible for general and specific assignments involving complex and extensive types of plans, investigations, surveys, structures, equipment, and operating problems. Employing extensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices and devising new approaches to problems encountered, plans, schedules, and coordinates detailed phases of major projects such as equipment design and development, materials tests, preparation of specifications, applications studies, analyses of system or process troubles, research investigations, system planning studies, and preparation of technical reports. Responsible for overseeing and managing complex projects. Duties require a complete knowledge of accepted practices in the areas of all substation equipment, protective relaying systems, reclosers, regulators, capacitors, and broad knowledge of principles and practices in related specialties to resolve a variety of highly complex problems, such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of standard materials, and difficult coordination requirements. Duties also require project management skills, employee development, and training. Has supervisory guidance in terms of specific objectives and critical issues and has authority to make independent decisions on engineering practices and methods.

Main Responsibilities

• Technician training and development: Assess employee skill level across all job functions and identify development areas.
• Set up training for all equipment and testing for such things as substation entry, transformers, breakers, reclosers, CCVTs, RTUs, capacitors, regulators, MOABs, batteries, and all protective relaying systems.
• Set up training for test equipment/processes for such things as relay testing/commissioning, power factor testing, recloser testing, contact resistance testing, phasing, ground grid testing, DGA/oil sampling, meggering, hi-pot testing, carrier/TTR testing, soil resistivity testing, SFRA, and trip testing.
• Work independently in the lab with employees as needed.
• Provide any needed training or support for Test Department supervision or other departments as needed.
• Provide on-site oversight for projects as needed.
• Ensure high-quality work is being performed and proper procedures and policies are followed, and provide technical and supervisory support as needed.
• Provide field storm support as needed for the distribution and transmission system. Includes su