Journey Substation Relay Technician (City of Loveland)

The City of Loveland is hiring a Journey Substation Relay Technician.

The Journey Substation Relay Technician installs, maintains, calibrates, modifies, troubleshoots, and repairs electronic, electrical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical equipment and systems in a substation environment. The role works on protective relaying, substation control systems, SCADA, power transformers, metal-clad switchgear, and other substation-related equipment. The position also supports vendor and contractor coordination, reporting, scheduling, inspection, testing, and final commissioning.

• Perform installation, commissioning, testing and maintenance of protective relaying equipment.
• Perform function testing of substation control circuits on relay panels, transformers and circuit breakers.
• Create and update specifications and assists with installation and maintenance of fiber optic communications to SCADA, and specific substation equipment.
• Develop relay macros and testing routines with confirmation of proper system protection schemes and controls design.
• Understand manufacturers’ literature to facilitate testing.
• Performs end-to-end relay testing using relay test software and analyzes the operation of the relay based on the fault type run.
• Develop written standard commissioning, testing, and maintenance procedures for protective relaying and other substation operations.
• Examine relay settings and logic equations for confirmation of system operation in accordance with design and protection scheme.
• Create, review, and implement equipment isolation and restoration switching procedures.
• Lead safety briefings on job sites.
• Lead investigations of electrical related issues, including root cause analysis as needed.
• Read and fully understand protection and control schematic diagrams and wiring diagrams and identify mistakes and problems with the drawings and design when comparing with accepted engineering and COL standards.
• Provide input to annual budget development and advises equipment purchases.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Assists other electric crews with construction, operation and maintenance of high and low voltage electric distribution systems.
• Provides information to other departments concerning electric operations of the distribution system.
• Works with electrical engineering to assure compliance with FERC and other regulatory agencies associated with electrical substations.
• Helps prepare the division budget relating to substations.
• Works with electrical engineering to develop and maintain technical specifications.
• Assists in preparing/reviewing substation switching orders.
• Works closely with apprentice substation technician.
• Works closely with Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) personnel as assigned.
• Performs monthly checks on special field apparatus; regulators, reclosers, and capacitors.

Required Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Completion of an approved 4-year substation apprentice program.
• 1 year working in a substation environment with experience in project management, construction, operations, testing, and maintaining substation equipment including protective relaying and SCADA equipment.

Preferred Education and Experience

• 3 years working in a substation environment with experience in project management, construction, operations, testing, and maintaining substation equipment including SEL protective relaying and their settings and familiarity with Orion and GE RTU equipment.
• College, vocational, or industry courses in electrical/electronic theory, lab work, associated mathematics, and communication systems OR Associate's degree in Electric or Electronic Sciences.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Licensure and Certification:

• Completion of Substation Apprentice or Relay Testing Apprentice Program with Certification.

Reach out to dipika@energists.com with any questions.