What are the responsibilities and job description for the Relay Technician position at Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC?
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The Relay Technician II is an experienced technician with knowledge and experience in the maintenance, testing and repair of protection systems in Transmission, Distribution and electrical power substations. This position involves installing, maintaining and troubleshooting control circuits to circuit breakers, Potential Transformers (PTs), Capacitor Coupled Voltage Transformers (CCVTs), and other equipment. Also replacing wires, testing different components and calibrating generators. Responsible for ensuring electricity gets routed through the substation on its way to residential or commercial areas at the correct voltage. Proactively takes the initiative to identify existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working condition which are hazardous. Takes prompt corrective measure to eliminate and or mitigate them.
Key Responsibilities
Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.
Responsible for maintaining, diagnosing, and correcting problems to all protective relays, substations, control circuits, supervisory controls, and battery systems in distribution, transmission and generation facilities.
Constructs, installs and maintains auto-transfer schemes in distribution system.
Performs the installation, wiring and checkout of all protective relaying and associated control systems in transmission, distribution and generation stations.
Performs periodic testing and functional operation of protection systems in accordance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) mandate.
Maintains relay carrier equipment such as wavetraps and line tuners.
Diagnoses and corrects problems in equipment such as power circuit breakers, transformers, and fault/disturbance recorders in a manner that is not disruptive to the regional power grid.
Installs and maintains battery systems and chargers in transmission substations.
Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots both Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)-based and solid state transfer switches and sectionalizing switch automatic controls as well as the associated motor operators. Also required to train field personnel in the proper operation and testing of these devices.
Maintains SAP Equipment Maintenance database used for keeping accurate and concise historical records of transmission equipment.
Develop relay testing programs, Distribution Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (DSCADA) programs, carrier system programs, transmission and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) programs, and PLCs which controls Capacitor Banks, Load Tap Changers (LTCs), and Breaker reclosing.
Performs testing on SCADA Systems, carrier systems, CCVTs, Transformers, Current Transformers (CTs), PTs, wave traps, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) schemes, power plant SCADA and generation relaying, battery sets, capacitor banks and controls, PLCs, and regulators.
Serves as a member of scheduled call-out to ensure timely restoration of service.
Connects test apparatus to troubled circuit.
Analyzes test results and interprets electrical diagrams to locate defective relay.
Opens and closes switches to isolate defective relay and makes adjustments or removes relay for repair.
Tests circuit and equipment to evaluate such factors as insulation quality, which affect function of relays.
Analyzes test data to determine performance characteristics of relays and effect of system modifications on relay performance.
Assist entry-level staff, leveraging technical experience to help to onboard them and in support of meeting milestones.
Supervise contractors in construction of substations and assist engineering with design.
Provide communication to supervisor to provide status updates on work, and identify risks in delivery or resourcing needs.
Responsible for operating as the experienced technical staff member amongst the Relay Technicians to execute through defined objectives, milestones and priorities in the short-term according to established plans and supervisor guidance.
Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems, analyzes information and standard practices to make judgments.
Qualifications
Required Education, Skills & Experience
High School Diploma or equivalent
Two years vocational or technical training in Electrical Technology or related field preferred.
3-5 years of related experience
Step progression levels based on skill proficiency and scope of job.
Strong business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry
Strong knowledge of leading practices in transmission relay
Strong planning and project management skills
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Licenses and Certifications
Certified forklift operator required within 6 months of employment
Key Competencies
BEHAVIORAL
Building Organizational Talent
Building Partnerships
Leading Teams
Business Acumen
Communication
Courage
Building Self-Insight
Building Talent*
Driving for Results
Energizing the Organization
Driving Execution
Building Trusting Relationships
Driving Innovation
Planning and Organizing
Safety
Establishing Strategic Direction
TECHNICAL
Analytical skills
Compliance
Equipment utilization
Transmission operations
Transmission operations quality
Transmission operations resource management
Transmission operations risk management
May perform other duties as assigned.
Salary dependent on experience, skills, education, and training.
Individuals seeking employment are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation and gender identity. You are being given the opportunity to provide the following information in order to help us comply with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements.