What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Power Electronics Technician - UPS and Battery position at Generac?
Roles And Responsibilities
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
- Provide battery and equipment replacement when necessary.
- Perform Quality Control and Site Inspections.
- Analyze test data and recognize deviation from acceptable values.
- Manage company assets, control personal inventory, and upload all field activity reports.
- Complete all assigned tasks in a timely manner.
- Take ownership of an assigned task and see it through to completion.
- Responsible for meeting annual goals set forth by Management (utilization, work completion, etc.).
- Provide ongoing customer support and meet customer service requirements.
- Extensive daily travel with an independent work structure.
- Work varied shifts to support our 7/24/365-day operation, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and serve on a rotating on-call team to respond to emergency calls.
- High School Diploma or GED
- Formal training and/or experience maintaining and repairing power electronics equipment (ABB, APC, Eaton, Eltek, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Vertiv).
- Valid current driver's license and driving record that meets company standards required.
- Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) 10 or 30 training certificate.
- Department of Transportation (DOT) Medical Certificate
- Performing preventative maintenance and diagnostics on UPS systems, 25KVA and larger systems preferred.
- Performing preventative maintenance and diagnostics on batteries (VRLA, wet cell, Lithium Ion). Performing impedance/conductance measurements.
- A minimum of three years of education background, relevant work or related military experience in power electronics systems, battery technologies, and electronics repair.
- Strong analytical and technical skills, diagnostic capabilities, and the ability to learn new technologies and systems.
- Ability to read schematics drawings and company technical publications.
- Ability to read electrical drawings and knowledge of troubleshooting, testing and repair techniques.
- Good understanding of single-phase and three-phase circuit theory, analog and digital electronic circuit theory, and microprocessor controls and programming.
- Solid understanding of NFPA 70E work practices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Understand how to perform phase rotation and phase alignment checks.
- Basic understanding of network functionality and sealed and wet-celled battery theory and application
- MS Office skills
- Associate degree
- 4 years of experience working on UPS systems
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.