Commissioning Engineer
$166,400–$166,400 year
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Oversee installation, testing, and commissioning of protective relay equipment, powerline carrier systems, and digital fault recorders. Lead Job Hazard Analysis daily and promote safe working practices while performing functional testing for transmission lines, HV buses, and transformer circuitry. Execute end-to-end testing of communication tripping schemes using RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite software, and document test reports for regulatory compliance. Interpret complex wiring diagrams and provide oversight to protection and control technicians. Support RTU upgrade projects and maintain company vehicles. Requires 4+ years in electrical testing with 95% overnight travel; salary $80-$95/hr.
Required Qualifications
- Willingness to travel overnight (up to 95%)
- 4+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus working with protection and control equipment with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
- Proven experience with transmission and distribution relays to include SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse
- Familiarity with test equipment to include Doble 6150, Powercomm PCA-4125A, Arbiter 931, Vanguard CT 2000C, Omicron CT analyzer
- Experienced in using test software such as RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite
- Experienced in developing detailed commissioning test plans
- Experience performing relay end to end testing to verify communication assisted tripping schemes such as differential, DCB, POTT, and transfer trip
- Strong understanding of safe work practices and human performance improvement applicable to protection and control work in utility high voltage substations
- Capable of performing in-service load checks for new equipment to validate correctness of operation
- Familiar with NERC PRC-005-6 requirements related to protection systems, automatic reclosing, and sudden pressure relaying maintenance
Desired Qualifications
- Ideal candidate will have 4+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus working with protection and control equipment with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients
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