- Austin, Texas, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Entry
- $33K–$41K per year
- 2+ years
Assists with performing installation, testing, maintenance, and repair activities for protective relay systems and associated communication, measurement, and control equipment required for the safe and reliable operation of Austin Energy’s (AE) Electric System.
Compensation
The annual hiring range for this position is $33.02-$41.28
Responsibilities
- Assists with installation, commissioning, testing, maintenance, and repair of protective relaying equipment and schemes, metering, remote control, and data acquisition systems in electrical substations with voltages up to 345 kilovolts (kV)
- Assists with performing trip and function checks, point-to-point checks, circuit analysis, testing of the relaying systems, and in-service checks of substation equipment
- Assists with the installation, troubleshooting, and operation of substation electrical equipment i.e., circuit breakers, transformers, and switches including grounding
- Responds to on-call, emergency call-back, and after-hour outages due to weather-related events, system disturbances, equipment malfunction, and/or damage
- Maintains documentation on systems for International Standards Organization (ISO), Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and North America Electric Reliability Council (NERC) compliance
Requirements
- Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology, Engineering Technology, Avionics, or electronics/electrical-related field