Field Engineer, Substation Operations

What The Role Is

Reporting to the Manager, MV and HV Engineering, the Substation O&M Field Engineer will oversee the operation, maintenance, and repair of utility substation HV electrical equipment for wind and solar power plants. This person must possess experience in the troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of high voltage equipment in electric power generating plants, or transmission facilities, or similar industrial setting.

*Note: While this position is posted in Carlsbad, CA or Houston, TX, this position supports sites in the region.  Applicants should be aware that the majority of the work will require this employee report to any of regional sites. For further details or inquiries please communicate with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing technical support, troubleshooting, and electrical testing for Clearway Energy’s high voltage substations in support of the wind and solar plants in Texas and the central U.S. Ensure compliance to electrical industry standards and company objectives.
• Assist in creating procedures for substation Lock-out, Tag-out, HV switching, and safety grounding in substations.
• Create written procedures for others to follow for various common substation maintenance tasks such as testing circuit breakers or transformers
• Instruct, train, and assist site personnel in understanding and troubleshooting of associated substation equipment and system protections.
• Review and assist in development of work scopes for planned substation outages.
• Be onsite during planned major maintenance outages to assist and supervise as needed. Follow contractor work progress. Ensure unsatisfactory test results/conditions recorded are resolved, verified, and addressed before contractor demobilization and restoration of equipment.
• Supervise the implementation of company procedures by contracted testing personnel. Review and file final relay test reports.
• Ensure modifications made to site equipment are documented for future reference. Maintain test logs.
• Review site-specific equipment manuals for maintenance and repair requirements.
• Analyze electrical fault reports and events verifying proper protective relay performance (mis-operation)
• Support NERC Compliance program, with specific regard to PER-006, PRC-004, PRC-005, and PRC-025.
• Travel with work truck within the associated region to supervise and assist with substation maintenance activities– approximately 50%.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology focused on electrical power systems,
• OR a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience directly with electric substation high voltage equipment, (A high school diploma or GED would be required)
• Completion of a formal apprenticeship program OR equivalent combination of work experience AND technical training will be considered
• Must possess a working knowledge of MV and HV electrical equipment, overhead lines, underground lines, and substation systems.
• Must possess a good understanding of electrical work safety, environmental and safety rules, and regulations, and first aid procedures.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of electrical high voltage test equipment for testing electrical insulation resistance
• Must possess significant experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics and wiring diagrams (interviewers will be tested on this item)
• Must be able to maintain professional and positive relationships with owners, customers, internal contractors, and external contractors.
• Must have the ability to lead the technical training of plant maintenance personnel
• Must be able to query SEL protective relays to identify and troubleshoot the cause of relay trips
• May be required to work flexible work hours.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license – Class B, or Class A preferred.
• If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume.

It Would Be Nice If

• Experience programming and testing SEL and GE protection relays not required but would be a big plus.

Clearway will not sponsor nonimmigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, etc.).