Electrical Field Test Engineer

Overview

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EPC Services Company, a leading power / utility engineering consultant and construction firm, has immediate openings for Electrical Test Engineers and Senior Test Engineers for projects throughout the country. The successful candidates will join a team that performs testing and maintenance on medium and high voltage systems. Travel is a significant part of the job.

Responsibilities

• Test Engineer duties include medium and high voltage apparatus testing and functional verification of control, protection, and alarm circuits.
• Senior Test Engineers are expected to provide setting and testing protective relays and functional verification of control, protection, and alarm circuits.
• Test Engineers are expected to have thorough understanding of Doble, Fluke and other test equipment operation and be able to understand and interpret test results.
• Test Engineers must be able to read and understand technical documentation and users manuals, be familiar with IEEE standards, and know ANSI / IEEE system device function numbers. They must be familiar with the latest version of NETA Acceptance Testing Specification (ATS) and the latest version of NETA Maintenance Testing Specification (MTS).
• Senior Test Engineers must demonstrate a thorough understanding of substation physical drawings, equipment wiring diagrams and substation control schematics, and be able to explain substation protection philosophy, including feeder protection, breaker failure protection, bus protection, power transformer protection, capacitor bank protection, and distance protection (basic concepts, reach settings, time-delay settings, Mho distance elements).

Qualifications

Salary and Benefits

About EPC Services Company

The EPCS testing group employs full time and part time employees. EPCS also manages turn-key electrical power system construction projects throughout the US. EPCS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electrical Consultants, Inc. (ECI) which employs over 1,100 engineers, designers, project managers, surveyors, ROW agents, environmental planners, construction professionals and support staff in over 37 offices across the U.S. ECI has 40 years of experience in the planning, engineering and construction of a wide range of power delivery projects. EPCS has 25 years of experience in the construction and testing of power systems. Visit our website at www.eciusa.com.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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