HV Testing Technician Level 2

Hv Testing Technician Level 2

SOLV Energy is an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and solar services provider for utility solar, high voltage substation, and energy storage markets across North America.

Job Description Summary:

The HV Testing Technician Level 2 will manage testing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair activities in both substations and PV facilities.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Stresses the importance that safety is the most important function, ensuring that all employees follow safe practices while working
• Able to perform all essential Testing Technician I job responsibilities
• Direct and supervise site testing, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting as directed by management
• Perform site testing, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting and energized electrical work strictly adhering to company and industry safety standards
• Perform maintenance in accordance with company directives or authorized service documents
• Ensure a safe working environment through strict adherence to and enforcement of company and industry safety standards
• Understand, follow and communicate safety regulations and work procedures
• Supervise, provide ongoing training, and certify Testing Technician Level I employees
• Prepare timely and accurate documentation and required reports
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned
• Complete a job with the assistance of Technicians and Trainees

Assemble, write, and review a complete test report of the work that they performed or supervised

Handle multiple jobs simultaneously

Lead and assist in developing technical/safety policy and procedures and be able to write Standard Operating Procedures

Ability to assess other technicians in both safety and technical skill sets

Communicate effectively with clients, vendors, and teammates

Uphold diversity and inclusion as an unconscious part of SOLV Energy culture.

Objectives or Goals to Measure Performance:

• Adherence to Company policies and procedures
• Excellent attendance and punctuality
• Understanding of and adherence to safety and quality procedures and practices
• Customer/Client satisfaction
• Demonstrate proper and safe operation of various equipment
• Demonstrate knowledge of NETA Standards
• Improved personal professional growth and education

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or equivalent
• Minimum four years of experience in substation testing, maintenance, and repair
• Work towards a C-10 contractor's license or a Certified Electrical Worker Card

Ability to travel 75% of time

Ability to troubleshoot network and telemetry issues

Valid OSHA 30 certification

Valid NFPA 70e Safety Training certification or equivalent

Valid Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) certification

Ability to pass an exam on international and domestic electrical schematics and symbols

Ability to pass an exam on electrical troubleshooting

Ability to pass an exam on reading and interpreting hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams

California Oil Producers Passport Training

H2S Training/SCBA Awareness

Knowledge of NETA Acceptance and Maintenance Testing Specifications

Electrical Testing Standard Operating Procedures

Complete commissioning of most relay and metering systems

Troubleshoot and repair all apparatus and their associated systems

Successfully complete the startup of any substation, including generation and line protection circuits, both primary, control, and communication

Able to complete a job with the assistance of Technicians and Trainees. The jobs should include any component and systems up to and including a small load substation, including relays and meters

Familiar with implementation of engineering studies

Perform load disturbance and other power quality studies using a variety of recording equipment

Able to review a single element relay circuits for adequacy, and troubleshoot simple relay and metering circuits

Demonstrated ability to recognize work hazards and mitigate using proper tools and procedures

Demonstrated ability to work alone and safely under any conditions

Effective computer operation skills and ability to operate system testing applications

Effective verbal and written English language communication skills

Effective organizational skills

Ability to work at remote locations in extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, inclement weather)

Ability to work on an "on call" basis (may include weekends or after-hours situations)

Valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, and ability to operate company vehicle

Health and Safety Plan

Illness and Injury Prevention Plan

Electrical Safety Plan

Confined Space Entrant/Attendant/Supervisor

CPR/First Aid training

Proper/Safe Operation and Selection of the Following Equipment, as Well as Use a Computer to Do the Following Tests:

• Transformer Turns Ratio Tester
• Ground Rod Tester
• Ground Megger
• Digital Timer
• MS-2 Motor Overload Test Set
• 5kV/10kV Megger
• Battery Impedance Test Equipment
• Fluke 89 Digital Multimeter
• 1kV Megger
• AC/DC/VLF Hypot
• Oil Test Set
• Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter
• Transformer Low Resistance Ohmmeter
• Omicron CPC100/TD1 Primary Test System
• Circuit Breaker Time Travel Analyzer
• Comprehensive Current Transformer Test Set
• High Current Primary Injection Circuit Breaker Test Set
• Basic Relay Test Set
• Recloser Test Set
• Advanced Relay Test Set with Computer Control
• Perform Transformer Power Factor Test using the Primary Test Manager, this would include power factor, excitation, short circuit impedance, primary and secondary winding resistance, turns ratio testing, and load tap changer assessment.
• Perform a time/travel analysis using the Circuit Breaker Time Travel Analyzer. This would include the setup of a new test, proper execution of the test, the saving, printing, and reviewing of the test. The Technician would need to be able to create and save a test plan.
• Perform a complete test of a current transformer using the computer to control the Comprehensive Current Transformer Test Set.
• Perform transformer testing using the computer to control various pieces of test equipment that can be controlled via computer.
• Enter test data into the test report software.
• Use the common relay software to communicate with relays. This would include being able to download/upload settings, maintain/create a relay archive, and manipulate the relay for testing.

Should Be Able to Test the Following Equipment Per NETA Standards:

• Control Power Transformers
• Potential Transformers
• Single Phase Pole Top Transformers
• Distribution Transformers Dry and Oil-Filled
• Unit Substation Transformers
• Power Transformers
• Low Voltage Molded Case Circuit Breakers equipped with Thermal/Magnetic Trip Units
• Low Voltage Air Frame Circuit Breakers, except complex trip units
• Medium Voltage Air Frame Circuit Breakers
• Medium Voltage Vacuum Circuit Breakers
• High Voltage Oil Circuit Breakers
• High Voltage SF6 Gas Circuit Breakers
• High Voltage Minimum Volume Oil Circuit Breakers
• High Voltage Circuit Switchers
• Low and Medium Voltage Contactors
• Motors
• Generators
• Current Transformers
• Load Type Switchgear
• Ground Fault Systems
• Fused and Non-Fused Disconnect Switches
• Low and Medium Voltage Cables
• Electro-Mechanical and Simple Solid-State Single Function Relays
• Solid-State LSIG trip units found on Low Voltage Air Frame Circuit Breakers
• Recloser Controls, such as