Electric Substation Electrician

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Electric Substation Electrician

Salary

$142,480.00 - $174,928.00 Annually

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Job Type

Regular Full-Time

Job Number

202400752

Department

Utilities Department

Opening Date

10/28/2024

Closing Date

11/11/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

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Description:

Substation Electrician Job Description Salary Range - $68.50 to $84.10

Schedule : M-Th 6:30 am to 4:00 pm

Alternating Fridays 6:30 am to 3:00 pm Retirement Benefits (https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Human-Resources/Palo-Alto-Careers/Retirement-Packages) Health Benefits (https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Human-Resources/Palo-Alto-Careers/Health-Plans) Commute Benefits (https://www.cityofpaloaltoemployee.com/commuter-benefits-1) Childcare Benefits (https://www.kinside.com/navia) Parental Leave Benefits (https://www.cityofpaloaltoemployee.com/maternitypaternityleave)

The Department

Palo Alto is the only City in California that offers a full array of utility services to its citizens and businesses. Because of this, the City has a unique opportunity to partner with the Palo Alto community to enjoy the benefits and achievements of reliable, home-grown, and environmentally- focused utilities. Palo Alto has a tradition of over 125 years of successful public utility operations. It is a tradition that continues to provide the Palo Alto community with safe and reliable utilities service, local decision-making over policies, utility rate-making, environmental programs, and customized services.

The Position

The Substation Technician is a skilled, journey-level position that performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled work in installation, maintenance and repair of a substation. Workers specialize in low, medium, and high-voltage substation work, including switching, equipment maintenance and calibration. Performs skilled work in electrical construction, maintenance, climb station structures, operate aerial lift, hot washing, oil filtering and troubleshooting of electric utility facilities such as electric transmission, distribution, communication and SCADA systems.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be skilled in general fundamentals of electrical theory, control relaying, protection relaying, control and power switching schemes. Knowledge of tools and systems used in the trade and committed to safe work practices. The ability to communicate with others, make sound decisions, and to assimilate and understand information in a manner consistent with the essential job functions and maintain cooperative working relationships with other employees and the public is essential.

This position is part of the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU)

Purpose of Classification

This position performs at the journey-level skilled in the area of installation, maintenance and repair of substations, circuit breakers, transformers, and primary switching of feeder lines. Specializes in low, medium, and high-voltage in a substation and provides training to apprentices, and other employees as assigned. Participates in policy and standards development and related work as required. Works closely with engineering teams on all maintenance and CIP projects. Positions in the class of Electrical Substation Worker are generally filled by advancement from Apprentice Electrical Substation class as vacancies occur.

Substation Electrician (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca/classspecs/1002305?keywords=substation&pagetype=classSpecifications) Salary Range - $68.50 to $84.10

Schedule : M-Th 6:30 am to 4:00 pm

Alternating Fridays 6:30 am to 3:00 pm

Distinguishing Characteristics

The Substation Technician is a skilled, journey-level position that performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled work in installation, maintenance and repair of a substation. Workers specialize in low, medium, and high-voltage substation work, including switching, equipment maintenance and calibration. Performs skilled work in electrical construction, maintenance, climb station structures, operate aerial lift, hot washing, oil filtering and troubleshooting of electric utility facilities such as electric transmission, distribution, communication and SCADA systems.

Essential Duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities – essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Install, test, calibrate, troubleshoot and repair simple and complex protective relays, regulator control and operating devices, power transformer protective and safety devices and maintain appropriate records for calibration, testing and maintenance.

• Install, test, maintain and repair 115KV, 60kV, 12kV and 4kV power circuit breakers; perform periodic trip testing.

• Maintain, test and repair, 115/60, 60/12, 60/4-kv power transformers and load tap changers.

• Sample, test and evaluate insulating oil and other media and maintain appropriate records including DGA and dielectric test.

• Troubleshoot, repair, maintain and calibrate computer-based SCADA system, transducers, input devices, communication equipment and data transmission equipment.

• Perform substation high-voltage switching operations.

• Test, calibrate, maintain and repair distribution system line equipment such as transformers, capacitors, regulators, reclosers and associated control equipment.

• Test prior to energizing and perform fault locating of high-voltage underground cable systems

• Assists with the design, programing, installation, maintenance of PLC and SCADA functions.

• Installs, maintains and repairs electric control/protection systems both AC and DC, PLC’s, Motor Control Center.

• Perform infrared scanning of substations transmission/distribution equipment

  Substation Electrician (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca/classspecs/1002305?keywords=substation&pagetype=classSpecifications) Salary Range - $68.50 to $84.10

  Schedule : M-Th 6:30 am to 4:00 pm

  Alternating Fridays 6:30 am to 3:00 pm

Minimum Qualifications:

Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities, which would typically be acquired through:

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade and

• Completion of an accredited apprentice program

• Experience with solid state circuitry and computer based test equipment, control, monitoring and analysis system and associated tools required

  Substation Electrician (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca/classspecs/1002305?keywords=substation&pagetype=classSpecifications) Salary Range - $68.50 to $84.10

  Schedule : M-Th 6:30 am to 4:00 pm

  Alternating Fridays 6:30 am to 3:00 pm