Senior Electrical Test Technician - NETA IV

Lead Testing Technician

ABM Industries is seeking a Lead Testing Technician to join our Electrical Power Services team. This position serves as the highest-level field technical role within the organization and is responsible for leading complex testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, maintenance, and power system evaluation projects.

The Lead Testing Technician functions as the technical authority on assigned projects, providing leadership, oversight, mentorship, and advanced technical expertise for electrical power systems ranging from low-voltage distribution through medium- and high-voltage applications. This role independently performs complex investigations, develops technical recommendations, oversees project execution, ensures compliance with industry standards, and provides leadership to testing personnel across multiple crews and project sites.

NETA certification is not required; however, candidates should possess technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and field experience equivalent to an advanced senior electrical testing professional.

Pay: $72.00–$80.00 per hour

The pay listed is the salary range for this position. Any specific offer will vary based on the successful applicant's education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

You may be eligible to participate in a Company incentive or bonus program.

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM's benefits, visit ABM 2026 Employee Benefits | Staff & Management

Essential Functions

• Lead acceptance testing, maintenance testing, troubleshooting, commissioning, startup, and system evaluation projects.
• Serve as the technical lead for complex electrical power system projects.
• Independently inspect, test, evaluate, troubleshoot, and commission:
• Low-, medium-, and high-voltage switch gear
• Protective relay systems
• Power transformers
• Instrument transformers
• Circuit breakers
• Power cables
• Motor control centers
• Automatic transfer switches
• Battery and UPS systems
• Grounding systems
• Protective control systems
• Critical power infrastructure
• Analyze complex test data and determine equipment condition, serviceability, root causes, and corrective actions.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and failure analysis of electrical power systems.
• Review and interpret project specifications, commissioning plans, testing procedures, one-line diagrams, relay schemes, and construction documents.
• Develop testing procedures, switching plans, commissioning plans, and technical work instructions.
• Lead outage planning, electrical switching activities, startup events, and commissioning efforts.
• Provide technical oversight for field crews and project execution activities.
• Review and approve field reports, test documentation, technical findings, and recommendations.
• Interface directly with customers, facility management, consulting engineers, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Support project managers with technical planning, scheduling, staffing, and execution strategies.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, OSHA requirements, NFPA 70E, NETA standards, IEEE standards, and customer specifications.
• Conduct technical training and mentorship programs for Testing Technicians I, II, and Senior Testing Technicians.
• Support emergency response activities, critical outages, and major system restoration efforts.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 8–12 years of experience in electrical testing, commissioning, field service, utility operations, power generation, industrial maintenance, data centers, substations, or related electrical power systems work.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a lead technician, technical lead, crew leader, or project lead.
• Expert knowledge of:
• Electrical power systems
• Protective relaying
• Power system operations
• Testing and commissioning methodologies
• Power quality
• Electrical system troubleshooting
• Equipment maintenance strategies
• Extensive experience interpreting:
• One-line diagrams
• Three-line diagrams
• Schematics
• Protection and control drawings
• Construction documents
• Technical specifications
• Demonstrated ability to independently evaluate…