AE Substation Electrician II

Under general supervision, this position participates in the Austin Energy (AE) Apprenticeship Program and performs apprentice-level tasks to assist in installation, maintenance, and repair of substation electrical equipment, structures, and conductors.

Under minimal supervision, this position performs Journeyman-level tasks to install, maintain, and repair substation electrical equipment, structures, and conductors.

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Installs, maintains, and repairs substation electrical equipment including circuit breakers, power transformers, transformers, Oil Circuit Breakers (OCBs), Gas Circuit Breakers (GCBs), switches, motors, battery chargers, battery banks, protective devices, electronic monitoring equipment, etc.
• Responds to trouble calls and installs, maintains, and repairs AE’s electrical substations.
• Responds to on-call, emergency call-back, and after-hour outages due to weather-related events or system disturbances.
• Inspects and monitors AE’s electrical substations and records data on appropriate forms and/or maintenance logs.
• Sets up and operates electric utility aerial equipment (i.e. cranes, boom trucks, bucket trucks, manlift, etc.) and other equipment (i.e. wire puller, cable trailer, skid-steer loader, and forklift).
• Performs testing, calibration, and troubleshooting of substation electrical systems using electronic test equipment (i.e. Transformer Turns Ratio (TTR) Tester, Breaker Tester, Multi-Range Voltage Detector (MRVD), phasing sticks, rotation meters, Digital Multi-Meters (DMM), and clamp-on amp meters).
• Operates high-voltage transmission, substation, and distribution switching devices and equipment, using proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Insulating Protective Devices (IPD), to de-energize and isolate circuits.
• Orders, stores, receives, issues, and distributes equipment, parts, tools, and supplies essential to the construction, maintenance, and repair of AE’s electrical substations.
• Reviews construction, maintenance, and repair work on AE’s electrical substations, for accuracy, craftsmanship, and thoroughness.

• May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of AE safety rules, regulations, work practices, standards, and procedures associated with electrical substations and high voltages.
• Knowledge of hazards involved with working on and around energized electrical systems (lines and equipment/high and low voltage).
• Knowledge of the electrical theory and principles related to electricity, magnetism, and electrical equipment.
• Skill in handling conflict and uncertain situations.
• Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
• Skill in operating computers and related software applications.
• Skill in properly using, inspecting, maintaining, and safely storing PPE and IPD.
• Skill in using tools and equipment to troubleshoot and then repair or replace electrical/electronic devices/components.
• Skill in setting up and operating electric utility aerial equipment.
• Skill in using the necessary air monitoring equipment prior to entering enclosed or confined spaces.
• Skill in operating switching devices and equipment used to de-energize and isolate circuits and devices on AE’s electrical transmission, substation, and distribution…