Substation Electrician Crew Lead

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Union Details (If applicable)
IBEW Local 204 (Large Group)
Seniority Group (Local 965 Only) and Business Unit Operations-IA Energy Del IPLNumber of Positions Available1

Salary GradeU
104008

Career Band Foreman Job  CodeJ
01399

Pay Range $61.04 - $61.04

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Training Locations Residency Requirement Travel time from your primary residence to your assigned headquarters must be 60 minutes or less under normal driving conditions.

Job Description

Job Summary Supervises the construction of substations, and maintains the electrical and related equipment of a substation.

What you will do Oversees and installs, commissions, maintains and troubleshoots substation power transformers, circuit breakers, metal-clad switch gear, oil circuit reclosers, load tap changers, voltage regulators and controls, capacitor banks and controls, circuit switchers, lightning arresters, battery and battery chargers, motors, underground high voltage and control cables, in transmission and distribution and power plant substations.

Supervises others assigned to assist in accomplishing assignments.

Commissions, maintains and troubleshoots oil switches.

Must be familiar with and be able to do switchboard, relay and control wiring from complicated wiring diagrams or schematic drawings.

Installs and maintains fiber optic cable from terminal equipment and control panels to high voltage substation equipment.

Installs substation protective relays, substation metering, substation interchange metering, substation current transformers, coupling capacitors, digital and analog telemetering, power line carrier transmitters/receivers, wave-traps and carrier tuning equipment, transfer trip carrier and tone equipment, fiber optic and metallic inner-panel cable, transducers, digital fault recorders, sequence of events recorders, telephones, substation local area networks (LANs), distribution automation communications circuits from the Demarc to internal equipment, and packet radio.

Installs and maintains all types of electrical conduit and wiring.

Installs terminations on high-voltage underground substation cables.

Performs line switching for substation maintenance and construction activities.

Prepares and maintains records of equipment tests and maintenance, keeps operating records, prepares purchase authorizations and performs other administrative work as required.

Makes special tests as directed in connection with operation, maintenance and design of all types of electrical equipment and systems.

Installs, commissions, maintains and troubleshoots like types of customer owned equipment on non-commodity projects.

Must be familiar with and able to use computers and other maintenance related test equipment.

Trains fellow employees in related activities.

Revises and makes corrections to substations and equipment drawings.

Performs other similar, related or incidental duties.

Must report to work fit for duty and free from the effects of drug and alcohol abuse.

May be required to perform first responder duties and basic troubleshooting on telecommunications and system protection equipment problems.

Required Experience2 years formal education in electrical and electronic theory and fundamentals equivalent to completion of CIE Course 1B4 years technical experience in the installation, maintenance, and repair of metering, electrical and electronic plant and…