Protection & Control Technician Senior -Granbury TX

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Under minimum guidance of Lead P&C Technicians:
Responsible for maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting protection and control equipment for Fossil Generation Facilities. Perform testing of electromechanical and microprocessor protective relays. Perform testing of instrument transformers, transducers, meters and associated equipment. Using schematic diagrams and system knowledge, troubleshoot and repair system protection control equipment and relays. Complete all documentation on projects and field work.

• Maintenance of all Plant protective relaying and associated control circuits (including testing, calibration, functional tests, trouble shooting, and installation of upgrades), such as:
  • Generator relaying
  • Main Power Transformer, Unit Auxiliary Transformer, Start-up/Standby Transformer relaying
  • All medium voltage switch gear relaying and transfer schemes
  • Plant/Switchyard interface relaying
• Maintenance of Plant Metering:
  • MWh metering calibrations and upgrade installations
  • Voltage, current, watt, var, and frequency transducer calibrations and testing of associated equipment
• Maintenance of ancillary equipment:
  • Emergency bearing oil pump test
  • Current transformer meggar test
• Outage support:
  • Interface with plant I&C personnel

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Completion of all PSD requirements in the P&C S
  * T*A
  * R program
• Completion of all PSD requirements in the P&C S
  * T*A
  * R program and six (6) years as a P&C Technician or acceptable job related experience.
• Significant amount of time in the field performing P&C services
• Routine travel away from home
• Extended work hours
• Strenuous physical effort such as climbing, lifting, temperature extremes, and dusty environment.

** Level of position will be determined by applicable skills/experience.

• Interface with outside contractors
• Provide and/or support problem solving using trouble-shooting skills and recorder data
• Lead new installation wiring verification, checkout, and functional test
• Revise and maintain all associated drawings
• Conducts diagnostic tests on generation facilities’ electrical equipment (ie: Generator CTs, PTs, and ancilliary equipment).
• Install, calibrate, and maintain equipment associated with data acquisition and remote telemetry to support required ERCOT and NERC protocols

Plant Operations

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Granbury, Texas Texas

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country.

Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.

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