Electrical Technician - High Voltage Lab

Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.

• Safety:
  This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
• Challenges:
  We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.
• Diverse Teams:
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• Our customers:
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• Excellence:
  Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do.

As the largest test lab on the west coast of North America, the High Voltage lab is capable of conducting distribution and transmission level high voltage tests on all types of equipment such as transformers, insulators, switch gear, bushings, cables, instrument transformers, transmission line hardware, surge arrestors, SF6 insulated equipment, and transformer rectifier units (TRUs). The lab’s independent, third-party status, and experienced technical staff of more than 30 years enhance the credibility of manufacturers’ test reports.

Our lab offers a full range of qualification and certification tests, as well as custom testing solutions. Condition assessment tests may be performed in the field or in the lab to evaluate the equipment condition. It also has a long history of conducting forensic analysis investigations to identify the cause of failures and providing expert witness services.

Performs a variety of set ups and tests on electrical equipment, components and cables

• Good working knowledge of how to prepare tests for a variety of electrical components and cables.
• Good working knowledge of electrical analysis procedures, testing standards and quality assurance principles.
• Working knowledge of how to calibrate and troubleshoot related instrumentation.
• Good knowledge of related testing standards and procedures.
• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to modify existing test methods to perform unique tests or achieve different results.
• Ability to demonstrate and train technical staff of specific testing techniques.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.
• Good organizational and planning skills.
• Basic report writing skills.
• Basic knowledge of related safety and WHMIS regulations.
• Basic knowledge of MS Office applications.

• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull items weighing up to 30lbs on an occasional to regular basis.
• Ability to use hand tools and perform tasks requiring manual dexterity.
• Ability to stand and work on feet for extended periods during…