Relay Technician

Overview

Seeking Relay Technicians or Relay Commissioning Engineers for direct hire, long-term roles with one of the fastest-growing industrial electrical service contractors in the nation, known for delivering high-quality transformer maintenance, electrical testing, electrical construction and distribution system solutions in Tampa, FL.

Pay: $40-$60 per hour depending on experience.

Benefits:
Yearly bonus. Comprehensive employee benefits including 401k, Medical, dental, Vision insurance, PTO and more.

Travel: 25% across state. All expenses are paid and there is per diem. If applicable, there is vehicle allowance and gas card.

• Perform commissioning, functional testing, and troubleshooting of protective relays (electromechanical, digital, microprocessor-based) for high-voltage substations and industrial electrical systems.
• Validate and test protective schemes including overcurrent, distance, differential, transformer, generator, bus, and feeder protection.
• Interpret and verify design drawings, schematics, logic diagrams, and relay settings.
• Conduct relay configuration and programming using vendor-specific software (e.g., SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens).
• Perform end-to-end relay testing using secondary injection test sets (e.g., Omicron, Doble, Megger).
• Document test procedures and results in detailed commissioning reports.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, and utility teams to ensure successful integration of protection systems.
• Perform function testing of substation control circuits on relay panels, transformers, and circuit breakers.
• Perform end-to-end relay testing using relay test software and analyze relay operation based on fault type run.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience installing, maintaining, testing and repairing protective relays in transmission, generation or distribution level substations.
• Ability to develop relay test plans necessary to test the relays per EPS and customer specifications.
• Ability to calibrate and perform functional tests on both electromechanical and micro-processor based protective relays for substations.
• Capable of troubleshooting distribution and transmission control circuits.
• Knowledge of relay test software is required. Doble Pro Test or Protection Suite preferred.
• Experience installing, maintaining, testing, or repairing circuit breakers, transformers, switch gear, or similar equipment is desired.
• Ability to operate test equipment needed for the project.
• Ability to function as an on-site lead for the project, assign tasks, prioritize activities and interface with customers.
• Ability to read and understand protection and control schematic diagrams and wiring diagrams, and catch mistakes and problems with drawings when compared with standards.
• Ability to determine and interpret customer requirements and provide final deliverables including as-built prints and all test results meeting specified requirements.
• Ability to review relay settings and ensure relay logic matches the design on schematics and customer standards, including correct CT ratios and trip outputs.

If you are interested in learning more about this role, please submit your resume for immediate consideration.

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