Senior Relay & Substation Field Lead

Ulteig is seeking an experienced Senior Relay Technician to serve as a technical field lead for protection and control, metering, and SCADA-related commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and energization support. This role is well suited for a hands-on technician who can lead complex field work, coordinate with clients and project teams, and mentor developing engineers and technicians. We recognize that qualified candidates may not have experience in every discipline.

You will have opportunities to build on your existing expertise through hands-on assignments, mentorship, and formal training while developing additional capabilities that support a broad range of field activities.

What You'll Do

• Lead protective relay commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting, and oversee field demolition and construction activities for relay replacement projects at generation facilities, substations, and other sites
• Operate Omicron, Doble, Radian, and other vendor test sets, running tests through vendor software or manual control
• Program, install, test, troubleshoot, certify, and verify accuracy of revenue and check meters and electronic data recorders, including Factory Acceptance Testing and diagnosing metering problems
• Perform point-to-point metering and telemetry testing to validate wiring and data paths from source devices, ensuring successful communication to the head-end system
• Review and mark-up (yellow-line/red-line) SLDs, 3LDs, schematics, and wiring diagrams and utilize these drawings to support field troubleshooting
• Review engineering work packages and field conditions to identify constructability, wiring, and commissioning Develop or support field mitigation plans, document deviations, and coordinate required changes with the responsible engineer before implementation
• Lead field execution by preparing or reviewing test plans, commissioning procedures, job hazard analyses, test records, redlines, daily reports, deficiency lists, and final configuration backups
• Coordinate field activities with engineers, contractors, owners, and operations personnel, and communicate conditions that could affect safety, quality, schedule, or energization readiness
• Connect to relays, meters, and RTUs on-site and remotely to retrieve settings, event files, configurations, and other data
• Support troubleshooting and event analysis through the evaluation of oscillography, sequence of event reports, live data, and on-site wiring
• Develop and maintain relaying and metering standards, procedures, and safety practices, serve as an expert in discipline-specific software, and train and mentor engineers and technicians in the field and shop
• Inspect relay and meter panels for adherence to client requirements, applicable codes, and authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) standards
• Support SCADA point-to-point checkouts, RTU, RTAC, and OrionLX configuration review, and troubleshooting of DNP3, Modbus, or similar substation communication protocols in coordination with engineering and integration teams
• Perform work in accordance with Ulteig, client, and site-specific safety requirements, including job hazard analyses, lockout/tagout procedures, energized-work boundaries, personal protective equipment requirements, and stop-work escalation when conditions cannot be performed safely
• Estimate labor and equipment for budgeting, maintain schedules, provide progress reports, and work independently in the field while coordinating directly with clients
• Communicate and interact effectively with clients to ensure their needs are met and to build long-term relationships

What we Expect from You

• Associate degree, trade school certificate, or bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical power, or relay/substation technology; OR equivalent…