Acceptance Testing Technician, Energy Storage - Level 2 (Remote - Travel Required)

About this role

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary: The Acceptance Testing Technician, Energy Storage - Level 2, will be responsible for the management of testing, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair activities in both substations and PV facilities.

This role is remote with heavy travel to varying jobsites required. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description: *This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Stresses the importance that safety is the most important function, ensuring that all employees follow safe practices while working

• Able to perform all essential Testing Technician I job responsibilities

• Direct and supervise site testing, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting as directed by management

• Perform site testing, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting and energized electrical work strictly adhering to company and industry safety standards

• Perform maintenance in accordance with company directives or authorized service documents

• Ensure a safe working environment through strict adherence to and enforcement of company and industry safety standards

• Understand, follow and communicate safety regulations and work procedures

• Supervise, provide ongoing training and certify Testing Technician Level I employees

• Prepare timely and accurate documentation and required reports

• Complete other responsibilities as assigned

• Complete a job with the assistance of Technicians and Trainees

• Assemble, write, and review a complete test report of the work that they performed or supervised

• Handle multiple jobs simultaneously

• Lead and assist in developing technical/safety policy and procedures and be able to write Standard Operating Procedures

• Ability to assess other technicians in both safety and technical skill sets

• Communicate effectively with clients, vendors, and teammates

• Uphold diversity and inclusion as an unconscious part of SOLV Energy culture.

Objectives or Goals to Measure Performance: • Adherence to Company policies and procedures

• Excellent attendance and punctuality

• Understanding of and adherence to safety and quality procedures and practices

• Customer/Client satisfaction

• Demonstrate proper and safe operation of various equipment

• Demonstrate knowledge of NETA Standards

• Improved personal professional growth and education

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements: • High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or equivalent

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as an electrician testing technican in substations or BESS yards.

• Work towards a C-10 contractor’s license or a Certified Electrical Worker Card

• Ability to travel 75% of time

• Ability to troubleshoot network and telemetry issues

• Valid OSHA 30 certification

• Valid NFPA 70e Safety Training certification or equivalent

• Valid Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) certification

• Ability to pass an exam on international and domestic electrical schematics and symbols

• Ability to pass an exam on electrical troubleshooting

• Ability to pass an exam on reading and interpreting hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams

• California Oil Producers – Passport Training

• H2S Training/SCBA Awareness

• Knowledge of NETA Acceptance and Maintenance Testing Specifications

• Electrical Testing Standard Operating Procedures

• Complete commissioning of most relay and metering systems

• Troubleshoot and repair all apparatus and their associated systems

• Successfully complete the startup of any substation, including generation and line protection circuits, both primary, control and communication

• Able to complete a job with the assistance of Technicians and Trainees.  The jobs should include any component and systems up to and including a small load substation, including relays and meters

• Familiar with implementation of engineering studies

• Perform load disturbance and other power quality studies using a variety to recording equipment

• Able to review a single element relay circuits for adequacy, and troubleshoot simple relay and metering circuits

• Demonstrated ability to recognize work hazards and mitigate using proper tools and procedures

• Demonstrated ability to work alone and safety under any conditions

• Effective computer operation skills and ability to operate system testing applications

• Effective verbal and written English language communication skills

• Effective organizational skills

• Ability to work at remote locations in extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, inclement weather)

• Ability to work on an “on call” basis (may include weekends or after-hours situations)

• Valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record and ability to operate company vehicle

• Health and Safety Plan

•      Illness and Injury Prevention Plan

•      Electrical Safety Plan

• Confined Space – Entrant/Attendant/Supervisor

• CPR/First Aid training

Proper/safe operation and selection of the following equipment, as well as use a computer to do the following tests: • Transformer Turns Ratio Tester

• Ground Rod Tester

• Ground Megger

• Digital Timer

• MS-2 Motor Overload Test Set

• 5kV/10kV Megger

• Battery Impedance Test Equipment

• Fluke 89 Digital Multimeter

• 1kV Megger

• AC/DC/VLF Hypot

• Oil Test Set

• Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter

• Transformer Low Resistance Ohmmeter

• Omicron CPC100/TD1 Primary Test System

• Circuit Breaker Time Travel Analyzer

• Comprehensive Current Transformer Test Set

• High Current Primary Injection Circuit Breaker Test Set

• Basic Relay Test Set

• Recloser Test Set

• Advanced Relay Test Set with computer control

• Perform Transforme

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