Tech - Elec Testing (South)

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Job description

WEC Energy Group is one of the nation's largest electric generation and distribution and natural gas delivery holding companies, with the operational expertise and financial resources to serve the Midwest's energy needs safely, reliably and responsibly.

Our subsidiaries focus on reliable service, customer satisfaction and shareholder value. Together, we provide energy services to more than 4.5 million customers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Our combined assets allow operating efficiencies across 70,600 miles of electric distribution lines, 50,700 miles of natural gas distribution and transmission lines, and 7,100 megawatts of reliable power plant capacity.

Our family of companies is committed to delivering world-class reliability and the very best customer care anywhere. Customers are the heart of our business, and we work every day to help grow and support communities where we provide vital energy services. As a Fortune 500 company, we value and develop our employees who are making a difference in a mission that matters.

We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is seeking a Tech - Elec Testing (South) in our Delafield, Wisconsin location. Job Summary

This Tech-Elec Testing position is located in the Special testing Group. This is a subset of the larger role whose responsibilities include programming/coordination, calibration, troubleshooting and repair of relays, metering, communication/control systems as well as other company-owned devices located at ATC substations, power plants, line reclosers, SCADA devices and customer substations. This position performs initial evaluation of all new relay and SCADA devices to ensure proper function prior to start up. Technical support and training to various engineering groups, management and other technical groups will be required. This will also include the development and maintenance of instrument and relay test procedures as well as the integrity of records and stored data. This position is required to perform high potential and fault location tests on various power circuits and related equipment. Other special projects and miscellaneous duties as assigned may result in scheduled and unscheduled overtime due to workload and system emergencies. Performance testing, repair, and calibration of relay/SCADA equipment systems, remote terminal unit systems, fault recorders, transducers/meters, certain telecommunications devices and relays that include mechanical, electrical, computer controlled types.

Job Responsibilities

REPOST - PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT REAPPLY.

The Technician Electrical-Testing performs the following duties:

• Pin point outage related underground cable faults for repair crews
• Conduct both AC & DC high-potential testing on new and aged, substation bus and breakers
• Conduct reliability HV AC partial-discharge testing of new and aged cable systems and analyze results
• Locate and mark all underground facilities for construction services within substations, generation and other controlled locations. Color differentiation is essential for buried-facility locating duties.
• Conduct periodic maintenance dielectric-testing of Fleet field units
• Repair and calibrate miscellaneous test equipment as requested to support other groups
• Provide analysis, direction and expertise to associated groups, engineering, etc.

Current pay scale: $35.45-$59.05/hr; subject to change based on union contract (minimum of 48 months to reach maximum pay).

Minimum Experience Required

Applicant must have a two-year associate degree in electronics technology

OR

a minimum of 60 credits of college coursework from an accredited institution, with a minimum of 35 credits in electrical engineering/electronics

Applicant must have a valid driver's license and meet the company's requirements for driving

The applicant must comply with DOT Part 199 pipeline drug and alcohol testing requirements

Official transcripts are required and should be submitted at the time of your application to the assigned HR Associate, A125. If you do not have your transcripts, please take the necessary steps to be able to provide them prior to being scheduled for any testing.

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