Odessa, Texas, USA
12 days ago
Protection & Control Technician - West TX Region

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Job Summary

Under the minimal guidance of P&C Supervisor, the technician will be responsible for:

Maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting protection and control equipment at Fossil Generation facilities
Performing testing on electromechanical and microprocessor-based protective relays
Testing instrument transformers, transducers, meters, and associated equipment
Troubleshooting and repairing system protection and control equipment using schematic diagrams and system knowledge
Completing all required documentation related to projects and field work

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance of all Plant protective relaying and associated control circuits (including testing, calibration, functional tests, trouble shooting, and installation of upgrades), such as:

Generator relaying

Main Power Transformer, Unit Auxiliary Transformer, Start-up/Standby Transformer relaying

All medium voltage switchgear relaying and transfer schemes

Plant/Switchyard interface relaying

Maintenance of Plant Metering:

MWh metering calibrations and upgrade installations

Voltage, current, watt, var, and frequency transducer calibrations and testing of associated equipment

Maintenance of ancillary equipment:

Emergency bearing oil pump test

Current transformer meggar test

Outage support:

Interface with plant I&C personnel

Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent

Completion of all PSD requirements in the P&C S*T*A*R program

Completion of all PSD requirements in the P&C S*T*A*R program and six (6) years as a P&C Technician or acceptable job related experience.

Significant amount of time in the field performing P&C services

Routine travel away from home

Extended work hours

Strenuous physical effort such as climbing, lifting, temperature extremes, and dusty environment.

**LEVEL OF POSITION WILL BE DETERMINED BY APPLICABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE.

Key Metrics

·Interface with outside contractors

·Provide and/or support problem solving using trouble-shooting skills and recorder data

·Lead new installation wiring verification, checkout, and functional test

·Revise and maintain all associated drawings

·Conducts diagnostic tests on generation facilities’ electrical equipment (ie: Generator CTs, PTs, and Metering). 

· Install, calibrate, and maintain equipment associated with data acquisition and remote telemetry to support required ERCOT and NERC protocols

Job Family

Plant Operations

Company

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Locations

Odessa, Texas

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