AddressWood has an exciting career opportunity for a Protection and Controls Technician, based out of our Fredericton NB office.
In this role you will be part of a great team of professionals, supporting work in Atlantic Canada. As a member, you will provide technical services in field operations throughout commissioning protection, control, and metering at power generating stations and electrical substations ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV.
As a team member, you will be intergraded into a supportive and collaborative environment where you will be able to grow your skills and be exposed to many diverse projects.
Wood values it's employees and will provide a competitive salary, a comprehensive health and dental benefits package, a Group RRSP plan, as well as the option to purchase Wood Shares at preferred rates.
Key responsibilities within this role will include, but are not limited to the following:
- Configuration of protection relays
- Relay hardware checks
- Protection element testing
- DC logic functional testing
- Development of isolation plans
- Primary apparatus testing such as potential transformers and current transformers
- Prepare or review as-built documentation
- Support during start up and energization
- In depth troubleshooting of protection and control systems and analysis of protection alarms and root cause analysis
- Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups as well as external contractors and clients
- Safe execution of work in accordance to agreed guidance documents
The successful candidates must have the following skills/qualifications:
- Must have a minimum of 3 years of utility-specific protection, control, and metering experience
- Must have an Engineering Technology Certificate
- An equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved may also be considered if in the Power and Controls Commissioning field
- Experience with the following:
- Power system documentation including Single line diagrams, AC and DC schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layout and Boolean logic diagrams
- Trade standards, specifications, rules, and regulations
- GE or SEL protection platform
- IEC61850 and GOOSE messaging
- Communication protocols such as TCP / IP, Modbus, DNP3, etc.
- Using the Omicron or Doble suite of equipment for secondary system testing
