Electrical Testing & Commissioning Technician (Renewable Power Systems)

at  Woodward Inc

The Role:
The Testing & Commissioning Technician will be on the frontlines of the Renewable power industry by performing acceptance testing on our equipment and supporting our customers with installation/troubleshooting/etc.

Typical duties include:

• Basic switchboard inspections
• Configuring protection relays, power meters, etc
• Functional switchboard tests
• Point-to-point wiring tests
• Setting up networks, including wifi, VPNs, PLCs, & other comms

You’ll also support our customers via on-site commissioning support and remote support (e.g. via phone call/Zoom/Teams/etc).
You’ll be joining a tight-knit team of engineers, electricians, technicians who design and build protection/control/SCADA systems for the Renewable power industry, primarily commercial/industrial PV solar and batteries. You’ll be responsible for testing and configuring equipment, owning our factory acceptance testing process, as well as assisting in the design & programming of the control systems such as export control, and SCADA. This will include a variety of duties, such as creating design documents & schematics, configuring PLCs & protection relays, remote support of customers or technicians/electricians, and site travel for commissioning or fault-finding (varies but typically 5-15% of the month). Finally, you’ll help your teammates to refine panel and control system designs.
About You:

We’re looking for a range of attributes, but the essentials are:

• electrical trade licence (or restricted connect/disconnect licence, or equivalent)
• a desire to help design renewable generation systems, such as solar farms, hospital battery systems, and micro-grid/off-grid sites
• 2 years’ experience in power distribution or power generation systems
• experience reading electrical diagrams/schematics
• skills in electrical troubleshooting and fault-finding
• ability to travel, occasionally to remote sites.
• Full rights to work, and own transport

And any of the following will be very favourably considered:

• knowledge of protection relays and basic electrical protection (breaker settings, overcurrent, etc.)
• Experience with factory acceptance or site acceptance testing procedures
• Experience with stand-alone (off-grid) and/or microgrid (islandable) power systems
• Experience with PLC programming, preferably Schneider types such as Modicon, Saitel, or Pro-face
• Exposure to MODBUS, DNP3.0, and/or IEC 61850 protocols
• Knowledge of State/Territory SIRs, and various DNSP embedded & utility connection requirements would be helpful

About Us:
Woodward by PM Control is a vertically-integrated provider of energy control solutions, electrical protection design, and customised switchgear. Our control solutions range from commercial solar farms and solar export control through to turbine governors and diesel generator protection. With the growth of renewable generation in Australia, we’re expanding our team & looking for someone to help us design & deliver elegant solutions.
We’re the Australian division of Woodward Inc, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and service of energy conversion and control solutions for the aerospace and industrial equipment markets. Together with our customers, we are enabling the path to a cleaner, decarbonized world. Our innovative electrical, fluid, combustion, propulsion, and motion control systems perform in some of the world’s harshest environments. Woodward is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

• Basic switchboard inspections
• Configuring protection relays, power meters, etc
• Functional switchboard tests
• Point-to-point wiring tests
• Setting up networks, including wifi, VPNs, PLCs, & other comm