GENERAL SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Maintenance and Operations Supervisor or designee, operates and maintains electrical revenue metering and substation equipment; performs maintenance, repair, tests, and calibrations on all types of electrical energy metering; performs underground fault locating and construction, fabrication, and welding as needed. Subject to 24-hour callout for emergency situations.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or GED.
• Must have successfully completed one (1) of the following apprenticeships: Meter Technician, Relay Technician, Lineworker, Electrician, or Substation Electrician.
• Three (3) years of Journey-level experience.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS & OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Valid driver’s license.
• Journey-level certification in one or more of the following: Meter Technician, Relay Technician, Lineworker, Electrician, or Substation Electrician.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Four (4) years of direct Journeyman level experience.
• Three (3) years of direct experience installing, programming, testing, and troubleshooting protective relays, revenue meters, or substation maintenance equipment.
• Intermediate knowledge of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) relays.
• Experience, education, and training in more than just one of the following journeyman classifications: Meter Technician, Relay Technician, Lineworker, Electrician, or Substation Electrician.
• Prior experience and/or training performing underground fault location.
• Prior experience programming Program Logic Controllers (PLCs).
• Prior fabrication and welding experience.
• Applied knowledge of laws and regulations that govern the electrical industry in the State of Washington.
• Working knowledge specifically in the following Microsoft programs: Excel, SharePoint, and Word

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Specific and realistic knowledge, skills, and abilities typically necessary to competently perform this job.

Knowledge of:

• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, codes, and regulations related to assigned activities.
• WISHA and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
• National Electrical Code.
• Testing, maintenance, and installation of PT’s and CT’s.
• Blueprints and design. Vectoring and mathematics as they apply to protection relaying and revenue metering.
• Primary metering.
• Power System Recorders.
• DC and AC electrical theory.
• Basic understanding of transformer and breaker control schemes.
• Power and distribution protection schemes.
• Symmetrical components.
• Computers and software including Microsoft Office suite.
• Modern office practices, methods, procedures, and equipment.
• Record-keeping principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Applicable health and safety policy, procedures, and practices.

Skills and Abilities to:

• Learn, read, interpret, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Follow health and safety regulations.
• Observe legal and defensive driving practices.
• Test, maintain, construct, program, and install single phase meters, poly phase meters, and complex electronic meters.
• Test, maintain, and construct electrical equipment.
• Test, maintain, repair, and install power and distribution transformers.
• Test and maintain substation switches.
• Test, maintain, repair, and install power circuit breakers and circuit switches.
• Test, maintain, and repair load tap changers and regulators.
• Test, maintain, and install standby battery systems.
• Test, maintain, and install power transformer and distribution system relays.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing; comprehend and use English effectively, including producing all forms of communications in a clear, concise, and understandable manner to intended audiences.
• Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; work independently with little or no direction, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and procedural guidelines.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Operate a variety of modern office equipment and personal computers in a windows based computing environment using standard or customized software application programs appropriate to assigned activities, including proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
• Provide continuous effort to improve operations decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.

• Utilizes test equipment including TTR, insulation, voltmeter, recorders, laptops, etc. to perform assigned tasks.
• Operates and maintains substation maintenance equipment.
• Operates and maintains single phase revenue meters.
• Tests and programs protection relays.
• Tests and calibrates single phase meters, and complex electronic meters.
• Locates primary and secondary underground faults using appropriate test equipment to assigned activities.
• Performs construction and fabrication as needed.
• Performs work from bucket trucks, ladders, lifting devices, and underground vaults using shop apparatus, and City and customer facilities.
• Provides continuous effort to improve operations and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.
• Performs other duties as assigned