Electrical Test Technician

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in electrical testing in heavy industries or utilities or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Broad experience as gained through electrician or service technician work for electrical equipment.
• Developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using inspection tools, test instruments and other required equipment.
• Computer skills for entering and retrieving data. (MS Office suite).
• Able to work from ground level to working in, on top of, and around the sides of the unit which may be 6 feet or more in height.
• Overtime, including Saturday work may be required.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience as gained through technician servicing work on voltage transformers within the utility industry.
• Minimum 2-year associate degree from a recognized school in electrical or related technical field.

Essential Job Functions:

• Prepare instrument transformer for testing; wire connections, cable connections, and prepare testing for "Safe" testing environment.
• Uses available blueprints, diagrams, and engineering specifications to set up and perform various tests on equipment and manufactured parts.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment to include voltmeters, ammeters, watt-meters, ohmmeters, bridges, oscilloscopes, and wave analyzers to test a variety of equipment and manufactured parts.
• Execute the necessary tests and calculations as listed to confirm tests are complete; turn test, ratio and polarity, IEX and core loss, DC resistance, impedance and load loss, induced potential, applied potential, power factor (INS), insulation resistance, heat run connect, corona, impulse, noise test, voltage regulator, current regulator, electrical inspection, final mechanical inspection, pressure test procedure, control box checkout, top cover checkout, final inspection and sign off, fabrication parts inspection, and current transformer test.
• Change test circuits as required to configure instrument transformer and test equipment for appropriate test.
• Calibrate meters; current regulator, voltage regulator, etc....
• Reject non-conforming materials and assemblies.
• Maintain test schedules per customer demands.
• Calculates and analyzes the results of the tests performed.
• Submit certified test report drafts to engineering.
• Check accuracy of own work and work of others