Controls Technician

Job Description

FirstEnergy

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [PO]

Responsibilities include:

• Actively participate in and promote the FE Safety Philosophy, work safely to advance the FE Safety Vision, follow safe work practices.
• Under direct supervision, install, test, calibrate, maintain, modify and repair protective relays, and other equipment associated with controls in substations and power stations.
• Under direct supervision, perform high voltage switching required to install, maintain and modify controls equipment.
• Under direct supervision, install, test, calibrate, maintain, modify, and repair communication links for telemetering, metering, load regulation, digital fault recorders, and certain voice communication.
• Work cooperatively with other team members, internal customers, and contractors.
• Under direct supervision, construct, modify, troubleshoot and repair various types of electronic equipment.
• Assist in preparation of written procedures required for coordinating controls equipment additions or modifications, and energizing new or modified substation equipment in non EHV facilities.
• Under direct supervision, test and calibrate various system components, such as current transformers, potential transformers, coupling capacitors, relays, breakers, etc.
• Under direct supervision, review and check control drawings for accuracy, and make field changes to update or correct.
• Under direct supervision, install, test, modify and maintain Substation Integration Equipment inclusive of the Substation SCADA equipment and networks to ensure reliable data availability to FE System Operators and other independent System Operators.
• Maintain mandated system reliability standards as implemented by FE to address compliance with FERC, NERC, PJM and RFC.
• Under direct supervision, install, test, modify and maintain Critical Infrastructure Protection equipment, facilities and networks that reside within FE Substations and other facilities. Maintain the documented training requirements required by FE CIP guidelines.
• Under direct supervision, Investigate and document mis-operations on lines and equipment. Address equipment found to be out of calibration or unrepairable.

Qualifications:

• AS Electrical / Electronics Technology or BS Electrical Engineering Technology degrees preferred, or equivalent work experience
• Must possess a valid Motor vehicle operator's license
• Possesses basic skills, knowledge and maturity
• Ability to conduct basic research and compile data
• Ability to prepare reports and summaries
• Ability to learn technical products and services
• Ability to follow well-defined practices and procedures
• Must pass the EEI TECH Test

EEI Testing

We administer selection tests for a variety of positions. The required tests have been developed by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a trade association of investor-owned electric utility companies. We strongly encourage potential employees to review all information, including the sample test brochures, and to use the available practice tests before taking the actual tests. Click this link to access the practice tests. You will be prompted for a name and password. Use firstenergy for both.

Practice tests provide sample questions and detailed discussions of the correct answers. It's important to take the practice test as you would the actual one, with similar intensity and concentration. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer.


Note: EEI website does not allow access to actual tests. Testing is held at various locations throughout our service territory based on where the job is located.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.

Safety

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.

Position Classification

Non-Exempt-Hourly


FirstEnergy Human Resources Team