FirstEnergy

Investor-owned electric utility focusing on distribution

Equipment Engineer 3 - Transmission & Substation Services

Power Systems EngineeringUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timeFairmont, WV, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Ability to work independently and collaboratively with regional and plant personnel, other departments and sections, and outside vendors.

Responsibilities

Maintain a safe workplace for coworkers and the community by developing knowledge of potential hazards, industry regulations and requirements, and company practices.
Commission new transmission substation equipment before it is released to transmission operations.
Develop checkout guides; review and approve test results and isolation plans; and develop energization plans to minimize system risk.
Provide limited field design services to correct minor design problems encountered during implementation of substation capital projects.
Provide onsite technical support to regional substation services employees during preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
Apply engineering skills and operational knowledge to identify and resolve technical problems in the field during equipment installation, testing, and the design life of substation equipment, including challenging and validating design approaches when necessary.
Assist in developing new or modifying existing maintenance practices to address changing technology, new equipment types, improved test and diagnostic methods, and regulatory changes.
Audit preventive and corrective maintenance paperwork and test results to verify technical adequacy and regulatory completeness.
Provide emergency technical support following substation equipment failures to support customer restoration and system reinforcement, including developing field modifications and commissioning mobile-substation installations.
Support the emergency plan by participating in assigned storm duties, including hazard response.
Communicate across multidisciplinary teams, including electrical contractors, customers, FirstEnergy regional switchmen and technicians, transmission operations, design engineering, planning and protection, and project management, to ensure successful and timely project completion.

Maintaining a safe workplace for coworkers and the community based upon developing knowledge of potential hazards, industry regulations/requirements and company practices.
Commissioning new transmission substation equipment prior to it being released to transmission operations.
Developing check-out guides, review and approving test results and isolation plans, and developing energization plans to minimize system risk.
Providing limited field design services to correct minor design problems encountered during the implementation of substation capital projects.
Providing onsite technical support to regional substation services employees during preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
Applying engineering skills and operational knowledge in the identification and resolution of technical problems while in the field during the installation phase, testing phase, and during the design life of the substation equipment. This includes challenging and validating design approaches when necessary.
Assisting in the development of new or in the modification of existing maintenance practices to address changing technology, new equipment types, improved test and diagnostic methods, regulatory changes, etc.
Auditing preventive and corrective maintenance paperwork and test results to verify technical adequacy and regulatory completeness.
Providing emergency technical support following substation equipment failures to support customer restoration and system reinforcement. This includes developing field modifications and commissioning the installation of mobile substations.
Supporting the emergency plan through participation in assigned storm duties including hazard responding.
Ability to work both independently and in unison with others including regional and plant personnel as well as other departments/sections and outside vendors.
Communicating across multi-disciplined teams to include electrical contractors, customers,

FirstEnergy regional switchmen/technicians, transmission operations, design engineering, planning/protection and project management to ensure successful and timely project completion.

About the Company

FirstEnergy

Investor-owned electric utility focusing on distribution

FirstEnergy is an investor-owned electric utility that distributes electricity through its network of distribution companies. It focuses on delivering power to customers by maintaining and operating the grid, including power generation and energy services. The company uses an outage management system to let customers report and track outages, enabling faster identification and resolution of service disruptions. Customers manage their accounts through online portals that offer electronic billing (eBill) and multiple payment options. Mon Power, a subsidiary, serves about 395,000 customers in West Virginia, illustrating the scale of its operations. Compared with competitors, FirstEnergy emphasizes reliability, a large, integrated utility footprint, and digital tools for customers and outage management. Its goal is to provide dependable electric service, maintain and improve grid reliability, grow its customer base, and efficiently deliver energy services across its service territories.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Akron, OH
Founded: 1997

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