Description
Energize your Career at SECO Energy!
General Purpose of Job
This position is responsible for assisting skilled workers to install, calibrate, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair relay instruments and control equipment in electrical distribution substations.
Minimum Required Qualifications and Competencies
The following includes the minimum job requirements and essential duties for this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Some job requirements may exclude individuals that cannot be reasonably accommodated or who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
Requirements
Relay Technician 1st Class
Education
- Minimum: Associate’s degree in electrical technology, or related discipline from a recognized technical school
- Preferred: Vocational/Technical Certification
Experience
- Minimum: Certification as a Journey Relay Technician from an accredited Relay apprenticeship program or equivalent job experience.
- Minimum: Four (4) years progressive experience in the maintenance of substation relay and control work related to testing and commission of protective relays.
- Preferred: Experience or similar work within an electric utility or related industry.
Education and/or Experience Notes
- May consider substituting a minimum one (1) year directly related job experience as a Journey Relay Technician with an electric utility or related industry with a High School Diploma or GED for the educational requirement.
Other Requirements
- Ability to operate a variety of office equipment, including a personal computer, printers, copy machines, telephone, and fax machine.
- Ability to work irregular hours for assignment completion and flexibility to change scheduling and report to work on short notice during emergency situations. Ability to work overtime, on-call and availability to respond to call-outs and maintain an acceptable call out response.
- A valid Florida driver’s license for regular driving privileges of a company vehicle; must have and maintain an acceptable driving record as determined by SECO Energy.
- Regular travel within the service area; field work in an electrical substation environment with regular exposure to energized and de-energized equipment on voltages ranging up to 230kV; exposure to adverse weather conditions; and general office environment
- The normal work week consists of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days, or four (4) consecutive ten (10) hour days, exclusive of mealtime, Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.
o The Cooperative will determine if an eight (8) hour or ten (10) hour schedule will be used and shall establish the normal schedule of starting and quitting time.
o Shift schedules may be changed by giving a 36-hour notice of the changed schedule.
- Successful completion of pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen.
Living Requirements
To ensure timely response to Call outs, must live within 40-miles radius from the assigned reporting location. Employees who live more than a 40-mile radius from their assigned reporting location must relocate within 6 months of employment. A maximum of one (1) hour will be allowed for response to call-outs. All employees living within the thirty (30) mile radius and are subject to call-outs, are expected to meet the one (1) hour response requirement as stated in Article 10.5.
Relay Technician 2nd Class
Education
- Minimum: Vocational/Technical - Education from a recognized technical school with an emphasis in electronics or continuing education in a recognized relay apprenticeship program.
Experience
- Minimum: Two (2) years progressive experience in the maintenance of substation relay and control work related to testing and commission of protective relays.
- Preferred: Experience or similar work within an electric utility or related industry.
Education and/or Experience Notes
May consider substituting a minimum one (1) year directly related job experience as a Journey Relay Technician with an electric utility or related industry with a High School Diploma or GED for the educational requirement.
Other Requirements
- Ability to operate a variety of office equipment, including a personal computer, printers, copy machines, telephone, and fax machine.
- Ability to work irregular hours for assignment completion and flexibility to change scheduling and report to work on short notice during emergency situations. Ability to work overtime, on-call and availability to respond to call-outs and maintain an acceptable call out response.
- A valid Florida driver’s license for regular driving privileges of a company vehicle; must have and maintain an acceptable driving record as determined by SECO Energy.
- Regular travel within the service area; field work in an electrical substation environment with regular exposure to energized and de-energized equipment on voltages ranging up to 230kV; exposure to adverse weather conditions; and general office environment
- The normal work week consists of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days, or four (4) consecutive ten (10) hour days, exclusive of mealtime, Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.
o The Cooperative will determine if an eight (8) hour or ten (10) hour schedule will be used and shall establish the normal schedule of starting and quitting time.
o Shift schedules may be changed by giving a 36-hour notice of the changed schedule.
- Successful completion of pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen.
Living Requirements
To ensure timely response to Call outs, must live within 40-miles radius from the assigned reporting location. Employees who live more than a 40-mile radius from their assigned reporting location must relocate within 6 months of employment. A maximum of one (1) hour will be allowed for response to call-outs. All employees living within the thirty (30) mile radius and are subject to call-outs, are expected to meet the one (1) hour response requirement as stated in Article 10.5.
Summary
We are the third-largest electric co-op in Florida and the seventh-largest in the nation and we are looking for qualified, energetic and committed candidates to join our successful TEAM!
SECO Energy does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from applicants. SECO Energy will not consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from any search agencies, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, headhunters and recruitment agencies (hereinafter ‘vendors’). Unsolicited referrals and resumes sent to SECO Energy are deemed gratuitous. If any vendor (included but not limited to recruitment agency, headhunter, staffing agency) supplies any job applicant to SECO Energy without having a valid written and signed an agreement with SECO Energy, SECO Energy is not obligated to pay any kind of referral fee to such vendor. Any resumes submitted in the absence of a signed agreement become the property of SECO Energy and no fee shall be due.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request by emailing [email protected] or by calling (855) 483-2673. Please be advised that this assistance is available for individuals who require accommodation due to disability.
Sumter Electric Cooperative is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with our company values and will not be tolerated.
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*This posting will be closed and no longer available to receive applications upon SECO Energy’s discretion.
^ SECO Energy is a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative serving over 200,000 families and businesses across seven counties in Central Florida, making SECO Energy the third largest electric co-op in Florida and the sixth largest in the nation.
^ SECO Energy is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, genetics, or individuals with disabilities, or protected veteran status.
^ Qualified employees will be considered on an equal basis with external applicants.