Senior High Voltage Specialist

Base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location:

Locations: AZ, CA (San Diego area preferred or NV)

Salary: CA- $44.32 hourly to $55.40 hourly

Salary: AZ and NV: $40.29 hourly to $50.36 hourly

This highly skilled individual will be responsible for supporting the regional operation and maintenance activities of the electrical infrastructure in multiple Avangrid Renewables’ wind and solar plants.

Position Description

This individual will be responsible for monitoring and analyzing system performance, investigation and mitigation of system problems, ensuring plants are operated in accordance with electrical standards and safety guidelines, making recommendations for corrective and preventative action, and providing feedback to design and engineering groups to ensure that installations cost effectively meet system requirements. Additionally, this individual will work with other stakeholders to develop and implement high/medium voltage policies, maintenance programs, procedures, and training programs to ensure a safe working environment – including administering training in arc flash and commissioning QA/QC.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and assist with substation/collector system events to ensure plants are returned to service in a timely and safe manner.
• Provide QA/QC to Construction and sub-contractors during commissioning and testing of substations and collector systems. This individual shall ensure compliance with design standards and statement of work.
• Provide review of final as-built drawings and test data.
• Verify that plant equipment is in compliance with project contract and specification requirements, conforms to design operational feasibility, and is installed and tested per the supplier’s requirements.
• Interact cross-functionally to provide technical expertise and support through design, construction, commissioning and turnover. Assist with development of BOP standards.
• Development, implement and monitor high/medium voltage policies and programs to ensure safe working environment for all employees. Exemplify and uphold Avangrid Renewables’ safety awareness culture and assist in developing specific areas of training focus to mitigate hazards.
• Provide training to operations personnel in safety hazard recognition, high and medium voltage circuit breakers and disconnect switches, substation, power and GSU transformers, and other relevant BOP equipment.
• Manage and oversee maintenance contractors performing substation maintenance. Ensure that applicable (NERC) standards are followed and required reports submitted. Assist with advanced planning and preparation for preventative maintenance activities.
• Administer and oversee monthly substation inspection program, and annual battery bank testing. Also, this individual will assist with DGA review.
• Provide periodic updates to Company’s senior management. Facilitate effective feedback to internal and external resources to identify efficiencies and improvements in project quality, reliability, costs, …