Sr Equipment Technician

Consumers Energy is Michigan's largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.

Location: This position is onsite at the Ludington Pump Storage headquarter located in Ludington, MI. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance.

The Senior Equipment Technician is responsible for overseeing the repair, maintenance, and requisitioning of long lead time substation, plant, and field equipment and related materials, approving drawing cycle administration, tracking, closeout, and continuous improvement based problem solving activities. The Senior Equipment Technician will ensure all equipment and repair adhere to all internal safety standards and local, state, and federal safety regulations.

They maintain, operate and troubleshoot complex electronic, electrical, mechanical, and other equipment for CMS Energy plant systems, repairing and calibrating electronic components and resolve process control software issues using electronic equipment, diagnostic instruments and various software. Knowledge of national electrical code and requirements for installations in hazardous environments. They will also have responsibility for updating training materials and providing training to new employees and keep current staff informed of any new or updated equipment and processes and procedures.

• Calibrate, maintain, repair and replace complex field devices for plant instrumentation and control and plant equipment.
• Develop plant system knowledge by working and receiving coaching from Instrumentation & Control Lead for continuous learning purposes.
• Requisition s and/or selects and assigns long lead time equipment and materials in Service Now and SAP pursuant to substation project scopes. Resolves complex associated questions and details where appropriate; seeking guidance from supervisor. Uses data and tools to select battery strings and chargers. Initiates RFP cycles, selects bidders, evaluates bid and selects successful bidders, and involved in performance decisions. Identifies stock vs non-stock related tasks.
• Effectively communicate with internal stakeholder departments (Planning, Substation I& C, Electric Field Lab, Construction, Operations & Maintenance, Field Technical Services, EERC, Closeout, Property Accounting, System Protection) to resolve equipment related details (e.g., switch sketches related to existing installations) along with complex control design changes, implantation, testing, and tuning of plant equipment.
• Leads improvements to enhance equipment performance and reliability. Develop cost reduction initiatives by effective utilization of materials and resources through the troubleshooting process.
• Drive technical support to Operations, Maintenance and Dam Safety departments. Including Dam Safety inspections and monitoring and Environmental Health & Safety (Storm Water certified, contamination sampling, drinking water certified, Underground Storage Tank certification, monitor gas and diesel containments and systems).
• Track project milestones and deliverables in spreadsheets and/or databases. This includes requestioning tasks, approval drawings, drawing cycle comment consolidation/resolution, final documentation, test reports archival. Leads continuous improvement forums (e.g., Quality/missing parts/damaged equipment problem solving associated with stakeholder…