Protection & Control Electrician ; PaCE

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served.

Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound.

Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Seattle City Light is seeking two self‑motivated, team oriented and positive Protection and Control (Relay) Electricians (PaCE I) to join the Transmission and Distribution Division. Protection and Control Electrician’s work requires knowledge of the principles and theories of electrical power distribution, ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, familiarity with electrical codes, regulations, procedures, methods and tools used in working with 2200‑volt and higher equipment, and safety rules and procedures.

This two‑level class is the first in the Protection and Control Electrician Class Series. Positions at the first level are electrical journey workers fully qualified to work on 2200‑volt and higher equipment training for qualification as a Protection and Control Electrician II.

A Protection and Control Electrician I usually works under the direction and oversight of a Protection and Control Electrician II.

These positions will report to the Protection & Control Electrician Crew Chief.

• Conduct protective equipment commissioning by testing circuits, protection schemes and performing operational tests on the protection system, verifying implementation with blueprints, schematics and manuals.
• Inspect, test, calibrate and repair relaying circuits, relays, control circuits or load‑measuring equipment in generating plants and substations according to routine maintenance schedules.
• Troubleshoot problems in protection and monitoring schemes of high voltage equipment using blueprints, schematics, manufacturer’s drawings and a variety of different test equipment.
• Provide technical support to other units and utilities as requested.
• Communicate with and control test equipment (e.g., breaker time/motion analyzers, power system simulators, meters, oscilloscopes, insulation power factor test sets, microprocessor‑based relays using computers and various proprietary software and hardware configurations). Prepares reports, graphs and charts to inform other units, divisions, utilities or manufacturers of test results, problems or issues resulting from equipment or circuit testing.
• Mark drawings to reflect changes made in the field (red line drawings).
• Load current transformers for operational and polarity checks to ensure equipment is not damaged or out of tolerance.
• Repair testing and load equipment.
• Execute engineer's test procedures.
• Performs other related duties of a comparable level/type as assigned.

In addition to the skills and experience mentioned below, a successful applicant will have experience that reflects a commitment to creating fair and equitable outcomes and has:

• The Protection and Control Electrician I work requires a minimum of four years in a high voltage electrical apprentice classification or program working under a journey‑level electrician of which one year of experience is working on 2,200 Volt or higher voltage equipment, or electrical journey level standing with at least one year of experience working on 2,200 Volt or higher voltage equipment (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background).
• A Protection and Control Electrician I incumbent must meet the minimum qualifications for and pass the Protection and Control Electrician II exam within two years from the date of appointment.
• The Protection and Control Electrician II work requires successful completion of an examination covering the principles and practices associated with Protection and Control Electrician II work.

Current Washington State driver's license.

Work around energized high voltage equipment and work on energized circuits or equipment. Work at heights of approximately 40 feet or less on top of…