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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates advanced expertise in troubleshooting and configuring complex power systems, including PLCs, switchgear, and generator controls. Proven ability to lead field assignments, mentor junior engineers, and ensure project completion within budget and schedule constraints.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Advanced Experience With Low- And Medium-Voltage SwitchgearPLC-Based Controls Configuration And TroubleshootingField Leadership And Team CoordinationTechnical Reporting And Customer CommunicationExperience With ABB Energy Commander Or Comparable Systems
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Hard Skills
PLC Ladder Logic ModificationGenerator Controls ConfigurationLoad-Sharing Systems TroubleshootingElectrical And Control Drawings InterpretationTesting And Configuration Of Protective RelaysModbus Communication SetupIndustrial NetworkingCommissioning Test Equipment OperationEmergency Standby Generation ExpertiseData Center Commissioning
Soft Skills
Analytical Problem-SolvingCustomer Relationship ManagementField LeadershipEffective CommunicationMentoring Junior Engineers
Tools & Technologies
ABB AC500Proficy Machine EditionCP600 HMI/Panel BuilderCimplicityWoodward EasyGenGE/Emerson RX3i PLCsAutomation BuilderSEL/Schweitzer RelaysMultilin RelaysBasler Relays
Industry Keywords
Emergency Power SystemsComplex Load ManagementUtility ParallelingBMS IntegrationSCADA Integration
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesSwitching
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay transfer schemes
- Lead functional and integrated testing of emergency/standby power systems
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls, load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and communications
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and authorized modifications of PLC ladder logic, PLC I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters
- Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, and customer BMS/EPMS/SCADA communications
- Interpret one-line diagrams, schematics, interconnection drawings, sequence-of-operations documents, coordination studies, settings files, and commissioning procedures
- Lead on-site technical execution, coordinate daily work, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support on-time, on-budget project completion
- Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians
- Serve as a senior escalation resource for remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency response
- Complete field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entry, expense reporting, and customer-facing status updates
- Protect ABB and customer assets, control job costs, and identify quality, productivity, and service improvements
- Build customer relationships by translating technical findings into actions, recommendations, risks, and recovery plans
Requirements
What you’ll need- High school diploma or GED with 7+ years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor degree with 5+ years in a related field
- Demonstrated independent field capability on highly complex assignments
- Advanced experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and mission-critical power systems
- Hands-on experience leading startup and commissioning activities, coordinating energization and switching, troubleshooting under schedule pressure, and directing multi-person site teams
- Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex electrical and control drawings and apply approved engineering methods in the field
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, customer communication, technical reporting, and field leadership skills
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments
- Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment requirements
- Authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable
- Preferred experience with ABB Energy Commander or comparable paralleling switchgear and controls
- Experience with GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs, Proficy Machine Edition, ABB AC500, Automation Builder, CP600 HMI/Panel Builder, Cimplicity, or comparable platforms
- Experience with Woodward EasyGen and LS5 generator controls and load-sharing systems
- Experience with ABB, SEL/Schweitzer, Multilin, Basler, or Woodward protective relays and testing/configuration tools
- Experience with Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA integration
- Experience with low- and medium-voltage breaker testing, CT/PT verification, relay testing, primary/secondary injection, turns-ratio, winding-resistance, insulation, power-factor, hipot, phase-rotation, and related commissioning test equipment
- Experience with utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, data center commissioning, and third-party commissioning coordination
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive travel accommodations, lodging, and per diem
- Choice between two medical plan options
- Choice between two dental plan options
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D
- Short Term Disability — up to 26 weeks — Company paid
- Long Term Disability — 60% of pay — Company paid, with buy-up option to 66 2/3%
- Supplemental benefits: accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
- Parental Leave — up to 6 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
- 11 paid holidays
- Vacation based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions
- Tools and freedom to grow skills and shape career path