Engineering Technician
Talascend is currently seeking an Engineering Technician for a contract opportunity with our client in Greenville, South Carolina.
Overview
Work as an engineering technologist supporting electric utility disciplines through field inspections, engineering design work, and calculations. Coordinate with permit agencies, right-of-way specialists, system owners, and field leaders, and provide engineering support during construction including post-construction reviews and outage root cause analysis.
Responsibilities
- Review work provided by client and assess requirements of scopes.
- Provide engineering support during construction, including post-construction reviews to ensure all applicable engineering and construction standards have been met.
- Conduct root cause analysis of outages and mitigation using engineering principles and design.
- Travel to sites as needed, perform inspections, and return to the office to perform engineering design work; about 80% of your time will be spent traveling locally and regionally, collecting field data that will assist in the development of electrical design work packages.
- Coordinate with permit agencies, right-of-way specialists, system owners, field leaders, forestry leaders, and 3rd party owners for joint-owned poles.
- Engage with technical design and client standards to ensure quality and timeliness of design deliverables to QA/QC.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Associates degree or higher in engineering technology or related is preferred.
- Strong background in utility distribution design work.
- Power industry experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in outdoor environments, as some field work could be required.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
- Valid US driver's license required.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the duties of this position through relevant experience, training, or education.
Preferred Qualifications
- Power/utilities experience.
- Previous experience with field data collection.
Shift
40 hours per week, 5 days.
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We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.