Job Description
Relay Technician FirstEnergy at a Glance We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts. About the Opportunity This is an open position with Ohio Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. This is a full-time, on-site position located at the Marion, OH Service Center. Summary Relay Technicians must have a working knowledge of substation protection, control, relaying, metering equipment and their complex protective relaying schemes. A relay tech inspects, tests, adjusts, calibrates, trouble shoots, repairs and installs transmission/distribution system protection equipment. Tech must be able to understand switching, cascade, prints, computer, logic and labeling systems to the point that when any combination of the above are wrong, the tech can catch the error and remedy the situation while safely completing their task for the day. The Testing of protection schemes are often required to be done in service, so a thorough understanding of print reading is crucial to properly identify and isolate any scheme under test. Microprocessor relays require the ability to interface with various devices to download event files or capture test data. This interfacing requires understanding of how to use various specialized substation computing system software such as RTS, Powerbase, Doble Protest, Doble Prosuite, PASS, Omicron, AcSelerator and many others, all while strictly adhering to NERC CIP