Commissioning and Substation Services Engineer - State College Service Center

About the Opportunity This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

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Employees who have not been in their current positions for at least one year or who are in a position with specific requirements beyond one year, must obtain approval from their supervisor before applying.

The selected candidate may be offered a position within the same job family, at a level that is lower than what was posted.

This will be determined based upon the results of the interview process which considers the candidate’s skills, work history, experience level, and other relevant qualifications.

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

This position can be in the following office locations: State College, PA or Altoona, PA

This position is to provide field engineering services and technical support for the maintenance, construction, testing and commissioning of substation equipment up to and including 500kV.

Equipment includes power transformers, circuit breakers, CCVT's, Cap Banks, SVC's, associated relay protection and control equipment, and SCADA systems.

Maintenance and commissioning activities can be of either new or modifications to existing substations.

This position includes a significant amount of time (90% or more) working outside of an office environment at various company and customer substation facilities and service centers.

In addition to maintenance and commissioning activities, there may be occasional technical support for regional substation activities including those in other operating companies.

• Maintaining a safe workplace for coworkers and the community based upon developing knowledge of potential hazards, industry regulations/requirements and company practices.
• Commissioning new substation equipment prior to it being released to system operations.
• Developing check-out guides, review and approving test results and isolation plans, and developing energization plans to minimize system risk.
• Providing limited field design services to correct minor design problems encountered during the implementation of substation capital projects.