Power Cable Tech Specialist
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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Power Cable Technician to join our Power Operations Organization. Power Operation Organization delivers electrical energy to customers in th.
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Responsibilities
- Supervise and perform high potential cable testing to 230 KV
- Install, repair and maintain all HV transmission/distribution cables (solid dielectric, PILCA, LPOF, submarine)
- Locate cable or equipment faults and determine nature of repairs
- Track discrepancies, maintain technical library, and audit equipment recording cable routes
- Acquire clearances, perform switching, receive work permits and restore equipment to service
- Supervise and perform preventive maintenance on high voltage cable and equipment terminations
- Perform splices, terminations, taps, potheads, transitions, and elbows from construction drawings
- Locate cable faults by tracing and marking routes, using thumping and high voltage burn set
- Train subordinate technicians in diagnostics, troubleshooting, test, repair, and maintenance procedures
- Use various testing equipment like Insulation resistance, Partial discharge, VLF, Tan delta, TDR, Hi Pot AC/DC
- Install and maintain high voltage cables including solid dielectric, PILCA, LPOF, submarine cables
- Supervise cable excavation, ensure de energization and safety grounding, and oversee cable laying
Requirements
- Experience in underground power cable installations and repairs
- Experience with fault location, cable location, testing, maintenance, and commissioning for power cables rated 2.4KV 115KV
- Ability to supervise junior underground power cable unit personnel
- Knowledge of high potential cable testing up to 230 KV
- Experience with various cable types: solid dielectric, PILCA, LPOF, submarine
- Proficiency in using testing equipment like Insulation resistance, Partial discharge, VLF, Tan delta, TDR, Hi Pot AC/DC
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Role Overview
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Power Cable Technician to join our Power Operations Organization.
- Power Operation Organization delivers electrical energy to customers in the safest, most reliable and economical manner.
- Your primary role is to perform underground power cable installations and repairs including fault location, cable location, testing, maintenance, and commissioning for power cables rated 2.4KV 115KV in the field.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and perform high potential cable testing to 230 KV, perform megger tests to determine faulted phases and assist phasing of energized conductors to 35 KV.
- Install, repair and maintain all HV transmission/distribution cables (solid dielectric, PILCA, LPOF, submarine) and conducts required testing to meet standards.
- Locate cable or equipment faults and operating irregularities by making the necessary diagnostical tests, measurements, analysis and determine nature of repairs or modifications to be made, and replacement parts required.
- Track discrepancies, maintain a technical library, and continuously audit equipment recording cable routes, IDs, specs, conditions, test results, past failures and needed fixes.
- Acquire clearances, perform switching, receive work permits and restore equipment to service; when such activities are required to perform work in a timely manner.
- Supervise and perform preventive maintenance on high voltage cable and equipment terminations for substation switchgear, transformers, and ancillary electrical equipment.
- Perform splices, terminations, taps, potheads, transitions, and elbows from detailed construction drawings and manufacturer's instructions.
- Locate cable faults by tracing and marking routes, testing both ends, identifying splices/disturbances, using thumping and high voltage burn set to clear high resistance faults, pinpointing the exact fault, repairing it, checking oil pressure, sealing LPOF leaks and refilling oil.
- Train subordinate technicians in diagnostics, troubleshooting, test, repair, and maintenance procedures /methods.
- Use various testing equipment like Insulation resistance, and Partial discharge, Very Low Frequency, Tan delta power factor, Time Domain Reflector, Hi Protentional AC/DC.
- Install and maintain high voltage cables (e.g., solid dielectric, paper insulated lead covered (PILCA) cables, low pressure oil filled (LPOF) cables, and submarine cables and testing of high pressure oil filled (HPOF) cables) and performs splicing, terminations, and testing.
- Supervise cable excavation, ensure de energization and safety grounding, and oversees cable laying for high and medium voltage cables.
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