# P&C Test Engineer I, II, III

**Company**: Southern Company
**Location**: Augusta
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

### Job Description

This posting is for Protection & Control Field Services Engineer positions based in the Nuclear Transmission Maintenance Area of Augusta, GA.

The successful candidates will be responsible for the Protection & Control (P&C) Field Services activities in their respective area. Safety and Quality are paramount in this position.

### JOB REQUIREMENTS

#### Education Requirements

- 4-year Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required

#### Experience

- P&C Field Services experience

- Professional Engineering License is a plus

- Electric power utility transmission construction, maintenance, or operations experience

- Related substation experience (P&C Applications, Design, Construction, Major Equipment, Project Management, etc.)

#### Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Knowledge of 3-phase power systems, AC/DC Protection & Control Schemes, Fault Analysis

- Familiar with test equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, communications instruments, and computerized relay test sets.

- Candidate must possess ability to solve problems and make decisions while managing projects with multiple priorities

- Ability to communicate across multiple work groups including customers, covered employees, and leadership

- Familiar with computer programs including but not limited to Microsoft Office products (Word, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

### Other Requirements

- Must possess a valid driver’s license.

- Successful candidates shall participate in callout rotation and be available to respond to outages or other abnormal conditions outside of their normal work schedule.

- Overnight travel is sometimes required.

- Safety sensitive position subject to relevant pre-employment screening(s) to determine fitness for duty.

- Field position requiring the physical ability to operate manual switches and work in a substation environment.

- Must live in/near or be willing to relocate within reasonable distance to the office location.

- Must be able to pass the standard Southern Company background check, drug screen, and NERC Background check.

### JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES

#### Job Responsibilities

- Commissioning, testing, maintaining, and troubleshooting protective relaying, controls, and communication equipment associated with substation and transmission power lines.

- Complete construction projects and substation routines as assigned, ensuring they are completed without service interruptions. This includes managing clearances effectively to meet quality, schedule, and budget targets.

- Coordinating substation outages and commissioning activities with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Handle trouble calls as needed.

- Develop and use safe and efficient work practices to prevent safety and operational incidents. Follow formal written requirements. Conduct job briefings to identify and mitigate safety and operational risks.

- Develop and share technical expertise in 3-phase power, relaying, SCADA, and substation testing techniques with others through daily work.

- Isolate hazards and damaged equipment during emergencies to safely and efficiently restore service

#### Behavioral Attributes

- Incorporate Human Performance tools into daily work practices

- Self-motivated to produce results without direct supervision

- Customer focus

- Desires hands-on field experience likes working outdoors

- Questioning attitude

- Active learner seeking to expand knowledge of GPC and Southern Company maintenance practices, guidelines, and procedures for substation and line major equipment and relays.

## Skills

### Required
- 3-phase power systems
- AC/DC Protection & Control Schemes
- Fault Analysis
- voltmeters
- ammeters
- ohmmeters
- communications instruments
- computerized relay test sets
- Microsoft Office
- Project Management

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