Nuclear Relay Technician

IBEWE 94

Summary

Job Responsibilities

• Performs the duties required in connection with the installation, operation and maintenance of all types of protective and auxiliary relays and associated equipment in generating stations, switching stations, substations, customer's installations and field locations.  
• Performs all work in the shop or field associated with relays and supervisory control and data acquisition equipment with the exception of data base configuration and maintenance.  Perform field revisions to any prints as required.
• Pull and terminate control cable required for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and removal of all relays and associated relay equipment.

Job Qualifications

Meet the Company's "General Requirements"; and, in addition:

•  High School diploma or GED.

•  Ability to complete the Company courses relating to their occupational group.
•  Ability to acquire a good working knowledge of the Company's operating and maintenance handbooks and manuals insofar as they pertain to this work, including the safety rules and practices as set forth therein.
•  Ability to understand the functioning of apparatus, control circuits and testing equipment and be able to understand and apply manufacturer's instructions for testing, adjustment and maintenance of protective equipment.
•  Ability to obtain a general knowledge of the system layout in the area assigned.
•  Ability to obtain a general knowledge of the theory of relay operation and the records relating thereto.
•  Neat, clean and orderly in work and person and able to meet the public in a pleasant and tactful manner.
•  Have qualities of patience, preciseness, manual dexterity, and the ability to exercise due care on work assignments.
•  Proficient in the application of approved methods of artificial respiration.
•  Successfully completed the Relay Technician's portion of the preemployment test, except that an employee hired prior to May 1, 1983 who has or obtains a high school diploma or its equivalent, having taken courses in physics and mathematics including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, does not have to complete the preemployment test.
•  Able to follow instructions and perform routine operations.
•  Have the mechanical and mental aptitudes suited to relay work.
•  Have the ability to learn:
       •  The reading of blueprints and wiring diagrams and the making of simple field sketches.
       •  The practices involved in the operation and maintenance of relays and associated equipment.
       •  The identification and use of instruments, tools, and equipment commonly used in this work.
•  Ability to complete satisfactorily Company courses in Fundamentals of Electricity DC and AC.
•  Sufficient understanding of mathematics and other subjects necessary for satisfactory progress in advanced relay work. (Satisfactory completion of additional work in mathematics and electricity in a recognized technical or correspondence school for the equivalent of one school year, will meet this requirement.)
•  Ability to acquire sufficient knowledge of electronic circuits to perform work as applied in relay protection and in supervisory control.
•  Resourceful and be able to use good judgment in this work; must be capable of good workmanship and able to work on energized relays without causing interruption to service.
•  Assemble, disassemble, repair and adjust all types of facility electrical equipment which operates at a nominal voltage of 120 volts.
•  Install, check, test, repair and remove temporary power and light as required, up to 120 volts.
•  Perform minor repairs to equipment, such as leads on electrical equipment 220V and under.
•  Analyze, check, and repair lighting circuits to 277 volts.  Assist other occupational groups.
•  Able to qualify for an auto driver's license to operate motor vehicles in the State of New Jersey.
•  Must meet nuclear requirements for Unescorted Site Access.
•  A valid Real ID or an approved form of alternate documentation (see