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HV/MV experience in solar fields is highly preferred. Position Summary The Solar / Substation Electrical Technician II supports operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair activities at utility-scale solar power plants with single-axis trackers, central inverters, medium-voltage collection systems, and high-voltage substations. This role is intended for a developing technician with solid field experience who can perform routine work independently and support more advanced electrical, substation, and medium-voltage tasks under the direction of senior technicians, electricians, engineers, or supervisors. Required Skills and Qualifications Utility-Scale Solar Plant Experience Experience operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting utility-scale solar PV systems. Working knowledge of single-axis tracker systems, including tracker controllers, motors, slew drives, dampers, alignment issues, communication alarms, and mechanical failures. Experience supporting maintenance and troubleshooting of central inverters, including basic startup, shutdown, fault resets, cooling systems, fans, filters, contactors, alarms, and inverter communication issues. Ability to troubleshoot PV strings, combiner boxes, DC feeders, inverters, transformers, and plant auxiliary systems. Basic understanding of DC and AC electrical systems used in utility-scale solar power plants. Ability to recognize abnormal plant conditions that may affect safety, production, or reliability. Medium-Voltage and Substation Support Experience working around medium-voltage and high-voltage equipment under established safety procedures. Familiarity with common substation equipment, including breakers, disconnect switches, transformers, PTs, CTs, relays, batteries, chargers, SCADA cabinets, and control circuits. Ability to assist with switching, LOTO, inspections, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities under supervision. Ability to read and follow one-line diagrams, equipment drawings, wiring diagrams, and basic control schematics. Ability to identify visible equipment deficiencies such as oil leaks, damaged bushings, loose connections, blown fuses, failed heaters, damaged wiring, corrosion, overheating, or abnormal equipment indications. Medium-Voltage Cable Systems Experience assisting with installation, inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of medium-voltage underground cable systems. Ability to support medium-voltage cable splicing and terminations under supervision, including cable preparation, insulation removal, semicon removal, conductor preparation, grounding, shielding, and jacket restoration. Familiarity with common medium-voltage cable accessories, including cold-shrink terminations, heat-shrink terminations, molded splices, elbows, T-body connectors, dead-break connectors, junction bars, and grounding kits. Ability to recognize obvious cable system defects such as damaged jackets, poor workmanship, contamination, moisture intrusion, tracking, overheated terminations, failed connectors, and damaged shields. Ability to assist with medium-voltage cable testing, including insulation resistance testing, VLF testing, tan delta testing, continuity checks, phasing, and grounding verification. Ability to assist with underground cable fault locating using sectionalizing, thumping, TDR, acoustic pinpointing, and fault confirmation methods. Ability to follow cable schedules, collection system layouts, trench maps, splice maps, and as-built drawings. Electrical Testing and Troubleshooting Skilled in basic electrical troubleshooting using digital multimeters, clamp meters, insulation resistance testers, phase rotation meters, and thermal cameras. Ability to perform or assist with insulation resistance testing, continuity checks, voltage checks, control circuit troubleshooting, and basic equipment verification. Experience troubleshooting low-voltage AC/DC systems, including DC systems up to 1500VDC, and AC systems up to 1000VAC. Ability to assist with medium-voltage and high-voltage troubleshooting under qualified supervision. Basic understanding of voltage, current, resistance, power, grounding, bonding, fusing, relays, contactors, and protection circuits. Ability to troubleshoot basic control power issues, blown fuses, failed relays, loose wiring, auxiliary contacts, and field device failures. SCADA, Communications, and Controls Experience using SCADA systems to monitor alarms, inverter status, tracker status, breaker status, metering data, and plant performance. Ability to assist with troubleshooting communication failures involving inverters, trackers, meters, weather stations, relays, RTUs, fiber, Ethernet, serial communication, and network switches. Basic understanding of plant control systems, curtailment commands, power factor control, reactive power control, and utility dispatch requirements. Ability to review alarm history, equipment status, field indications, and event logs to support troubleshooting. Safety and Compliance Working knowledge of electrical safety practices, including LOTO, arc flash boundaries, shock hazards, test-before-touch, stored energy, and energized work controls. Familiarity with

NFPA 70E, OSHA

electrical safety practices, and site-specific switching and clearance procedures. Ability to follow switching orders, clearance procedures, job hazard analyses, energized work permits, and customer safety requirements. Ability to work around medium-voltage and high-voltage equipment while maintaining procedural discipline. Ability to recognize unsafe conditions and stop work when necessary. Understanding of grounding, verification of absence of voltage, stored-energy hazards, and safe work practices around energized or previously energized equipment. Mechanical and Field Skills Ability to inspect, troubleshoot, and repair tracker mechanical systems, torque tubes, dampers, module clamps, gearboxes, motors, linkages, and structural components. Experience using hand tools, power tools, torque tools, hydraulic tools, and basic field repair methods. Ability to work outdoors in harsh conditions, including heat, wind, dust, uneven terrain, and remote project sites. Ability to operate or work around utility vehicles, lifts, skid steers, telehandlers, and other site equipment where qualified. Ability to complete field repairs while maintaining safe work practices and acceptable workmanship standards. Documentation and Reporting Ability to document troubleshooting steps, test results, corrective actions, equipment deficiencies, and follow-up recommendations. Ability to read and follow OEM manuals, drawings, test reports, commissioning documents, maintenance procedures, and equipment specifications. Ability to write clear daily reports, work summaries, inspection findings, and service notes. Strong attention to detail when recording equipment names, device numbers, serial numbers, test values, dates, and alarm history. Teamwork and Development Ability to work independently on routine tasks and under direction on advanced technical work. Ability to support senior technicians during complex troubleshooting, switching, testing, cable repair, and substation work. Strong communication skills with operators, supervisors, engineers, customers, and site personnel. Willingness to learn advanced testing, substation maintenance, cable work, and plant troubleshooting. Ability to follow company procedures, customer requirements, and safe work practices. Preferred Skills NETA testing experience or similar electrical testing background. Experience assisting with relay testing, relay settings review, event records, or protection troubleshooting. Experience with SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB, SMA, Sungrow, Power Electronics, Nextracker, Array Technologies, or similar equipment. Experience with thermal imaging inspections. Experience supporting commissioning, energization, outage work, or corrective maintenance. Familiarity with NERC, PRC-005, utility interconnection requirements, and power plant compliance tasks. Medium-voltage cable splicing and termination training or supervised field experience. Experience with 15 kV, 25 kV, and 35 kV shielded power cable systems. Experience assisting with underground collection system fault locating and emergency cable repair work. CDL, forklift, aerial lift, or telehandler certification.

OSHA 10, OSHA 30, NFPA 70E

training, CPR/First Aid, or equivalent safety certifications.

Pay:

$30.11 - $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Parental leave Professional development assistance Relocation assistance Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person