Commissioning Specialist – Protection & Electrical Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Latin America.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the commissioning process for protection systems related to hydro generators and their associated equipment.

• Conduct configuration, testing, and validation of digital relays and Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) utilizing secondary current and voltage injection methods.

• Confirm protection logic, cause-and-effect matrices, trip circuits, alarms, and interlock systems.

• Execute comprehensive integration testing between protection, control, automation, and excitation systems.

• Observe protection performance during initial rollouts, synchronization, and load rejection tests.

• Examine sequence-of-events (SOE) records and oscillography to verify system integrity.

• Inspect CT and VT circuits to ensure proper connections and polarity compliance.

• Draft procedures and technical reports, and assist Engineering in rectifying design errors or inconsistencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A technical or university degree in Electrical Technology, Electronics, Automation, or Electrical Engineering.

• Prior experience in commissioning protection systems at hydroelectric power facilities.

• Technical expertise in digital relays, IEDs, and secondary injection testing equipment.

• Understanding of protection functionalities for generators, transformers, and auxiliary systems.

• Intermediate proficiency in English.

• Willingness to travel and undertake extended assignments or relocation within Latin American countries.

• Basic knowledge of Spanish is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance provided: No