Metering/Apparatus Technician

Metering/Apparatus Technician

Homer Electric Association (HEA) is a member-owned electric utility serving the central and southern areas of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We are seeking a Metering/Apparatus Technician at the Kenai facility. We truly believe in the cooperative values of integrity, accountability, innovation, and commitment to community and a successful candidate will have an opportunity to directly impact these values.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installs and maintains large power load and substation metering equipment and ensures that an adequate inventory of these items is maintained.
• Receives, inspects, and tests new meters, and maintains meter inventory records.
• Tests, repairs, and replaces single and polyphase meters.
• Investigates and resolves consumer complaints involving power quality and metering.
• Installs and maintains low voltage AC & DC systems, removes, tests, adjusts, and repairs protective relaying devices, SCADA hardware and software, and related equipment.
• Performs maintenance testing and repair of the internal workings of substation and line equipment.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Associate degree in electronics or electrical technology.
• Two years' experience in maintaining and installing power metering devices and protective relaying equipment.
• Four years of additional electrical experience may be submitted for degree.

REQUIRED LICENSES, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Must submit a valid Alaska Driver's license and maintain a good driving record.
• Must possess and maintain a current CPR/First Aid card.
• Must be familiar with the operation of meter and relay test equipment.
• Knowledge of National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) and applicable OSHA regulations.
• Ability to apply rational thinking to solve practical problems and to comprehend instructions.
• Ability to mathematically add, subtract, multiply, and divide, work with decimals and fractions, and understand and calculate measurements.
• Ability to read and comprehend relevant instruction manuals, construction drawings, electrical diagrams, and maps.

HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

Homer Electric Association, Inc. (HEA) is locally owned, and locally managed, and currently employs 139 people from the communities. The Cooperative provides affordable, reliable, quality energy services to its members and is governed by a nine-member elected Board of Directors. With more than 35,000 member accounts and over 2,400 miles of electric line in a 3,166 square mile service territory, members can benefit from the convenience of electric services their cooperative provides.