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Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions,
specialised testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global
reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean
future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.
We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:
- Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
- Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-
leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.
- Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes – together we are more than the
sum of parts.
- Our Customers: Customers fuel this company and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and
loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
- Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to
what we do.
Electrical Technician (High Voltage Lab)
Number of positions: 1 Job Location:
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Resident
Annual salary: $64,132 - 69,153
What you'll do
- Sets up and carries out electrical tests under the supervision of an engineer or technologist.
- Performs laboratory measurements following established procedures and records the results.
- Operates computers and test instruments as required for testing. Performs routine repairs, maintenance and calibration of
electrical test equipment, tools and instruments.
- Builds or modifies test jigs and support structures to be used for electrical tests.
- Specifies and purchases materials and equipment needed for routine operation of electrical test labs.
- Maintains test facilities in a safe and organized condition.
- Maintains log books and files to document tests performed, operating procedures, equipment calibration, etc.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties which do not affect the rating of the job. This includes the
performance of duties across disciplines in a job of the same or lower job group.
What you bring
Certificate of Technology from an Institute of Technology in Electronics (power/control option), Electrical, Power,
Telecommunications, Instrumentation or Automation disciplines with preference given to the discipline directly relating to the
position or lab.
Two (2) years of related experience working in a lab setting up and performing tests on a variety of electrical equipment,
components and cables.
As the largest test lab on the west coast of North America, the High Voltage lab is capable of conducting distribution-to
transmission-level high-voltage tests on all types of equipment, including transformers, insulators, switchgear, bushings,
cables and accessories, instrument transformers, transmission line hardware, surge arrestors, SF6 insulated equipment,
generators, insulated aerial lift devices, and transformer rectifier units (TRUs). The lab offers a full range of qualification
and certification tests to IEEE, IEC, CSA, ANSI and other international standards, as well as custom testing solutions.
Condition assessment tests may be performed in the field or in the lab to evaluate the equipment condition.
- Certificate/ Diploma in Electrical Technology discipline is required for this role
- General technical knowledge in generation, transmission, maintenance, apparatus, civil structures and/or control functions
would be an asset
- Introductory knowledge of project management
- Knowledge of substation and/or distribution equipment would be an asset
- Testing of substation and/or distribution equipment would be an asset
- Drafting skills would be an asset
- Experience High Currents, High Power and/or High Voltage is desirable
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