Relay Technician Apprentice - Journey

Job Brief

Jump start your career in the utility industry as a Relay Technician.

Join Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, a generation and transmission utility serving central and western Kansas! If you love constant variety and enjoy working with others, our open position in the relay department might be the perfect fit for you! This role, located in either Garden City, KS or Great Bend, KS, requires an aptitude for troubleshooting, reading one-line electrical drawings, and the ability to manage your own schedule and priorities. On a day-to-day basis, this position allows you to maintain and repair remote terminal units, transducers, and other system protection equipment including electro-mechanical and electronic relays, protective controls, and switchboards. At Sunflower, we care about your knowledge & future growth and will place you in an apprenticeship program to help you learn alongside your coworkers.

Opportunities:

• Enjoy the constant variety between time in the field and time in the office.
• Enjoy the friendly, hometown atmosphere of Garden City, KS or Great Bend, KS.
• Receive outstanding benefits including a company-funded pension, and low health insurance premiums.
• Gain experience in an electric utility to further your career.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma
• Apprentice level requires Associate degree in industrial electrical, instrument and control, or electronics field or two years of system protection experience directly related to the installation and maintenance of electro-mechanical and electronic relays and control equipment utilized by electric utilities, or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred.
• Journey level requires four years’ experience as a relay technician with system protection experience directly related to the installation and maintenance of electro-mechanical and electronic relays and control equipment utilized by electric utilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Associate degree in industrial electrical, instrument and control, or electronics field is preferred.
• Refer to the responsibility outlines for a complete list of qualification: Journey Relay Technician or Relay Technician Apprentice

EEI Testing:

We administer selection tests for a variety of positions. The required tests have been developed by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a trade association of investor-owned electric utility companies. We strongly encourage candidates to review all the information, including the sample test brochures, and to use the available practice tests before taking the actual tests, available here:

https://eeitests.org/onlineproducts/signin?token=087768b607ed4f2a86d5243391a4ed50

Practice tests provide sample questions and detailed discussions of the correct answers. It's important to take the practice test as you would the actual one, with similar intensity and concentration. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer.

Note: EEI does not allow access to the actual tests. Testing sessions are held at various locations.

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.