Lead P&C Technician Field Services

WSP
San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesExperience: 11+ yearsEducation: high_schoolSkills: ["Leadership","Troubleshooting","Communication","Quality focus","Safety focus"]

Lead field operations for protection and control testing on high-voltage utility substations across Texas and Louisiana. Perform on-site protective relay testing and advanced test sequence validation using Omicron and Doble equipment, ensuring alignment to plans, standards, and client specs. Coordinate with engineering, manage site logistics, mentor technicians, lead safety/quality activities, and document results using digital tools and mobile applications.

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Lead P&C Technician Field Services

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Job Summary

Lead field operations for protection and control testing on high-voltage utility substations across Texas and Louisiana. Perform on-site protective relay testing and advanced test sequence validation using Omicron and Doble equipment, ensuring alignment to plans, standards, and client specs. Coordinate with engineering, manage site logistics, mentor technicians, lead safety/quality activities, and document results using digital tools and mobile applications.
Location: San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead field operations for complex construction, environmental, and infrastructure projects, providing technical guidance and oversight of daily site activities.
  • •Execute and validate protection and control testing sequences, troubleshooting technical challenges while maintaining quality and safety standards.
  • •Coordinate with engineers, scientists, and subcontractors to deliver field tasks efficiently and in compliance with regulatory and client requirements.
  • •Mentor technicians, manage site logistics, and ensure consistent performance across work streams while reporting escalations to project leadership.
  • •Maintain safety culture and lead health and safety protocols, job hazard analyses, quality control procedures, and accurate data collection/reporting using digital tools.
Travel: Extensive travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionDisabilityLife InsuranceRetirement Savings

Key Requirements

  • •High school diploma or equivalent.
  • •Minimum 11 years of experience in the electrical testing industry, including medium/high voltage circuit breakers, power transformers, instrument transformers, and substation protection and controls testing.
  • •Demonstrable expertise on transmission, generation, or distribution relays and protective schemes.
  • •Advanced technical skills performing relay calibration and protective testing using test sets/measuring devices such as Omicron CMC 256/356 and Doble F6150.
  • •Strong working knowledge of field testing standards, including NETA, IEEE, and NFPA applicable standards.
Experience:11+ yearsElectrical testingPower systemsUtility substationsProtective relaysProtection and control
Education:High School
Skills:LeadershipTroubleshootingCommunicationQuality focusSafety focus
Licenses:Driver’s license
Certifications:OSHA 30-hourOSHA 40-hourHAZWOPER
Tech Stack:Omicron CMC 256/356Omicron CMC 256Omicron CMC 356Doble F6150SEL-311LSEL-387SEL-487SEL-421SEL-351SGE L90GE D60ProTesTProtection SuiteENOSERV RTSOmicron Test UniverseAcSELerator Quickset

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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