This position is responsible for performing safe, efficient and reliable construction, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of electric distribution substation equipment and facilities. This position is responsible for records and reports necessary to maintain electrical service to customers; investigate and perform prompt restoration of service.
2nd Class
This position will assist in the construction, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of electric distribution substation equipment and facilities in a safe, efficient and reliable manner.
Substation Technician 2nd Class
Education
Minimum: High School or GED
Minimum: Substation apprenticeship training or other related education required for progression or advancement in classification.
Experience
Preferred: Two (2) years progressive substation experience or an equivalent position with a distribution electric utility or related industry is preferred.
Education and/or Experience Notes In lieu of progressive substation experience, a line or relay technician with a minimum of five (5) years of field experience with a distribution electric utility, contractor, or related industry may be considered.
Substation Technician 1st Class
Education
Minimum: High School or GED
Minimum: Certification as a Journey Substation Technician from an accredited substation apprentice program.
Experience
Minimum: Four (4) years progressive substation experience.
Preferred: Advancement from SECO Energy’s Substation Technician 2nd Class position. Experience or similar work with a distribution electric utility, contractor, or related industry.
Education and/or Experience Notes In lieu of Certification as a Journey Substation Technician from an accredited substation apprentice program, a line or relay technician with a minimum of four (4) years of progressive substation experience with a distribution electric utility, contractor, or related industry may be considered.
Substation Technician 1st & 2nd Class
Other Requirements
Ability to operate a variety of office equipment, including a personal computer, printers, copy machines and telephone.
Ability to work irregular hours for assignment completion and flexibility to change scheduling and report to work on short notice during emergency situations.
A valid Florida driver’s license for regular driving privileges of a company vehicle; must have and maintain an acceptable driving record as determined by SECO Energy.
The normal work week consists of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days, Monday through Friday, or four (4) consecutive ten (10) hour days, Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight with one-half hour meal break.
The Cooperative will determine if an eight (8) hour or ten (10) hour schedule will be used and shall establish the normal schedule of starting and quitting time.
Shift schedules may be changed by giving a 36-hour notice of the changed schedule.
Successful completion of pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen.
Living Requirement
To ensure timely response to call-outs, must live within 40-miles radius from the assigned reporting location. Employees who live more than a 40-mile radiusfrom their assigned reporting location must relocate within 6 months of employment. A maximum of one (1) hour will be allowed for response to call-outs. All employees living within the thirty (30) mile radius and are subject to call-outs, are expected to meet the one (1) hour response requirement as stated in Article 10.5. Those employees living over thirty (30) miles but no more than forty (40) miles and subject to call-outs will be required to report within ninety (90) minutes. Regardless of the living distance, employees that are on-call and provided with a SECO vehicle are required to respond within forty-five (45) minutes as detailed in Article 10.5.
Driving Requirements
Class A CDL - no restriction for airbrake and tractor trailer
SECO Energy is a not-for-profit electric cooperative serving over 230,000 homes and businesses across seven counties in Central Florida, making SECO the third-largest electric co-op in Florida and the seventh largest in the nation. One of the most important distinctions between other types of utilities and SECO is that we are member owned.
Our members have a voice in the co-op’s decision-making process. They elect a nine-member Board of Trustees, who meet monthly to monitor the financial status of the Cooperative and make policy decisions in the best interest of the membership.
SECO’s wholesale power provider is Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., one of the largest generation and transmission cooperatives in the nation, serving 1.9 million consumers in Florida. Seminole is owned by nine electric distribution cooperatives, and SECO Energy is one of those nine member-owners.