Experience: Must have a high school diploma and greater than 10 years of Relay experience performing field protection, SCADA, and Control work. In lieu of 10 years of Relay experience, must have a post high school technical degree/certification and 6 years of Relay experience.

A relay planner will plan and schedule all activities associated with Relay construction and maintenance. These activities encompass all work inside 13-500kV electrical substations and include developing outage sequence plans, ensuring timely material delivery, submitting outage requests, updating the project team, and planning and tracking the work activities for civil, electrical, and relay crews. Candidates are expected have complex skills and the ability to work with minimal technical oversight and lead construction and maintenance activities scheduling calls of any complexity.

The Relay planner is expected to have proficient working knowledge in the calibration, installation, maintenance, and operation of the following: protective relays and associated equipment which will ensure the efficient, safe, reliable, and NERC Reliability Standards compliant operation of Duke Energy Generating plants, Transmission and Distribution networks.

This position will be responsible for planning and sequencing in complex, multiphase relay construction and maintenance activities. Candidates are expected have complex technical skills and interpersonal skills to ensure safe and productive project execution. Candidates will also be responsible for coordinating with Transmission, Distribution, and Generation leadership, and resolve technical issues.

Candidates must demonstrate basic computer skills. Responsible to practice and set an example of safe project planning and scheduling. Must possess good communication skills, including working with others to create good working conditions. Support of corporate, group, department and unit goals including compliance with the Duke Energy Supplier Code of Conduct. Self-motivated with good leadership qualities that include good planning and scheduling decision making skills. Capabilities:

Has professional safety behavior and holds high expectation of others to work safely and follow safe work practices
Has expert verbal communications skills and the use of 3-way communications, concurrent and independent verification
Can review and critique isolation procedures and project sequencing
Can provides peer level P&C technical support
Can remain focused under internal and external pressures, leads team while under pressure and ensures all distractions are eliminated
Can plan and sequence any construction or maintenance activities, within any station, no matter the sensitivity and complexity
Has working knowledge and experience at installing, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting carriers, tone equipment, traps and tuners, MP or EM relays
Can lead teams to ensure documentation and files are accurate and submitted in timely fashion with no issues