Electrical & Controls TFA

Electrical & Controls TFA (Technical Field Advisor)

Job Description

Department: AMP Operations

Job Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Salary, Non-Exempt

Reports To: Commissioning Manager

Location: The Woodlands Corporate Office

Amount of Travel Required: 80%

Work Schedule:

• Rotational: 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off
• Thursday-Wednesday shift (additional travel before and after)

Positions Supervised: None

AIP Level: 7

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Electrical & Controls TFA (Technical Field Advisor) provides hands on electrical and industrial controls field expertise to install, verify, commission, and troubleshoot mobile truck mounted turbine generator packages and their balance of plant interfaces. This role supports start up and reliability testing through turnover to operations, ensuring safe and reliable service of switchgear, transformers, protection systems, and SCADA/telemetry components.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except for those that begin with the word "may")

• Leads electrical safety by following LOTO, arc flash controls, energized work rules, and permit to work compliance.
• Prepares and participates in JSA/JHA, pre task briefs, and hazard identification for commissioning activities.
• Maintains field discipline across cable management, labeling, torque practices, and controlled access to panels and test areas.
• Ensures all work complies with applicable codes, standards, and client/site requirements.
• Verifies installation and termination of generator output, step up transformer/switchgear interfaces, and associated feeder cabling.
• Verifies grounding and bonding, neutral/earthing schemes, and continuity of protective earth paths.
• Verifies control power (AC/DC), UPS/batteries, heaters, and auxiliary power distribution.
• Executes pre commissioning electrical checks, including continuity, insulation resistance, phase rotation, CT/VT verification, and torque verification.
• Supports switchgear lineup inspections, interlock checks, and breaker control circuit functional verification.
• Verifies controls cabinet readiness, including PLC/RTU, I/O modules, termination quality, and shielding practices.
• Configures and verifies industrial communications, including Ethernet/fiber connections, IP addressing, and time synchronization (NTP).
• Supports protocol connectivity and data flows for Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC UA, and telemetry links to client SCADA/NOC.
• Validates critical alarms, statuses, and control points with client and SCADA stakeholders.
• Executes commissioning procedures and check sheets in accordance with the Commissioning Plan.
• Supports I/O checkout, functional verification, and cause and effect testing of discrete and analog points.
• Validates sequencing, permissives, and interlocks at the electrical/controls boundary.
• Supports E stop, safety circuit verification, and synchronization readiness checks.
• Assists with functional verification of protection and metering interfaces, including breaker status and trip indications.
• Supports load bank and step load testing by capturing data, reviewing trends, and identifying anomalies.
• Diagnoses and resolves issues across grounding, EMI, shielding, sensor mapping, and network stability.
• Maintains configuration control for PLC programs, HMI projects, parameters, and software baselines.
• Completes test packs, commissioning logs, and produces redlines or as built updates for wiring and network details.
• Performs other related duties as assigned to assist with successful operations and business continuity.