Substation Equipment Specialist
Tucker, GAFull-timeSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Substation Equipment Specialist performs preventive and corrective maintenance, replacements, and upgrades on GTC switches and other major substation equipment. The role works with manufacturers, equipment experts, Georgia Power specialists, and contractors to install and maintain transmission equipment and online monitoring devices. It also assists with implementing service advisories, testing procedures, modification kits, and upgrades as directed.
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1979 Lakeside Parkway, Tucker, GA 30084, USA | Full Time
The Substation Equipment Specialist performs preventative and corrective maintenance, replacements, and upgrades on GTC switches and other major substation equipment, following established GTC procedures, manufacturer specifications, and engineering guidance. This position works alongside manufacturers, industry equipment experts, Georgia Power equipment specialists, and contractors to install and maintain transmission equipment and on-line monitoring devices. The incumbent assists with implementing equipment service advisories, testing procedures and guidelines, modification kits, and necessary upgrades as directed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Associate Degree in Engineering Technology or related field.
Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in transmission construction, operations or maintenance.
Equivalent Experience: Fifteen (15) years of experience in transmission construction, operations, or maintenance.
License: GA Drivers License and Passport (or the ability to obtain one).
Specialized Skills (e.g. typing, computers, tools, and equipment uses): Competent in the use of a computer, PC, digital camera, MAXIMO, major equipment analysis software, and substation test equipment. Ability to interpret and utilize engineering drawings and specifications, GTC safety practices and electric operating procedures is required. Demonstrated ability to train and mentor field personnel, evaluate vendor and manufacturer capabilities, and administer contracts. Strong conflict management skills are necessary.
Must be able to pass a NERC CIP personnel risk assessment screening.
How this job compares
Set against the 14,307 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Georgia median$48–60K/yr20 salary ranges
- Georgia median$16–23/hr125 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 567 open Maintenance jobs in Georgia and 14,307 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,622 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 380 of the 14,307 open Maintenance jobs (3%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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