Job Ref: # 3894933
Date Posted: 9/23/2025
City, State: Phoenix, Arizona
Salary (USD): $46 - $69
Description
The Switchgear Technician will serve as a technician for all mission-critical electrical services and maintenance under contract. The position will be responsible for monitoring compliance with contractual commitments while providing leadership and technical expertise regarding the installation, service, testing, commissioning, maintenance, and operation of mission-critical data center electrical equipment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review technical specifications with sales and project teams to define project scope
- Interface with service teams to ensure specification compliance
- Provide job-specific technical support and resolve site-related issues
- QA/QC of Power Distribution Equipment
- Create MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs for Critical Power Systems
- Perform preventive maintenance on contracted gear and components
- Install and service Power Distribution Equipment
- Troubleshoot distribution and transmission controls
- Perform functional testing of low, medium, and high-voltage switchgear, relay panels, transformers, ATS, and circuit breakers
- Verify relay settings and logic equations align with design requirements
- Provide regular status reports and site testing reports
- Participate in specialized commissioning/testing of systems
- Conduct site visits and respond to service calls as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Heavy electrical testing and troubleshooting experience with switchgear required
- 3–5 years of field repair/customer service experience with UPS, electrical, electro-mechanical, or electronics-related equipment, OR 3–5 years of mission-critical product experience
- Minimum of 5 years of field repair/customer service experience with UPS, electrical, electro-mechanical, or electronics-related equipment, OR 5+ years of mission-critical product experience
- Experience with electrical power distribution equipment (UPS, switchgear, batteries, monitoring equipment, generators, etc.)
- Strong technical knowledge of:
- NETA standards, IEEE specifications, and NEMA specifications
- Low and medium voltage switchgear operation, maintenance, and testing
- Protective relaying and controls
- Switchgear disassembly, inspection/repair, reassembly, and testing
Benefits:
- Health Benefits (Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance)
- Flexible Spending Account Options
- 401(k) Plan (Employer contribution 3%)
- Employer-Paid Life & Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off accrues biweekly:
- 0–2 years: 10 days
- 3–5 years: 15 days
- 6+ years: 20 days
- Plus 40 hours sick time (location dependent)
- 11 Company Holidays*
- Employee Referral Program
- Company-funded training opportunities
Travel: Up to 30% overnight travel. Most travel is daily, returning home each night. Company car and gas card provided. All travel expenses covered in full.
Company Description:
A data center services leader with over 20 years of experience supporting Fortune 500 companies, enterprise cloud providers, and colocation data centers. They specialize in building, commissioning, servicing, monitoring, and maintaining complex mission-critical environments. From new construction and managed services to technical services and systems installations, they are trusted to protect the integrity and availability of business-critical data and applications.
Why This Opportunity?
- Diverse career opportunities across multiple lines of business
- One of the fastest-growing data center service providers in the country
- Exposure to innovative projects in mission-critical power systems
- Competitive pay and benefits with training and advancement opportunities
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