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This role supports the company's \"speed-to-market\" strategy by performing pre-commissioning, factory acceptance testing, and control system vetting on custom-built distributed infrastructure equipment (generators, switchgear, PLCs, and microgrid skids) prior to field shipment.\n This is a locally based role in Durham, NC and will require some travel (~25%) for occasional site hand-off visits and onsite testing.\nBenefits:\n Pay: Up to $60/hr. Hourly rate is flexible for the right candidate. \n40-hour work week (M-F) with low travel demands (25%) and no on-call rotations.\nAnnual Cash Bonus: Annual Performance Pay Bonus Program\nTravel Perks: Flights, lodging and rentals paid via company credit card and technicians retain all travel loyalty points/rewards.\nVehicle: Take-home company vehicle.\nPer Diem\nPTO & 10 paid holidays\n 401(k) + match\nFully employer-paid / low-cost medical coverage options in addition to dental and vision insurance options. \nOther excellent benefits!\nResponsibilities:\nConduct pre-commissioning, functional testing, and customer witness testing on manufactured switchgear, generator sets, and integrated control skids within the Durham facility.\nProgram, upload, and edit settings files for PLCs, generator controllers, and protective relays before units leave the campus.\nCollaborate directly with factory design engineers and manufacturing teams to identify and resolve wiring, control, or functional issues early in the build cycle.\nRedline as-shipped schematics, update settings documentation, and assist with Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).\nDevelop written pre-testing and factory acceptance testing procedures to ensure speed-to-market quality standards are maintained.\nOccasionally travel to field sites during initial project rollouts to ensure smooth hand-offs from factory pre-testing to site commissioning.\nQualifications:\n 4+ years of commercial or industrial experience working on generators, ATS, switchgear, and paralleling equipment.\nProven hands-on experience programming and making edits to PLCs, generator controllers and protective relays.\nProficient understanding of AC/DC Electrical Theory and the ability to read and troubleshoot complex electrical schematics.\nFamiliarity with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) is highly desirable (bonus for Austin project alignment).\nPrior formal equipment commissioning experience is a plus.\nNFPA 70 Arc Flash Certification or OSHA safety credentials preferred.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable interfacing with design engineers, project managers, and client representatives.\nAbility to lift/move materials up to 40 lbs, work in outdoor/indoor industrial environments around high-voltage equipment and travel 75%-90%.\nApplication Process\nIf your experience matches the description above, submit your resume, and one of our recruiters will be in touch to tell you more about the position and learn more about your experience and aspirations.\nIf your experience does not match this job description, we still encourage you to reach out to one of our recruiters, so we can learn about your professional aspirations for future job openings.\nAbout Bemana\nBemana provides recruiting services to the nation’s equipment and industrial sectors. Our clients and candidates value us for our specialized recruiting expertise, vast knowledge of the equipment and industrial job market, and ability to solve their most challenging employment needs. We have successfully recruited thousands of top-level professionals filling a wide range of management, sales, engineering, and technical positions across the nation.\nWelcome to Bemana and we look forward to getting to know more about you.\nReferral Program\nBemana offers a $500 reward for referrals that lead to a hire. So, if this job or location is not for you, but you know someone that might be interested, send them this link and we’ll send you a check if they get hired. 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