EPG Commissioning Technician

Apply Description Riggs Cat Power & Energy is hiring EPG Commissioning Technicians to start up standby, emergency, and data center generator systems. You'll bring new installations online, run acceptance and load-bank witness testing, and troubleshoot controls, paralleling, and switchgear before handover. An electrical or controls background is required, and we invest heavily in your certification. This is our most certification-intensive field track. It's built on the full Cat Electric Power progression plus startup-specific controls training, and skills are validated through formal Cat skills assessments, not just course completion. During startup, you'll often be the technical point of contact on the client's site. What you'll do Stand up data center and standby/emergency power systems, including sequencing, load transfer, paralleling, and acceptance testing Program and troubleshoot EMCP 4.x, ECS 100 and ECS 200 controls, paralleling controls, and engine control units using Cat ET Commission automatic transfer switches and switchgear, including paralleling switchgear on multi-genset data center sites Lead site acceptance and load-bank witness testing with the client during handover Isolate faults on generators, engines, controls, paralleling, and ATS/switchgear using schematics and electronic service tools Requirements What you bring Required Electrical or electronics background (industrial electrician, controls technician, or equivalent military or trade training) Ability to read electrical schematics and control system logic Willingness to travel for extended classroom training and on-site startup events Nice to have Exposure to standby power, UPS, or data center critical power environments Direct experience commissioning standby or data center power systems Cat Electric Power I, II, and III (CEP I/II/III), or similar OEM training EMCP 4.1/4.2 and 4.3/4.4 Controls; Cat Energy Control System (ECS) 100/200 ATS Foundations and switchgear / paralleling switchgear training Familiarity with Cat ET or equivalent diagnostic software How you work Strong troubleshooting instincts under live, deadline-driven conditions Comfortable leading client-facing acceptance testing IMPORTANT INFORMATION Must be able to pass work related pre-employment physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Will be required to drive for extended periods of time. The job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. EEO/AA Non-Exempt; Hourly Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)