Our team and what we'll accomplish together
Join the TELUS Network Engineering and Operations DC Power Operations team, where your technical expertise ensures the reliability of critical power infrastructure across the TELUS network. As part of the team, you'll work on essential power systems that keep our telecommunications network running 24/7, performing both maintenance routines, emergency operations, and capital project work that makes a real difference to our customers and communities.
What you'll do
- Perform maintenance and assurance duties on critical power platforms including Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Uninterruptible
- Power Supplies (UPS), DC Plant and Batteries, Inverters, Rectifiers, Converters, Diesel Generators, Fuel Systems, and Building Grounding Systems
- Respond to in-service alarms and conditions with potential for degradation, performing on-site diagnosis and troubleshooting to resolve issues for CAT1 sites in the region while providing remote support for non-CAT1 sites
- Support AC/DC Power work for both Wireline and Wireless networks, performing multifunctional break-fix repairs, routine maintenance, Capital build Project QC, and operational testing
- Manage generator operations including ensuring diesel reserves, managing refueling efforts at CAT1 sites, tank cleaning, fuel polishing, and maintaining Generator tap boxes to comply with Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) standards
- Conduct regular site reviews and testing to ensure power requirements meet TELUS standards, and provide training and guidance to Network teams for power-related activities
- Select vendors and negotiate contracts relating to DC Power operations, facilitate payments utilizing TELUS systems, and perform QA to ensure vendor compliance to TELUS standards
- Notify the Power Ops Manager for service-affecting events, engage and direct vendors as required, and participate in initiating technical bridges for service-affecting issues