Careers | Team UIS

Tired of micromanagement and repetitive tasks? Frustrated with unreliable equipment and unresponsive management? If you’re nodding your head, it’s time for a refreshing change. At Team UIS, we’ve been recognized as a “Best and Brightest Awarded” company to work for, and we have exciting openings in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Dayton, and Cleveland. We’re on the hunt for NETA III or higher relay technicians who share our passion for excellence.

At Utilities Instrumentation Service, we invest 4% of our sales revenue in top-notch equipment and training to cultivate the industry’s best NETA technicians. Our culture and benefits program are second to none, and you’ll find the support and appreciation you deserve. If you’re feeling stifled and undervalued in your current role, come explore the Team UIS world – you’ll be amazed.

Our ideal candidate is an IBEW NETA III or IV relay technician who aligns with our core values: safety, integrity, client focus, continuous growth, teamwork, and professionalism. If you’re ready to be part of a winning team, we have exciting opportunities for you. Make the change you’ve been longing for and experience the Team UIS difference. You are the best and brightest, and we want you on our Team.

Interested and want to be discreet. Email us at sarah.gumtow@teamuis.com.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform NETA electrical maintenance and acceptance testing tasks.
• Test both digital and mechanical relays
• Troubleshoot emergency and non-emergency electrical problems.

Secondary Roles & Responsibilities when there is not Client Jobs to do

• Assist in Project Management including work order, creating field files, purchases, research, coordination
• Closing projects by addressing any punch lists, additional scope, additional quotes.
• Take client calls 24 hours a day for emergency support
• Assist in completing testing reports.

• NETA III or higher certification
• Trained with SEL relays
• Supports Team UIS’ core values
• Member of the IBEW or willing to join

• NECA/IBEW Apprenticeship
• Strong aptitude for technical challenges and troubleshooting. Has a hands-on approach when necessary.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational ability, positive attitude.
• Demonstrate ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong work ethic, embraces new challenges, will do the necessary research to find the right solution.

Are you ready to take your career to new heights and lead in the world of electrical maintenance and acceptance testing? Team UIS is offering an exceptional opportunity for an entrepreneurial spirit like you. As our Project Manager, you won’t just manage projects; you’ll shape the future of our company as you grow in your role toward an opportunity to become the future business manager of a group. We’re on the lookout for someone who thrives on technical challenges, has a passion for building meaningful client relationships, loves to lead teams, and is eager to embrace new horizons. With our supportive team and training, competitive compensation, and a clear path for growth and leadership, this role is not just a job; it’s a chance to make your mark in an industry-leading company.

Roles & Responsibilities: As an Electrical Project Manager, you will play a critical role in managing electrical maintenance and acceptance testing projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing electrical maintenance and acceptance testing projects from inception to completion, including work orders, vendor management, and routine communication with field staff and clients.
• Managing field staff schedules, generating field files, securing necessary tools, ensuring safety requirements are met, and completing all field staff reports.
• Closing projects by addressing any required repairs, additional scope, additional quotes, final report preparation, discussing future service contracts, and maintaining final client contact.
• Writing proposals and developing strong relationships with existing and prospective clients to promote business growth.
• Performing other duties as needed to contribute to the overall success of Team UIS

As an Electrical Project Manager, you will play a critical role in managing electrical maintenance and acceptance testing projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• • Managing electrical maintenance and acceptance testing projects from inception to completion, including work orders, vendor management, and routine communication with field staff and clients.
  • Managing field staff schedules, generating field files, securing necessary tools, ensuring safety requirements are met, and completing all field staff reports.
  • Closing projects by addressing any required repairs, additional scope, additional quotes, final report preparation, discussing future service contracts, and maintaining final client contact.
  • Writing proposals and developing strong relationships with existing and prospective clients to promote business growth.
  • Performing other duties as needed to contribute to the overall success of Team UIS

To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications and skills:

• Demonstrated project management experience in electrical projects. A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and MBA is a plus.
• Ability to read electrical drawings, including equipment protection and control schematics.
• Strong network connections with electrical contractors, utility companies, and large power users.
• Proficiency with MS Office.  AutoCAD proficiency is a plus.
• Alignment with and support of Team UIS’s core values.

The ideal candidate will also possess the following skills and attributes:

• Strong aptitude for technical challenges and troubleshooting, with a hands-on approach when necessary.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients, field staff, and vendors.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational ability, and a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines effectively.
• Strong work ethic, willingness to embrace new challenges, and a commitment to doing the necessary research to find the right solution.

If you are a motivated Electrical Project Manager who wants to become a business manager and are ready to take on new challenges and play a pivotal role in our company’s growth, we encourage you to apply.

Key Result Areas

Key Result Area #1 – Generate quotes

Tasks and Activities: Produce & deliver with sense-of-urgency quotes.  This will include some or all the following activities: attending on-site meetings, participating in walkthroughs, and communicating with necessary parties to collect all the necessary data to estimate the correct time and other costs to deliver an accurate quote.

Accountability: Repeat customer requests

Key Result Area #2 – Complete the Request for Information (RFI) to Perform Studies

Tasks and Activities: Persistent pursuit of information to keep the project on schedule.  This includes reviewing what is available from existing documentation, generating the RFIs, frequent communication by phone, email, and text to the client to collect the information, provide, when necessary, the instructions for collecting information, (An online video is available) and in some cases, going on site with a qualified person to collect the information.

Accountability: Project remain on schedule

Key Result Area # 3 – Produce engineering studies using SKM

Tasks and Activities: Produce engineering studies to UISE standards.  This would include modeling the power system, conducting the necessary short circuit analysis, protective device coordination, arc flash, and shock hazard analysis, formatting the results, and providing recommendations to remedy power system deficiencies.

Accountability: Reports require less than 30 minutes to review by the Sr. Engineer.

Other Responsibilities

• Follows and maintains the UISE studies production process from quote to client payment
• Effectively manages the client’s expectations

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Familiar with electrical drawings (specifically one-lines, riser diagrams, and panel schedules)
• Performed at least 50 short circuit, protective device coordination, or arc flash analysis studies
• Proficiency with SKM PowerTools© and AutoCAD
• Efficiency with Microsoft Products
• Must be authorized to work in the United State and near-native / fluent English speaker
• Must be a licensed engineer in Michigan

• Additional licenses in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
• Experience or willing to self-learn ETAP and EasyPower
• Aptitude for building relationships with strong communication, organizational ability, positive attitude.
• Demonstrate ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong work ethic, embraces new challenges, will do the necessary research to find the right solution.

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide our clients with exceptional PLC and HMI programming and troubleshooting services
• Lead projects and assist other project managers with the SCADA project
• Work with clients to design SCADA systems, including telemetry
• Troubleshoot SCADA Networks, telemetry issues, and field controls and provide necessary hardware programming

• Engineering Degree or Technical Degree with a proven record in PLC/HMI programming and Project Management
• Proven experience programming Allen Bradley PLCs and/or Motorola ACE3600 RTUs
• SCADA HMI programming with at least one of the following platforms: Wonderware, Rockwell, or VT-SCADA
• Proven track record working with people both inside and outside the company
• Able to read, interpret, troubleshoot electrical drawings and controls
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with Municipal Water and Wastewater applications
• Is a self-starter and loves to learn technology and work independently
• Is detailed oriented with excellent technical and analytical skills
• Strong English communication skills
• Strong computer and software skills

• Skills programming of other OEM PLCs and other HMIs

Other Comments

• • UIS SCADA provides yearly outside training

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide our clients with exceptional calibration, instrument troubleshooting, and repair services
• Build a network of routine clients and maintain strong relationships with them

• 2 or more years of instrument calibration experience
• ISA Level II, EPRI A/B, or Equivalent certification
• Proven track record working with people both inside and outside the company
• Able to read, interpret, and troubleshoot electrical drawings and PI&D controls
• Is a self-starter and loves to learn technology and work independently
• Is detailed oriented with excellent technical and analytical skills
• Strong English communication skills
• Strong computer and software skills

• Basic understanding of PLCs
• Municipal water and wastewater calibration experience

Other Comments

• • UIS SCADA provides yearly training

• Troubleshoot emergency and non-emergency electrical control problems
• Troubleshooting skills to include sensors, controls panel components, radio and telemetry, and PLCs.
• Build and upgrade control panels in the shop and in the field.

• More than 5 years troubleshooting controls
• ISA or/and EPRI certifications
• Supports UIS’ core values
• Member of the IBEW or willing to join

• NECA/IBEW Apprenticeship
• Strong aptitude for technical challenges and troubleshooting. Has a hands-on approach when necessary.
• Aptitude for building relationships
• Excellent communication skills, organizational ability, positive attitude.
• Demonstrate ability to multitask and manage multiple deadlines.

Key Result Area # 1 – Design and create electrical schematics and control panel layouts with bill of materials.

Tasks and Activities: Use AutoCAD to create and revise electrical schematics and control panel layouts according to design specifications. Collaborate with other designers and technical staff to ensure that the electrical schematics and control panel layouts meet project requirements.

Accountability: AutoCAD drawings are completed with precision and attention to detail per project review.

Key Result Area #2 – Assist with the development of proposals, submittals, and O&M manual documentation.

Task and Activities: Review project specifications, requirements, and other relevant documentation to understand project scope and goals. Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and technical staff to gather information and develop proposals, submittals, and O&M manual documentation. Collaborate with customers and contractors to ensure proposals and other documentation meet company standards.

Accountability: Review upon completion of the proposal, submittals, and O&M Documentation to ensure expectations for the level of detail, communication, and deadlines are met.

Key Result Area #3 – Assist in specifying, pricing, and purchasing materials for SCADA projects and inventory.

Task and Activities: Collaborating with project managers, engineers, and technical staff to determine material requirements for SCADA projects and inventory. Researching suppliers and vendors to identify materials that meet project specifications and budget constraints. Prepare purchase orders and other procurement documents. Maintain inventory records and track usage and availability of materials.

Accountability: Ensuring goals and objectives are met during regular reviews.

Key Result Area #4- Generate computer-aided propagation studies and document field reports of telemetry system installation and maintenance.

Task and Activities: Gathering data on the physical environment surrounding the telemetry system. Create models that simulate the propagation of radio waves in the area. Get data from field technicians conducting field surveys in order to prepare field reports.

• AutoCAD experience
• Electrical Engineering Degree or Associates in related field
• Possess the ability to read schematics and drawings related to SCADA projects

• Self-starter who shows initiative and who is willing to learn new responsibilities.
• Able to relate and interact with people at all levels in the company as well as those outside of the organization.
• Detail oriented with excellent technical and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Must commit to ongoing learning to support UIS SCADA with AutoCAD design and project management.