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Steven Geiger

Jamesburg

Summary

Professional relay technician with deep technical expertise and results-driven mindset. Skilled in diagnosing, testing, and maintaining protection systems. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and adaptability in dynamic environments. Reliable, highly organized, and focused on ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all tasks. Currently looking to take the next career step in a leadership role and continue to help the Palisades relay department develop and thrive.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Relay Technician

PSE&G
10.2023 - Current
  • Participated in root cause analyses on system failures, identifying areas for improvement in both design and maintenance procedures.
  • Contributed to the modernization of the training center's relay technician curriculum, designing and fabricating simulations of real-life system protection applications and providing experience and insight into what improvements and upgrades would best develop future generations of relay technicians.
  • Spent several months upgraded to the role of first line supervisor, including an extending period in the fall of 2024 overseeing several capital projects, including the replacement of aging relays and breakers at our Westwood Substation and integration of temporary 4 kV switchgear at Teaneck and Tonnelle Ave substations.
  • Routinely tasked with moderate to high-complexity job assignments such as work at customer substations and performing maintenance on rare or unique relaying schemes and the retirement and demolition of the A-1353 transmission line and associated relay equipment.
  • During time spent in the role of chief relay technician and upgraded supervisor, expanded my overall knowledge of the bulk electrical system, developed relationships with new contacts throughout the company and helped to expand the role of the relay department.

Relay Technician

PSE&G
08.2014 - 10.2023
  • Company Overview: Palisades Division
  • Installation, commissioning, maintenance of and troubleshooting protective relays an auxiliary equipment.
  • Read diagrams and schematics and utilize them to safely and successfully complete given tasks.
  • Strong understanding of protective schemes including overload, differential, step distance, breaker failure, powerline carrier remote tripping, fiber optic differential, and direct transfer tripping.
  • Familiar with a wide range of electromechanical and microprocessor-based relays and controls.
  • Proficient in the use of the software required to set and test relays and the associated test equipment.
  • Comfortable reading and analyzing microprocessor relay settings and making adjustments when necessary.
  • Palisades Division

Test Engineer - Power System Reliability Group

PSEG
05.2012 - 08.2014
  • Company Overview: Maplewood Testing Services / LTS
  • Performed a wide range of electrical diagnostic, acceptance, and investigative testing and analysis on all types of substation equipment, including: Transformers, CTs, PTs, circuit breakers, live-tank breakers, disconnects, capacitor banks, CCVTs, TRVs, and more.
  • Became proficient in the use of many pieces of test equipment, including Doble power factor test sets and impedance attachment, sweep-frequency response analyzer (SFRA), transformer turns ratio (TTR), Megger DC insulation testers, DC winding resistance, DC hipot, and all associated software.
  • Compiled all relevant test data, including equipment tracking such as serial numbers and calibration dates along with associated test results, to provide test reports to customers within the company.
  • Proficient in the use of a range of manlift equipment from 24' to 135' articulated machines.
  • Acquired a strong base of electrical and transformer theory, utilizing them to understand good test results from bad, and to develop troubleshooting strategies when results were not as expected.
  • Maplewood Testing Services / LTS

Test Engineer - Chemical/IFPP Group

PSEG
12.2006 - 08.2014
  • Company Overview: Maplewood Testing Services
  • Collect and analyze groundwater, wastewater and other similar samples for chemical analysis used for maintaining NJDEP and federal EPA licensing and standards.
  • Made use of laboratory instrumentation to test for trace amounts of metals, hydrocarbons, PCBs and other pollutants of environmental concern.
  • Collected and analyzed insulating oil samples to be tested for physical characteristics such as moisture content, dielectric strength, particulate count and DGA (dissolved gas analysis).
  • Installed, maintained and repaired Hydran incipient fault monitors.
  • Maplewood Testing Services

Education

BA - Chemistry

Rutgers College
New Brunswick, NJ
12.2002

Skills

  • Confident Decision Making
  • MS Office Proficiency
  • Clear Communication
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Motivating Team-Builder
  • Mechanically Inclined
  • Efficient Troubleshooter
  • Forward Thinking
  • Strong Interpersonal Skills
  • Respectful Debate and Discussion

Timeline

Chief Relay Technician

PSE&G
10.2023 - Current

Relay Technician

PSE&G
08.2014 - 10.2023

Test Engineer - Power System Reliability Group

PSEG
05.2012 - 08.2014

Test Engineer - Chemical/IFPP Group

PSEG
12.2006 - 08.2014

BA - Chemistry

Rutgers College

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