Associate System Protection Engineer

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

3d•$95,172 - $150,096•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. In this role as an entry level Associate Protection Engineer, you will provide support to projects, protection studies and perform protection job duties for transmission voltages 230 kV and below under direction of a supervisor or a more experienced engineer. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory. PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity. Annual salary range: Minimum, $95,172 Maximum, $150,096

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline; or graduating with a BSEE or related discipline by July 2026 from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US

Nice To Haves

EIT Certificate
2 years of experience in engineering
Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory
Basic understanding of symmetrical component theory and ability to perform fault calculations
Basic knowledge of logic gate theory and control circuitry
Able to read and understand Operating, Single line, SLM&R, and Schematic diagrams
Ability to quickly learn protection concepts and their application

Responsibilities

Provide protection engineering support for projects and studies. The engineer may perform the following job duties for transmission voltages 230 kV and below:
Issue protection requirements and prepare description of operations for non-standard and localized RAS schemes
Conduct short circuit studies, calculate short circuit line impedance
Determine and issue relay and automatics settings
Support relay system installations, such as review test program, end-to-end test, load check, direction check, relay release, etc.
Conduct area coordination studies
Participate in project walkdown and project meetings
Provide construction drawing reviews
Update and maintain records, such as Aspen relay data base, transformer data sheet, short circuit base case, hard copy files, and automatics data base, job files, port assignment sheets, breaker files, etc.
Review and approve new tools and training prior to rollout
Design and set localized RAS schemes based on Operation Engineering requirements
Identify existing protection deficiencies
The engineer at this level is also assigned to provide normal and emergency maintenance and operation support. The engineer may perform, but not limited to, the following tasks:
Provide fault location
Investigate questionable relay operations, perform remote event retrieval, and implement corrective actions
Process clearance request and provide specific protection setup
Assist technicians, operators for routine maintenance and operation work
Specific Duties for Transmission Group:
Provide project and routine M&O support to Hydro generation
Manage digital fault recorders and perform event retrieval
Conduct FERC generation interconnection studies and third-party load interconnections
To implement various aspects of the above job responsibilities, the candidate will work with internal engineering, operations, substation construction and maintenance organizations. May attend meetings representing the group, to meet job duties. External contacts are occasional and limited to simple issues.