Associate System Protection Engineer
About The Position
The Associate System Protection Engineer is an entry-level individual contributor in System Protection Engineering. Under the direction of a supervisor or more experienced engineer, the role supports projects and protection studies and performs protection engineering duties for transmission voltages of 230 kV and below. The position provides project, maintenance, and operations support, including engineering analysis, relay settings, installation support, maintenance troubleshooting, and records management. The engineer works with internal engineering, operations, substation construction, and maintenance organizations and may attend meetings representing the group. External contacts are occasional and limited to simple issues. The position is hybrid, working from a remote office and an assigned work location based on business needs; the assigned location will be within PG&E's Service Territory. The role is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) and is subject to collective bargaining.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline, or be graduating with a BSEE or related discipline by December 2026 from an accredited U.S. curriculum or equivalent from outside the U.S.
Nice To Haves
- EIT Certificate.
- Two years of experience in engineering.
- Ability 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.
- Ability 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 involving transmission voltages of 230 kV and below.
- Issue protection requirements and prepare descriptions of operations for non-standard and localized RAS schemes.
- Conduct short-circuit studies and calculate short-circuit line impedance.
- Determine and issue relay and automatics settings.
- Support relay system installations, including reviewing test programs and supporting end-to-end tests, load checks, direction checks, and relay releases.
- Conduct area coordination studies.
- Participate in project walkdowns and project meetings.
- Review construction drawings.
- Update and maintain records, including the Aspen relay database, transformer data sheets, short-circuit base cases, hard-copy files, automatics database, job files, port assignment sheets, and breaker files.
- Review and approve new tools and training before rollout.
- Design and set localized RAS schemes based on Operation Engineering requirements.
- Identify existing protection deficiencies.
- Provide normal and emergency maintenance and operations support.
- Provide fault location.
- Investigate questionable relay operations, perform remote event retrieval, and implement corrective actions.
- Process clearance requests and provide specific protection setup.
- Assist technicians and operators with routine maintenance and operations work.
- Provide project and routine maintenance and operations support to Hydro generation.
- Manage digital fault recorders and perform event retrieval.
- Conduct FERC generation interconnection studies and third-party load interconnections.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
