Expert Gas Facility Engineer

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Pittsburg, CA

1d•$136,000 - $232,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides engineering support and asset management for gas transmission stations throughout the North Bay Area, including Los Medanos underground natural gas storage facility. Typical work includes maintenance and overhauls of reciprocating compressors and engines, technical support for maintenance personnel, engineering design and reviews, and lifecycle asset management. The position supports projects from planning through commissioning, ensures safe and reliable operations, and contributes to gas safety and asset integrity. It requires a mechanical background and a self-directed, proactive approach. The position headquarters will be at Los Medanos Compressor Station, near Concord, CA. It is preferred to have the applicant live near the area to be available for maintenance support. Travel to other facilities in the North Bay area will be required approximately 10% of the time. 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 (Los Medanos Compressor Station). This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.

Requirements

BS Engineering or equivalent experience
Seven (7) years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Oil or Gas Transmission experience, design, maintenance, construction and/or operations
Natural Gas Compressor Station Experience
Reciprocating & Centrifugal Compressor and Generator Experience
EIT-Engineer in Training certification or Professional Engineer (PE) license
Ability to excel independently
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Has a solid understanding of the asset functions including threats and risks for their workstream
Knowledge of applicable engineering principles, codes, regulations, policies and procedures related to the industry and PG&E
Ability to troubleshoot, evaluate and report on outcomes

Responsibilities

Be an advocate for safety and lead by example. Incorporate safety into designs, construction and M&O activities. Ensure that safe practices and procedures are communicated, incorporated and followed in all activities.
Serve as the asset owner for gas transmission facilities, providing guidance, mentoring, and technical support to field personnel and engineers. Improve maintenance practices, assess equipment condition, ensure safety and compliance, and oversee engineering studies needed to maintain or enhance safety and reliability.
Assist and collaborate with field personnel to investigate, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve equipment or system problems related to performance, operating and/or safety problems and recommend repairs.
Perform inspection/investigation/failure analysis, calculations, engineering design and/or review of repairs or modifications, recommend equipment that is not replacement in kind, recommend tests or engineering studies and provide engineering for small projects.
Support equipment and facility outages, including outage planning, outage scope definition and support during the outages, such as unit overhauls, inspections, and commissioning.
Prepare long-range forecasts for expense work and capital investments.
Work with field personnel to identify highest priority work, develop budgetary estimates, and project scopes for budget submittals.
Work closely with project managers and project engineers to ensure that the facilities will meet appropriate requirements.
Provide engineering review and input on conceptual designs, design reviews, calculations, and engineering and construction documents.
Interface with contractors, engineering, and field personnel to facilitate resolving technical issues.
Lead PG&E effort during start-up and commissioning.
Support M&O field personnel to achieve full compliance with pipeline safety codes and regulations.
Review designs and provide technical guidance for code interpretation and compliance.
Implement department code compliance initiatives that require engineering support.
Solve complex problems by developing and utilizing new and innovative engineering design and technical solutions.
Lead teams from multiple organizations and/or vendors for system, programmatic or complex repairs, investigations or other efforts.
Expand knowledge in other areas of specialty or discipline.
Evaluate methodologies, best practices, tools, processes, procedures and technology assessing potential fit, benefits, and impacts for assigned workstreams.
Present engineering research, findings, solutions and recommendations to Leadership.
Apply knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices in a specific discipline, field or area of expertise to resolve complex problems.
Complete assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards and assignments that require integration of information from a variety of sources.
Take ownership of problems and their solutions.
Advise or direct others to solve complex problems by developing and utilizing new and innovative engineering design and technical solutions across a class of assets.
Serve as the subject matter expert in one discipline and provide breadth of knowledge and perform analyses and projects across several disciplines.
Study, evaluate and test new or revised methodologies, best practices, tools, processes, procedures and technology assessing potential fit, benefits, and impacts to Gas Operations.
Work on projects that have impact, application and interaction across departments in Gas Operations and across the Company.
Search for practical breakthrough solutions to complex problems and issues.
Present engineering research, findings, solutions and recommendations to Directors and Managers across Gas Operations.
Coach, mentor, and direct less experienced employees.
Interpret and apply applicable codes and regulations, and educate PG&E employees and/or industry personnel.