Grid Innovation Engineer, Principal - Flexible Location

PG&E • Houston, WA

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

California anticipates accelerating growth in electrification, and PG&E needs to modernize its grid planning to meet these customer needs. The Transmission Line Asset Strategy (TLAS) team is looking for a Principal Grid Innovation Engineer to serve as a senior technical and strategic leader responsible for maximizing the lifecycle performance and modernizing of PG&E's transmission line assets. The position develops and maintains asset investment strategies that enable the safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery of energy while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk reduction. The job responsibilities include integrating engineering, asset health, risk assessment, operations, maintenance, and investment planning perspectives to develop data-driven strategies that optimize asset performance across its lifecycle. This role influences enterprise investment decisions by evaluating asset risks, identifying mitigation strategies, and recommending maintenance, programmatic, and capital interventions that achieve reliability, safety, and affordability objectives. The candidate will work closely - with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance & Construction, Transmission Planning, Wildfire Mitigation, Finance, and Regulatory organizations to ensure alignment between asset condition, risk exposure, funding requirements, and business objectives. This position is based out of PG&E’s General Office complex in downtown Oakland, CA although flexible work location will be considered. In person participation on a regular basis is a key component of the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with grid modeling software (e.g. CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc.)
• 10 years of electric utility related experience

Nice To Haves

• Electrical Engineering Degree with Power Systems emphasis
• Civil Engineering Degree, Mechanical Engineering Degree, Other types of Engineering Degrees
• MBA or other Business Strategy experience
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California
• Experience in transmission line asset management, asset strategy, asset health, and risk management.
• Experience applying asset management principles consistent with ISO 55000 frameworks.
• Experience developing risk-based investment plans and capital portfolios.
• Experience performing asset lifecycle cost analysis and risk assessment.
• Experience using asset condition and performance data to inform investment decisions.
• Knowledge of transmission line design, construction, maintenance, inspection, and operations.
• Experience supporting regulatory filings and compliance initiatives.
• Experience communicating technical recommendations to executive leadership.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains asset investment strategies that enable the safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery of energy while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk reduction.
• Integrates engineering, asset health, risk assessment, operations, maintenance, and investment planning perspectives to develop data-driven strategies that optimize asset performance across its lifecycle.
• Influences enterprise investment decisions by evaluating asset risks, identifying mitigation strategies, and recommending maintenance, programmatic, and capital interventions that achieve reliability, safety, and affordability objectives.
• Works closely with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance & Construction, Transmission Planning, Wildfire Mitigation, Finance, and Regulatory organizations to ensure alignment between asset condition, risk exposure, funding requirements, and business objectives.

Benefits

• The company provides a 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, and internal equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager