Expert Protection Engineer- 500kV RAS

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

4d•$147,000 - $251,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Oversees all aspects of System and Substation Protection and Control and Remedial Action Schemes, specified, installed and owned by PG&E. Specifies, designs, and applies protective relay packages for reliable and secure operation of transmission and distribution systems (500kv). Provides system support for departments that interface with protection schemes. Develops testing procedures. Performs fault and disturbance analysis, system modeling, documentation maintenance, and audits of protection equipment. Coordinates information exchange with other utilities and regulatory bodies. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and the San Ramon office an average of 2 days a week or as business needs require.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering-Electrical or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Experience in system protection, 9 years

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in Engineering-Electrical or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
PE-Professional Engineer license
Record of membership in IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Responsibilities

Searches and discovers practical solutions to highly complex problems.
Identifies and implements opportunities to improve company performance via operations system performance and related activities.
Documents processes and technical specifications for the system protection schemes.
Manages multiple internal and external clients and acts as a second tier of support to less senior engineers.
Plans, architects and designs complete systems in development.
Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or more protection areas and provides oversight to less senior engineers.
Independently completes assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards, and assignments that require integration of information from a variety of sources.