Senior Electric Standards and Strategy Engineer

Pacific Gas And Electric Company • Oakland, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Engineering is responsible for PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, system protection engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response. This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. The Senior level engineer job requires mastery of the Journey level engineer skills and duties. This position is responsible for providing technical specification of equipment, design criteria, standards and implementation support for the substation electrical transformers and handles complex problems and issues. 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.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Civil Engineering or other related Engineering degree as appropriate from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• 8 years of cumulative experience in engineering, planning and/or operations

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Quality audits or cause analysis
• Experience in transmission tower and pole design
• Current and active California PE license desired

Responsibilities

• Assist with or initiate the investigation of new technologies associated with equipment. Keep abreast of changes in technology through attending conferences and expos, working with vendors and suppliers, maintaining relationships with internal and external technical experts.
• Where applicable, act as a liaison with Maintenance and Construction personnel by providing communication and feedback regarding construction standards, work procedures and equipment issues.
• Lead development, implementation, and management of a complete asset life cycle and system reliability strategies, plans, and programs including asset installation, maintenance, operations, replacement, and removal.
• Address and manage emergency issues associated with assigned assets.
• Support, perform or lead, as assigned, root cause analysis.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in area of field and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices. Develop and provide specialized training on assets within areas of expertise.
• Will be the civil engineer for non-tower structures and develop and/or update framing design standards for wood poles, LDSPs, composite poles.
• Provide support on regulatory, governmental and other third-party issues.

What This Job Offers

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