Senior Substation Project Engineer

Pacific Gas And Electric Company • West Sacramento, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Electric Engineering department, comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers, is responsible for ensuring all aspects of electric engineering, including standards, process safety, design, instrumentation testing, controls, undergrounding, regulatory compliance, and investment planning, are in place to support a safe, strategic, and stable workplan for Electric Operations. The organization manages program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery for all electric engineering projects. This Senior Substation Project Engineer position is a senior-level role represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. It requires mastery of journey engineer duties and involves leading engineering and design for complex projects. The role applies extensive knowledge to resolve complex problems with general direction and provides leadership, coaching, technical direction, knowledge transfer, and assistance to technical employees and teams. Additional responsibilities include delivering presentations, leading team meetings, and interpreting industry practices and codes. This is a hybrid position, requiring work from a remote office and an assigned work location within the PG&E Service Territory based on business need.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• 8 years of cumulative experience in electrical engineering and design

Nice To Haves

• Experience in multiple large-scale, large budget electric substation projects
• Experience in substation engineering
• Skilled in project management
• Current California PE license

Responsibilities

• Manage large complex projects and perform engineering analyses, studies, and develop conceptual designs.
• Lead, coach, direct, and assist technical employees and teams on technical issues. May act as an engineering mentor.
• Assist in finalizing contract project specification and technical evaluation of contract project bids.
• Provide support to other departments in land, permitting, and legal issues.
• Resolves problems of complex scope. Assignments may provide an opportunity for creative or non-standard approaches. Under general direction, independently plans work to meet assigned general objectives. Work may be reviewed upon completion; solution may provide an opportunity for creative/non-standard approaches.
• External contacts are with contractors, vendors and local public agencies with ministerial authority. Internal contacts are with clients, project team members, and company management. May provide technical direction to less experienced team members. Exchanges information and solves problems with others outside the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees