Senior System Protection Engineer (500kv)

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

1d•$122,000 - $218,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The System Protection department is responsible for the oversight of protection and control systems across a large geographic area of California, owned by PG&E. This includes managing approximately 35,000 relays of various ages. PG&E's strategic location in California and the Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC) region, coupled with an extensive 500kV network that provides regional stability, necessitates a highly skilled staff to oversee these protection systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in System Protection or specific to the field of electrical power.
6 years of experience in system protection.

Nice To Haves

Master Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in System Protection or electrical power, MBA.
BS in Computer Science
PE-Professional Engineer license
Proficiency in electrical engineering concepts, theories and practices.
Broad understanding of electrical circuits, relays and other systems involved in identifying and developing effective protection schemes.
Knowledge of various types of generation resources as it pertains to protection applications and modeling.
Knowledge of substation design, system operation and transmission & distribution (T&D) planning experiences.
Ability to follow technical procedures and documentation.
Strong technical and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Initiative and results orientation
Proficient with MS Professional Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point)
Project Management knowledge and skill.

Responsibilities

Oversees 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, including generation and Load interconnections.
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.
Collaborates with multiple teams, such as EGI, Distribution Planning, Asset Strategy, Compliance, Operations, Planning, and Relay Test.
Serves as a point of contact for System Protection for interconnection customers and CAISO.
Works with limited guidance to complete assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards, and assignments that require integration of information from a variety of sources.
Applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles and practices in system protection engineering to resolve complex problems.
May provide technical leadership in one or more specialized areas; provides technical mentorship to less senior engineers.
Plans, architects and designs complete systems in development.
Manages multiple internal and external clients and acts as a second tier of support to less senior engineers.
Documents processes and technical specifications for the system protection schemes.
Provide support in developing high level requirements for RAS schemes.
Technical support for transmission, generation interconnections and load interconnections.
Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in various operations systems areas and provides oversight to less senior engineers.
Knowledge of various types of generation resources as it pertains to protection applications and modeling.