System Protection Engineer, Senior (500kv)

Jobs at Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

3d•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). This includes the substation of the future (IEC 61850, or other digital implementations). 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 your assigned location based on business need. PG&E is providing the 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. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

Requirements

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

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
Knowledge and experience with RAS.
Experience with Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) testing
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.
Project Management knowledge and skill.

Responsibilities

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.

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