Requisition ID# 160928
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Electric Engineering
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: San Ramon
Department Overview
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, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration, and emergency response.
Position Summary
Responsible for leading the integration of new Digital Substation technologies into PG&E’s electric transmission and distribution grid Substations and Switching Stations, planning, operations and investment processes. Informs Company strategic positions, influences policy and proposes process improvements that enable the integration of Digital Substation, including but not limited to IEC 61850 standards and virtual protection and control, into PG&E’s grid of future that provides safe, reliable and affordable clean energy to PG&E’s customers.
Salary Range
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $140,000
Bay Area Maximum: $238,000
California Minimum: $133,000
California Maximum: $226,000
Job Responsibilities
- Assist customers in assessing the viability of Digital Substation technology and/or resource interconnection projects.
- Collaborate with other utilities, manufacturers, engineering, IT, and standards departments on advancing new Digital Substation applications.
- Understand the various data streams that are needed to model grid impacts and interface with the organizational groups that will benefit by using the data.
- Meet with stakeholders to better understand their issues and inform them of the potential grid impacts.
- Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that facilitate easier grid integration.
- Identify conditions when Digital Substation technology may provide more benefits to the customers and the grid.
- Assess potential Digital Substation technology risks at higher penetration levels and communicate to upper management.
- May represent PG&E as a technical expert integrating Digital Substation technologies onto the electric grid in regulatory proceedings and industry working groups.
- Support identifying, developing and implementing new standards and guidelines, in collaboration with but not limited to Asset Management Standards, System Protection, System Automation, IT, and Cybersecurity Departments, to facilitate Digital Substation integration while minimizing potential grid impacts.
Qualifications
Minimum:
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience with Grid Modeling Software, job-related.
- Experience in electric utility, 7 years.
Desired:
- Experience with data processing tools such as Excel, Access, SQL, etc.
- Protection System Engineering experience.
- Automation System Engineering experience.
- Prior experience with system integration of IEC 61850 in electric utilities.
- Knowledgeable of IEC 61850 standards.
- Experience with IEC 61850 System Configuration and modeling tools.
- Experience in Transmission or Distribution System Planning.
- Experience in Transmission or Distribution Operations.