Senior Transmission Planning Engineer, Reliability at PG&E Corporation

Job description

Requisition ID # 173360 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Energy Delivery Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Dublin Department Overview The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers. . Position Summary This position is represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. This is a senior-level engineer responsible for implementing programs required to modernize the electric grid allowing for safe, resilient and efficient operations. This position will include participating in a cross functional team of internal and consulting participants being tasked with leading the transition of a project from development and testing to being operational for each phase of each project. 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. 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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity. The salary range is: CA Minimum, $153,828 CA Maximum, $197,628 Job Responsibilities • Basecase preparation • Lead and manage approval process for PG&E’s transmission load forecast. • Lead generator testing and model development • Develop HVDC or other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis. • Transmission System Studies • Primary lead in transmission planning studies including long-term studies that develop strategy and comprehensive plan to ensure safe, reliable, economic and efficient operation of the electric transmission system. • Lead and support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan. • Provide technical guidance to internal departments (Engineering, Operations, Substation and T-line asset strategy, Distribution Planning etc.) on planning and policy issues • Lead complex studies such as RAS design related studies. • Develop and standardize new analytic methods for power system analysis/modeling • Lead the development of interconnection handbook, criteria, and standards for WECC/NERC compliance • Guide and direct the work of lower level engineers on interconnection studies, where appropriate. • Project Implementation • Provide technical expertise and lead in the implementation of complex and large-scale projects including projects that require a Permit to Construct (PTC) permit. • Implement complex projects requiring CPCN permit with guidance. • Compliance and Regulatory • Lead in preparation of need portion of filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as necessary. • Lead FERC/NERC/WECC/CAISO compliance requirements such as F1004 forms, RIMS, FNM, and FAC, TPL, NUC, and MOD reliability standards and criterion. • Lead annual Gap Analysis for FERC/NERC compliance. • Participate in short and long-term strategy and capital investment planning activities. Qualifications Minimum: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US • 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning studies Desired: • Advanced knowledge in power system theory • Knowledge of PG&E’s transmission system • Knowledge of NERC/WECC standards • Experience in electric system operations • Programming skills in Matlab, Python, VBA, EPCL • A California PE license • Master’s degree in electrical engineering

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Requisition ID # 173360
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Energy Delivery
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Dublin
Department Overview
This position is represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
CA Minimum, $153,828
CA Maximum, $197,628
Basecase preparation
Lead and manage approval process for PG&E’s transmission load forecast.
Lead generator testing and model development
Develop HVDC or other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis.
Transmission System Studies
Primary lead in transmission planning studies including long-term studies that develop strategy and comprehensive plan to ensure safe, reliable, economic and efficient operation of the electric transmission system.
Lead and support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan.

Nice-to-haves

Advanced knowledge in power system theory
Knowledge of PG&E’s transmission system
Knowledge of NERC/WECC standards
Experience in electric system operations
Programming skills in Matlab, Python, VBA, EPCL
A California PE license
Master’s degree in electrical engineering

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