Associate Electric Distribution Operations Engineer

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 job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. The Associate Distribution Operations Engineering position at PG&E is a very challenging yet rewarding position that offers the successful candidate the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop. PG&E has over 3,200 distribution feeders, 1,200 distribution substation banks and 275 distribution substations serving over 5 million customers in northern and central California. The distribution system is diverse with 4 KV, 12 KV, 17 KV, 21 KV, and 34 KV distribution voltages. The PG&E service territory stretches over 74,000 square miles. 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 annual salary range is: CA Minimum: $95,172 CA Maximum: $150,096 Job Responsibilities Provide distribution operations engineering support for PG&E's Electric Distribution Control Centers. This support includes: Provide distribution facility clearance review, analysis and switching plan development Perform N-1 distribution load at risk analysis and prepare management communications Monitor and review bank and circuit peak loads and take actions to address overloads Monitor and review bank and circuit real‑time power factor and take actions to address poor power factor Validate inoperable critical operating equipment and determine its disposition Develop critical operating equipment control device settings Provide day‑to‑day engineering support for distribution line and substation‑related operational problems, as well as any transmission line problems that result in operational problems on the distribution system Update load flow models when permanent switching, system re‑configuration and new devices are installed Provide engineering support for system emergencies during normal and after‑hours (includes an on‑call requirement) Prepare substation bank and feeder loss studies as required Provide distribution operations engineering review and recommendations for substation bank and equipment replacement projects Provide distribution operations engineering support of power quality and voltage‑related issues Assist in providing reviews to support the management of distribution system integrity and configuration Perform detailed technical analysis and design for the interconnection of temporary primary generation for planned and emergency needs Provide other reliability, protection and coordination related studies as requested Provide operations engineering support and participate in various emerging grid technology projects (VVO, PV‑Smart Inverter, DERM’s, Smart Line Sensors, EPIC Projects) Flexible work schedule to be determined Qualifications Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) Desired: Electric utility distribution engineering or system protection‑related work experience Professional Engineering (PE) license Experience in electric distribution engineering and design #J-18808-Ljbffr PG&E