Senior Gas Engineer- Flexible Location

Requisition ID # 173666 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Fresno; Pleasanton; Sacramento; San Jose; San Ramon; Santa Rosa

Department Overview

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Strategies team within Gas Engineering supports PG&E’s True North Strategy by investing in a safe, reliable system and advancing the decarbonization of gas delivered to customers. Committed to reducing GHG emissions, the team advances methane abatement initiatives and drives the transition to low carbon fuels, ensuring these energy sources reach customers through our system. 

Position Summary

The Gas Engineer, Senior supports the Natural Gas Leak Abatement and Hydrogen programs through technical research, engineering analysis, and data-focused work.

A successful candidate will demonstrate a strong passion for innovation and emerging technologies, coupled with the ability to lead and collaborate on multi-functional and cross-functional projects within a large organization. They should thrive in roles that demand exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical thinking. They enjoy applying their engineering background and experience to advance the transition to clean fuels, explore how new tools can support informed decision-making, and collaborate effectively with field coworkers and data experts to achieve our company decarbonization goals.

Position duties may include but are not limited to-

• Solves complex problems by developing and utilizing new and innovative engineering design and technical solutions to reduce emissions from the gas system
• Grows into being recognized as a subject matter expert in hydrogen and methane abatement by providing breadth of knowledge and performing analyses on projects across several disciplines
• Works with the R&D team to study, evaluate, and test new or revised methodologies, best practices, tools, processes, procedures, and technology assessing potential fit, benefits, and impacts to methane abatement activities
• Finds ways to streamline data management and reporting, and improve data quality
• Presents engineering research, findings, solutions, and recommendations to senior leaders across Engineering and Operations
• Works independently and collaboratively, taking personal responsibility for assignments while seeking guidance from senior engineers and leaders as needed
• Develops, monitors and implements Tactical Implementation Plans (TIP) to achieve team results
• Participates and presents at meetings with regulators and industry peers to share program results and best practices
• Analyzes operational and GHG emissions data to determine trends and potential areas-of-improvement
• Develops and maintains working relationships, contacts, and networks across multiple lines of business (LOB) to achieve cooperation from others to achieve a goal

Location is flexible within the PG&E Service Territory between San Ramon/Pleasanton, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno, or Santa Rosa headquarters, please note hiring leader will make final decision of what are appropriate headquarters for the role based on business need. 

Position will require approximately 20% of travel time in work schedule. 

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 (San Ramon/Pleasanton, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno, or Santa Rosa).

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.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum:$128,000
Bay Area Maximum:$218,000

OR

California Minimum:$122,000
California Maximum: $207,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs moderate to complex engineering work and projects
• Expands knowledge in other areas of specialty or discipline, developing breadth or further develops expertise and specialization on one area.
• Provides engineering and technical solutions by using existing tools, methods, approaches and tactics in new ways or by modifying and improving them.
• Evaluates methodologies, best practices, tools, processes, procedures and technology assessing potential fit, benefits, and impacts for engineering work and projects assigned
• Presents engineering research, findings solutions and recommendations to leadership
• Works independently under limited direction and guidance
• May provide training, guidance, instruction and coaching to other Engineers

Qualifications [Minimum]:

• BS Engineering or equivalent experience 
• Five (5) years of relevant experience

Qualifications [Desired]

• MS Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Gas transmission or distribution experience with design, maintenance, construction and/or operations
• Advanced communication and presentation skills
• Ability to organize and present information and recommendations to leaders across functions
• Ability to lead cross-functional project teams
• Expert Knowledge of applicable engineering principles, codes, regulations, policies and procedures related to the industry and PG&E
• Ability to build relationships and influence actions, decisions, accountabilities and outcomes across functions
• Ability to translate strategy into specific plans and action
• Strong organizational skills.
• Analytical problem solving and decision-making ability
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, Power BI, Foundry Palantir and SAP