Senior Electric Standards and Strategy Engineer

Position Summary

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. The Senior level engineer job requires mastery of the Journey level engineer skills and duties. This position is responsible for providing technical specification of equipment, design criteria, standards and implementation support for the substation electrical transformers and handles complex problems and issues. 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, and management of a complete asset life cycle and system reliability strategies, plans, and programs including asset installation, maintenance, operations, replacement, and removal.
• Address and manage emergency issues associated with assigned assets.
• Support, perform or lead, as assigned, root cause analysis.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in area of field and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices.
• Develop and provide specialized training on assets within areas of expertise.
• Provide technical expertise in implementation of complex and large-scale projects.
• Where applicable, act as a liaison with Maintenance and Construction personnel by providing communication and feedback regarding construction standards, work procedures and equipment issues.
• Provide support on regulatory, governmental and other third-party issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum: BS Degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering or other related engineering degree as appropriate from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• 8 years of cumulative experience in engineering, planning and/or operations
• Desired: Experience in Quality audits or cause analysis
• Experience in substation equipment and environmental monitoring
• Experience in substation instrument transformers, insulators, lightning arresters, and/or animal abatement (for Electrical Engineers)
• Experience in substation control buildings, structures, foundations, and/or roadways (for Civil Engineers)
• Current and active California PE license desired
• 10% travel to conferences, suppliers’ factories, and PG&E facilities