Substation Engineer

About the role

Pride Resource Partners, LLC, a Think Power Solutions Company, is seeking a Substation Engineer to support the inspection, review, and quality control of electrical substation assets.

Responsibilities

• Cover coordination and support of substation asset inspections, condition assessments, and engineering reviews.
• Perform quality control (QC) reviews of engineering documents, designs, and inspection reports.
• Evaluate substation equipment and systems to ensure compliance with PG&E standards, applicable codes, and industry best practices.
• Provide technical consultation and engineering guidance to internal stakeholders, field personnel, and project teams.
• Review and validate inspection findings, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support reliability, safety, and asset management initiatives across transmission and distribution substations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and operations teams in a remote environment.
• Support occasional site visits or field walkdowns as required.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of electrical substation systems, including transmission and distribution substations.
• Working knowledge of substation equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, protection and control systems, grounding systems, and associated structures.
• Understanding of applicable codes, standards, and utility practices, including safety and compliance requirements relevant to substation engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex technical issues.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to review, interpret, and evaluate substation inspection reports, engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Ability to identify non-conformances, risks, and deficiencies and recommend corrective actions in accordance with engineering standards.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with distributed teams.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and reliability in all engineering activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering required, Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineering License preferred, but not required.
• Civil, or other, Engineers may be considered if they possess significant substation engineering experience.
• Travel up to 10%.

Skills

• Ability to review, interpret, and evaluate substation inspection reports, engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Ability to identify non-conformances, risks, and deficiencies and recommend corrective actions in accordance with engineering standards.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with distributed teams.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and reliability in all engineering activities.

Benefits

• 100% employer paid employee-only medical plan
• 100% company paid basic life insurance
• 100% company-paid short-term disability
• Optional vision and dental insurance
• Optional long-term disability
• 9 company-paid holidays
• 10 days PTO
• 6-weeks maternity leave paid at 100%
• 1-week paternity leave paid at 100%
• Infertility benefits up to $10,000
• Adoption assistance up to $5,000

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position is primarily remote, with occasional field support as needed and determined by supervisor.