Hybrid Transmission Line Design Engineer – Power & Reliability

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland is seeking a Transmission Line Design Engineer. This role serves as the vital link between generation interconnection, capacity growth, and system reliability improvements across California, with a hybrid work arrangement combining remote and on-site days within the PG&E Service Territory.

The position emphasizes safety, collaboration, and timely, high-quality design work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent education/experience, including education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter.

Responsibilities

• Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy.
• Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents.
• Foster teamwork, innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively.
• Coordinate project information for the engineering and construction of electric transmission facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability, and automation improvements.
• Prepare Electrical Transmission design drawings using MicroStation & PLS-CADD software.
• Drawings include structure requirement drawings, structure data sheets, plan and profile drawings, stringing drawings, arrangement drawings, hardware drawings, phasing drawings, etc.
• Prepare bill of materials, conductor studies, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications.
• Conduct design review meetings with project teams.
• Provide Construction Administration assistance to the Responsible Engineer, including review of shop drawings, RFIs and submittals.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose.
• Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively.
• Travel 10% of the time.

Skills

Design drafting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MicroStation

PLS-CADD

AutoCAD

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland is seeking a Transmission Line Design Engineer. This role serves as the vital link between generation interconnection, capacity growth, and system reliability improvements across California, with a hybrid work arrangement combining remote and on-site days within the PG&E Service Territory.

The position emphasizes safety, collaboration, and timely, high-quality design work.