Hybrid Transmission Planning Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California seeks a journey-level Transmission Planning Engineer to support generation interconnection studies and CAISO coordination, ensuring compliance with NERC/WECC standards. The role emphasizes developing reliable transmission solutions and interfacing with internal/external stakeholders.

You will work in a hybrid setup, with responsibilities expanding as you gain experience and collaborate with CPUC and CAISO on complex studies, modeling, and policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 3 years of experience in electrical engineering, planning or operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop transmission plans for safe, reliable operation.
• Participate in CAISO GIDAP studies and perform power flow analysis.
• Support basecase creation, mitigation development, and schedule coordination with CAISO.
• Conduct long-term studies to ensure economic operation of the transmission system.
• Develop basecase assumptions and models for generation projects.
• Lead studies for interconnection and retail load interconnection.
• Collaborate with CAISO and CPUC on planning projects.
• Review diagrams and models; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power system analysis

Interconnection studies

CAISO coordination

NERC/WECC standards

Programming familiarity

EPCL/Python/Matlab

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

EIT/PE Certification

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

GE PSLF

Python

Matlab

VBA

EPCL

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California seeks a journey-level Transmission Planning Engineer to support generation interconnection studies and CAISO coordination, ensuring compliance with NERC/WECC standards. The role emphasizes developing reliable transmission solutions and interfacing with internal/external stakeholders.

You will work in a hybrid setup, with responsibilities expanding as you gain experience and collaborate with CPUC and CAISO on complex studies, modeling, and policy