Senior Design Engineer, Electric Transmission Line

PG&E; Oakland (CA); Ibrido; USD 93.000 - 118.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

PG&E in Oakland seeks a Senior Design Engineer to bridge the company and the broad interconnection of generation, capacity growth, and system reliability in California. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, strong communication, and teamwork within the Transmission Line Engineering Services Department.

The position is hybrid, combining remote work with a site location in PG&E’s Service Territory. Candidates should have design drafting experience and familiarity with transmission design

Competenze

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent; six years’ education/experience total, or four years plus two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter.
• Experience in design work or equivalent.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License by Day 1 of hire.

Mansioni

• Promote safe practices following Corporate Safety policy.
• Aim for zero injuries and avoidable auto incidents.
• Foster teamwork and embrace new approaches to work more efficiently.
• Direct the work of others performing design for jobs/projects.
• Mentor junior employees.
• Ensure high-quality design products on budget and on time.
• Prepare Transmission and Distribution Substation designs using Bentley Substation for indoor equipment and outdoor equipment.
• Create/update drawings like single line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, layouts and schedules.

Conoscenze

Communication

Leadership

Organization

MS Office

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

PE/EIT certification

Strumenti

Bentley Substation

AutoCAD

PLS-CADD

MicroStation

Descrizione del lavoro

Requisition ID# 175364

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations is responsible for PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration, and emergency response.

The Engineering and Design team of Transmission Operations Transmission Line Engineering is responsible for electrical and civil engineering work for all of PG&E's transmission lines. Transmission Line design includes structure design, line design, hardware design, and all components on transmission line assets.

Position Summary

This position is represented by Engineers & Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

As a Senior Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects. We are looking for motivated, self-driven individuals who enjoy hands‑on engineering, have excellent communications skills, high energy, and enjoy working in a team environment. If this describes you, then Transmission Line Engineering Services Department can offer you a challenging and rewarding career.

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.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the timeofthe job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to anindividualwill be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses orcertifications,experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internalequity.

Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $67.57 to $85.59,subject to collectively bargained wage increases.

Job 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.
• Direct the work of other employees performing design work for jobs and projects
• Mentor junior employees
• Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget and on time.
• Prepare Transmission and Distribution Substation designs using Bentley Substation software for indoor equipment (SCADA, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, metal clad switchgear, etc.) and outdoor equipment (open air bus structures, support structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.).
• Creating/updating drawings like single line diagrams, AC & DC schematics, indoor & outdoor arrangements, control room layouts, station service, circuit & conduit schedules.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or its equivalent in education and experience to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter
• Experience in design work or the equivalent in experience and ability
• Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by Day 1 of hire

Desired:

• Strong communication, organizational and leadership skills
• Familiarity with PG&E standards and processes
• PE/EIT certification
• Experience in electric transmission design using MicroStation or AutoCAD or PLS-CADD.
• Fluent with Microsoft office, outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint and access programs