Senior Risk Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Danville (CA); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company seeks an engineering professional to provide testing, analysis, and risk modeling across multiple disciplines. The role includes proposing bid work, evaluating systems, and delivering expert technical guidance.

The position is hybrid, located in the Bay Area, with compensation aligned to the local market. The incumbent will lead complex tests, develop protocols, analyze data, and present findings to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with emphasis in a discipline related to assignments. (i.e., mechanical, civil or electrical engineering, etc.)
• 5 years of job-related experience
• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• PE-Professional Engineer license
• Travel required; frequency depends on assignment (10% -75%).
• Strong expertise in modeling, statistical and machine learning approaches

Responsibilities

• Provides coaching and oversight to lower-level peers. Reviews test designs of lower-level peers to determine applicability, feasibility and if objectives of project will be obtained.
• Determines customer expectations and ensures project deliverables meet customer satisfaction objectives.
• Expands knowledge in other areas of specialty or discipline, developing breadth or further develops expertise and specialization on one area.
• Leads complex and innovative tests with assistance from higher level peers.
• Completes assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards requiring integration of information from a variety of sources.
• Performs lead role in determining scope, schedule, budget and resources needed.
• Oversees assembly of technical systems and prototypes according to engineering standards and knowledge of related principles.
• Develops test protocols, models, technologies and analyzes data. Evaluates performance of parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results.
• Compiles project test results and prepare presentations, recommendations for client and/or ATS leadership.
• May represent PG&E at industry association meetings or seminars.
• Prepares estimates for client bid proposals with oversight senior peers and leadership.
• Prepares technical reports and specifications to identify, define, and solve problems.
• Modifies prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations.
• Continually identifies and executes testing or process improvements.
• Identifies innovations and cost-reduction potential of new and existing technologies.

Skills

Modeling

Statistics

Machine learning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

PE-Professional Engineer license

Job description

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Electric Transmission & Distribution ensures the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California.The Electric Transmission & Distribution Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric Transmission & Distribution actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of visual management in operating reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns. Electric Transmission & Distribution is comprised of approximately 6,500 coworkers.

Position Summary

Provides engineering, testing and analysis services and expertise across multiple disciplines to various company organizations to identify, diagnose and solve technical problems. Provides consultation to clients to proactively avoid future problems. Conducts inspections, failure analysis, performance assessments, and evaluations on a wide variety of systems and components. Partners with management to create bid proposals for requested client work. This position will have a focus on risk modeling and management.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of thejob posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $122,000

Bay Area Maximum: $194,000

Job Responsibilities

• Provides some coaching and oversight to lower-level peers. Reviews test designs of lower-level peers to determine applicability, feasibility and if objectives of project will be obtained.
• Determines customer expectations and ensures project deliverables meet customer satisfaction objectives.
• Expands knowledge in other areas of specialty or discipline, developing breadth or further develops expertise and specialization on one area.
• Leads complex and innovative tests with assistance from higher level peers.
• Completes assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards requiring integration of information from a variety of sources.
• Performs lead role in determining scope, schedule, budget and resources needed.
• Oversees assembly of technical systems and prototypes according to engineering standards and knowledge of related principles. This includes modifying prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations.
• Develops test protocols, models, technologies and analyzes data. Evaluates performance of parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results.
• Compiles project test results and prepare presentations, recommendations for client and/or ATS leadership.
• May represent PG&E at industry association meetings or seminars.
• Prepares estimates for client bid proposals with oversight senior peers and leadership.
• Prepares technical reports and specifications to identify, define, and solve problems.
• Modifies prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations.
• Continually identifies and executes testing or process improvements.
• Identifies innovations and cost-reduction potential of new and existing technologies.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with emphasis in a discipline related to assignments. (i.e., mechanical, civil or electrical engineering, etc.)
• 5 years of job-related experience
• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• PE-Professional Engineer license
• Travel required; frequency depends on assignment (10% -75%).
• Strong expertise in modeling, statistical and machine learning approaches

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

OurPurposeexplains "why" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns
• Serving our planet
• Leading with love

OurVirtuescapture "who" we need to be:

• Trustworthy
• Curious
• Nimble
• Owners

OurStandsare "what" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe
• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
• Clean and resilient energy for all
• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires aworkforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition or any other factor that is not related to the job.

Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice

PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.