Senior Transmission Planning Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Senior Transmission Planner in Oakland, CA. This role provides technical, planning, and project-implementation support for transmission and related systems within a hybrid work setup.

Salary ranges are communicated based on location and bargaining agreements. The position requires extensive experience in transmission planning, strong knowledge of NERC/WECC standards, and coordination with multiple internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited program in the US or equivalent.
• 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning or operations.
• Advanced knowledge in power system theory.
• Knowledge of PG&E’s electric transmission system and NERC/WECC standards.
• Programming skills: MATLAB, Python, VBA, EPCL.
• California PE license (desired).
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering (desired).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the transmission load forecast approval process.
• Provide technical guidance across engineering, operations, substation, and planning teams.
• Develop HVDC or non-standard equipment models for power flow and stability analysis.
• Conduct transmission system studies and long-term planning analyses.
• Support development of annual transmission planning assessments and expansions.
• Lead regulatory filings and ensure compliance with FERC/NERC/WECC standards.

Skills

Power system theory

NERC/WECC standards

Programming skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

VBA

EPCL

Job description

Requisition ID# 174446

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Transmission System Planning (TSP) department is responsible for:

• Conducting interconnection studies and multi-year assessments.
• Developing transmission expansion plans to ensure safe and reliable electric service.
• Adhering to NERC and WECC planning standards.
• Participating in the development of reliability standards and transmission expansion policy.
• Supporting various internal departments such as operations, law, and contracts.

Position Summary

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

The Senior Transmission Planning is responsible for providing technical, planning and project implementation support for transmission, substation, and distribution systems. The responsibility level of this position increases with experience and demonstrated ability.

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 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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The salary range is:

CA Minimum, $161,520

CA Maximum, $207,504

Job Responsibilities

• Basecase preparation
• Lead and manage approval process for PG&E’s transmission load forecast.
• Lead generator testing and model development
• Develop HVDC or other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis.
• Transmission System Studies
• Primary lead in transmission planning studies including long-term studies that develop strategy and comprehensive plan to ensure safe, reliable, economic and efficient operation of the electric transmission system.
• Lead and support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan.
• Provide technical guidance to internal departments (Engineering, Operations, Substation and T-line asset strategy, Distribution Planning etc.) on planning and policy issues
• Lead complex studies such as RAS design related studies.
• Develop and standardize new analytic methods for power system analysis/modeling
• Lead the development of interconnection handbook, criteria, and standards for WECC/NERC compliance
• Guide and direct the work of lower level engineers on interconnection studies, where appropriate.
• Project Implementation
• Provide technical expertise and lead in the implementation of complex and large-scale projects including projects that require a Permit to Construct (PTC) permit.
• Implement complex projects requiring CPCN permit with guidance.
• Compliance and Regulatory
• Lead in preparation of need portion of filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as necessary.
• Lead FERC/NERC/WECC/CAISO compliance requirements such as F1004 forms, RIMS, FNM, and FAC, TPL, NUC, and MOD reliability standards and criterion.
• Lead annual Gap Analysis for FERC/NERC compliance.
• Participate in short and long-term strategy and capital investment planning activities.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning or operations

Desired:

• Advanced knowledge in power system theory
• Knowledge of PG&E’s electric transmission system
• Knowledge of NERC/WECC standards
• Programming skills in Matlab, Python, VBA, EPCL
• A California PE license
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering