Substation Test Supervisor: Protection & Commissioning Lead

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Cottonwood (CA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Supervisor to lead teams testing and commissioning protection and control systems for transmission lines and substations across multiple California sites. You will ensure proper maintenance practices, oversee testing, and maintain compliance documentation.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive experience with protective relay equipment, and ability to coordinate field operations in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Electrical, instrument and Control or electronics Field, or equivalent related experience including experience in installation and maintenance of protective relay equipment and substation equipment.
• 8 or more years of experience in calibrating, installing, and in service testing of relay systems, three of which must be in a leadership or project management capacity.
• 6 years’ experience commissioning, troubleshooting and maintaining substation equipment.

Responsibilities

• Completes and maintains all work documentation or reporting.
• Develops and maintains work relationships, regional contacts and internal networks.
• Develops and/or executes action plans to address deficiencies in process or employee skill/knowledge and track the progress of those plans.
• Effectively manages staff/team(s) through recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.
• Effectively utilizes resources by monitoring individual technician’s productivity and ensuring costs are controlled.
• Performs monitoring and analysis for ongoing projects and work efforts; suggests improvements.
• Ensures Substation Test work, including regulated preventative and corrective, is completed as scheduled and to quality expectations.
• Facilitates or leads weekly team meetings/tailboards; conducts training as needed.
• Identifies and pursues productivity improvements and implements cost-saving work practices.
• Makes field decisions with consideration of cost, risk, safety, and system impact; re-estimates work as needed.
• Prepares for emergency situations and supports response; communicates deficiencies and resolves issues quickly.
• Provides professional communication with transmission and distribution partners in various field scenarios.
• Regularly visits work sites to monitor operations.
• Supervises 10-20 direct reports including IBEW technicians

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team supervision

Communication

Training and development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Electrical, instrument and Control or electronics Field, or equivalent related experience

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Supervisor to lead teams testing and commissioning protection and control systems for transmission lines and substations across multiple California sites. You will ensure proper maintenance practices, oversee testing, and maintain compliance documentation.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive experience with protective relay equipment, and ability to coordinate field operations in a hybrid work environment.