Supervisor, Design Drafting

PG&E; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

PG&E is seeking a Supervisory level Engineer/Designer to oversee Transmission, Distribution and Substation design and drafting. You will lead a team, set performance expectations, and coordinate with engineering and field groups to deliver high-quality project outputs.

The role emphasizes leadership, process improvement, and ensuring timely delivery while maintaining safety and compliance with utility standards.

Qualifications

• High School or GED General Educational Development (GED) diploma
• Job-related experience, 5 years

Responsibilities

• Ensures timeliness, efficiency and responsiveness to internal customers' requests; ensures quality and consistency of the products.
• Leads design drafting team; coaches, mentors, and develops staff to meet department objectives, including union employees.
• Addresses issues proactively and takes ownership to maintain energized, productive teams.
• Provides leadership to the Design Drafting group; ensures staffing levels meet demand and project needs.
• Collaborates with engineers, project managers, construction and field operations to share resources and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Resource planning

Customer focus

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Bentley Substation

NESC

IEEE standards

Job description

Requisition ID# 172267

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Fresno; West Sacramento

Department Overview

• Transmission Substation engineering and design
• Distribution Substation engineering and design
• Technical assistance on feasibility studies
• Technical coordination with Transmission Line Engineering and design
• Technical consultation (project options)
• Project scope, detailed estimates, material lists
• Equipment specifications
• Construction support
• Other activities as needed

Position Summary

Supervises and leads Drafters, responsible for all design work for Transmission, Distribution and Substation along with records that maintains the design work. Establishes clear performance expectations, monitors, and follows up as required. Plans work so key business goals (work resource scheduling, invoicing) are met. Instills customer focus in workgroup while identifying and implementing process improvements.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location two to three days a week.

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

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $128,000

Bay Area Mid: $173,000

Bay Area Maximum: $218,000

California Minimum: $122,000

California Mid: $164,000

California Maximum: $207,000

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures timeliness, efficiency and responsiveness to internal customers' requests. Ensures quality and consistency of the products.
• Recruit/select, communicate expectations, foster employee engagement, coach, develop, mentor, recognize and reward employees in order to drive performance and results. Manages Union employees
• Takes ownership and appropriate actions to address issues for energized employees.
• Provides leadership to the Design Drafting group; attracts and retains skilled and appropriate staffing levels to meet department objectives.
• Works collaboratively with other departments/divisions to share resources and best practices.
• Fosters positive internal relationships by facilitating work of others; looks for process improvements and contributes to the team.
• Involves employees in addressing issues, which affect them, and follows through on commitments.
• Provides leadership by communicating business goals to workgroup on a regular basis.

Qualifications

Minimum

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Job-related experience, 5 years

Desired

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology
• Leadership experience

Technical Experience

• 8-12 years of utility substation design and drafting.
• Experience with:
• AutoCAD / MicroStation / Bentley Substation
• High-voltage substations (12 kV-500 kV)
• Physical layouts, grounding, conduit, cable routing, steel, foundations, and equipment drawings.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Utility drafting standards
  • NESC, IEEE, and utility design standards
  • Document control and as-built processes
  • Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC).
• Leadership Requirements

Leadership Requirements

• Prior experience leading or supervising designers and drafters.
• Ability to:
  • Assign and prioritize work.
  • Mentor and develop employees.
  • Coordinate with engineers, project managers, construction, and field operations.
  • Drive productivity, quality, and continuous improvement.