Transmission Planning Engineer — Grid Reliability & CAISO

PG&E

West Sacramento (CA)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 175,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

PG&E in California seeks a Journey-level Transmission Planning Engineer to provide reliability analysis for generation interconnection studies, aligning with NERC/WECC standards. The role requires collaboration with internal and external customers within the Transmission Planning Department.

This hybrid/onsite position offers a salary range reflecting California market and NERC/WECC compliance expectations.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline (US-equivalent)
3 years of electrical engineering, planning and/or operations experience
Experience in electric transmission planning studies
Experience in power flow analysis and simulation tools
Knowledge of NERC and WECC reliability standards
Programming experience in Matlab, Python, VBA, EPCL
EIT/PE Certification or California PE preferred
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred

Responsibilities

Plan, develop, and recommend transmission plans to CAISO and ensure safe, reliable operation
Perform CAISO GIDAP studies and power flow/transient stability analyses to meet compliance
Support basecase creation, powerflow, mitigation development and deliverables coordination with CAISO and customers
Carry out long-term studies to develop strategy for safe and efficient operation
Develop basecase assumptions and models for generation projects
Conduct transmission planning studies for retail interconnection and develop comprehensive plans
Collaborate with CAISO and CPUC on planning projects
Review and develop electrical models for transmission planning databases
Develop EPCL, Python scripts for simulation tools
Mentor junior engineers