PG&E Corporation

Design Engineer, Electric Transmission Line

PG&E Corporation$93K — $154K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant equivalent education/experience.
  • Valid Class C California Driver's License required on hire.
  • Minimum of 4 years of education and experience in relevant fields, with 2 years at PG&E as a Design Drafter preferred.
  • Experience in electric transmission design is desired.
  • Proficiency in MicroStation, AutoCAD, or PLS-CADD is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Promote safe practices in alignment with Corporate Safety policy.
  • Achieve departmental goal of zero injuries and avoidable incidents.
  • Coordinate project details for electric transmission facilities, collaborating across engineering disciplines.
  • Prepare detailed electrical transmission design drawings using MicroStation or PLS-CADD.
  • Create reports and presentations using Microsoft Office suite and other applications.
  • Facilitate design review meetings with project teams.
  • Assist with Construction Administration, including reviewing shop drawings and submittals.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility between remote and on-site work.
  • Collective bargaining protections for employees.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth within PG&E.
  • Contributing to significant improvements in system reliability and capacity demand in California.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 173252

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Position Summary

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

As a Transmission Line Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects.

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 hourly rate 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 hourly rate 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, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity.

Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $44.70 to $74.42, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.

Job Responsibilities
  • Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy.
  • Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents.
  • Foster teamwork, innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively.
  • Coordinate project information (studies, sketches, computations, other complex data) for the engineering and construction of electric transmission facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability, and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil, substation and protection engineers), and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs.
  • Prepare Electrical Transmission design drawings using MicroStation & PLS-CADD software. Drawings include structure requirement drawings, structure data sheets, plan and profile drawings, stringing drawings, arrangement drawings, hardware drawings, phasing drawings, etc.
  • Prepare bill of materials, conductor studies, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications.
  • Conduct design review meetings with project teams.
  • Provide Construction Administration assistance to the Responsible Engineer, including review of shop drawings, RFIs and submittals.
  • Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose.
  • Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively.
  • Travel 10% of the time.


Qualifications

Minimum:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or graduating with a bachelor of engineering by June 2026; OR, its equivalent in education and experience, to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by day 1 of hire


Desired:
  • Experience in electric transmission design
  • Skilled in MicroStation or AutoCAD or PLS-CADD
  • Familiarity with PG&E standards and construction practices
  • PE/EIT certification

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Net Income
-$1.3 billion
Founded
1905
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