PG&E Corporation

Senior Substation Project Engineer

PG&E Corporation$153K — $197K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent accreditation
  • 8 years of cumulative experience in electrical engineering and design
  • Experience with large-scale, high-budget electric substation projects
  • Substation engineering expertise
  • Project management skills
  • Current California Professional Engineer (PE) license

Responsibilities

  • Manage large complex engineering projects and develop conceptual designs
  • Lead and mentor technical employees and teams
  • Assist in finalizing project specifications and evaluating project bids
  • Support departments in land, permitting, and legal issues
  • Resolve complex engineering problems with creative approaches
  • Communicate with contractors, vendors, and public agencies
  • Provide technical direction to junior team members

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment allowing remote and on-site flexibility
  • Opportunity for involvement in high-impact engineering projects
  • Access to professional development and mentoring
  • Participation in a union with collective bargaining protections
  • Engagement with diverse teams and complex problem-solving scenarios
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 171542

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Position Summary

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

This is a senior-level engineer job that requires mastery of the journey engineer job duties and is responsible for leading engineering and design of complex projects. Applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices to resolve complex problems with only general direction. Provides leadership, coaching, technical direction, knowledge transfer and assistance to technical employees and teams. Additional responsibilities beyond the Project engineer include, but are not limited to, the following: Deliver presentations, lead team meetings, interpret industry practices and codes.

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 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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:

CA Minimum, $153,828

CA Maximum, $197,628

Responsibilities

  • Manage large complex projects and perform engineering analyses, studies, and develop conceptual designs.
  • Lead, coach, direct, and assist technical employees and teams on technical issues. May act as an engineering mentor.
  • Assist in finalizing contract project specification and technical evaluation of contract project bids.
  • Provide support to other departments in land, permitting, and legal issues.
  • Resolves problems of complex scope. Assignments may provide an opportunity for creative or non-standard approaches. Under general direction, independently plans work to meet assigned general objectives. Work may be reviewed upon completion; solution may provide an opportunity for creative/non-standard approaches.
  • External contacts are with contractors, vendors and local public agencies with ministerial authority. Internal contacts are with clients, project team members, and company management. May provide technical direction to less experienced team members. Exchanges information and solves problems with others outside the team.


Qualifications

Minimum:
  • BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
  • 8 years of cumulative experience in electrical engineering and design


Desired:
  • Experience in multiple large-scale, large budget electric substation projects
  • Experience in substation engineering
  • Skilled in project management
  • Current California PE license


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1905
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