Requisition ID # 171259
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Fresno
Department Overview
The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.
Position Summary
This position is represented by Engineers and Scientist of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
As a 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 and 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 substation facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil and protection engineers) and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs.
Prepare Electrical Substation design drawings using Bentley 3D software for indoor and outdoor equipment (e.g., RTUs, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.), Single Line Diagrams, Meter and Relay Diagrams, AC and DC Schematics, Control Room Layouts, Switchboard Arrangements, AC and DC Station Services, General Arrangement Outdoor, Conduits & Grounding, etc.
Prepare bill of materials, circuit & conduit schedules, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications.
Conduct design review meetings with project teams.
Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose.
Travel 10% of the time.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering or graduating with a BS in electrical 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:
Familiarity with PG&E standards and processes
PE/EIT certification
Experience in electric substation design using MicroStation or AutoCAD or Bentley 3D software
Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, word, Excel, PowerPoint and access programs
Purpose, Virtues and Stands
Our
Purpose
explains "why" we exist:
Delivering for our hometowns
Serving our planet
Leading with love
Our
Virtues
capture "who" we need to be:
Trustworthy
Empathetic
Curious
Tenacious
Nimble
Owners
Our
Stands
are "what" we will achieve together:
Everyone and everything is always safe
Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
Clean and resilient energy for all
Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors
More About Our Company
EEO
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Nearest Major Market:
Fresno