System Protection Engineer

Requisition ID # 174121 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Energy Delivery Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: San Ramon 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 job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. This is a journey-level protection engineer job that requires executing routine protection duties with minimal assistance This position requires a moderate level of training, direction and review of work from more senior engineers and peers. This job is responsible for providing technical protection engineering for routine projects and maintenance/operation support including, but not limited to, issuing protection requirements, relay and automatics settings, processing clearances, and investigating relay operations. 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, $120,888 CA Maximum, $193,020 Job Responsibilities May perform all the functions of Associate System Protection Engineer and in addition: Provide guidance to peers and lower-level engineers Perform protection job duties for transmission voltages 230 kV and below Handle special and complex projects, such as localized special protection scheme and MPAC Perform protection job duties for distribution voltages Handle special and complex projects, such as localized special protection scheme, fast distribution bus pickup scheme, tie cable, Switchgear IPAC, etc. Participate in development of design standards, new tools and new relay schemes Qualifications Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US 3 years of cumulative experience in the field of system protection Desired Current and active California PE license desired Ability to calculate relay settings for all station automatics schemes, transmission line relaying, transformer bank protection, bus protection, generator protection, and breaker failure schemes Thorough computer application and fault analysis program knowledge Knowledge of symmetrical component theory and ability to perform fault calculations. Basic understanding of logic gate theory and control circuitry Knowledge of electric system protection equipment, instrumentation and test procedures Ability to analyze relay operations and determine fault locations Interprets applicable codes, industry standards and regulations and educates others 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 Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a workforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. 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