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Senior Transmission Planning EngineerPG&E Corporation • Oakland, CA, US
Senior Transmission Planning Engineer

Senior Transmission Planning Engineer

PG&E Corporation • Oakland, CA, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Requisition ID # 167606

Job Category : Engineering / Science

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Business Unit : Electric Engineering

Work Type : Hybrid

Job Location : Oakland

Department Overview

The Transmission System Planning (TSP) department is responsible for :

  • Conducting interconnection studies and multi-year assessments.
  • Developing transmission expansion plans to ensure safe and reliable electric service.
  • Adhering to NERC and WECC planning standards.
  • Participating in the development of reliability standards and transmission expansion policy.
  • Supporting various internal departments such as operations, law, and contracts.

Position Summary

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

The Senior Transmission Planning is responsible for providing technical, planning and project implementation support for transmission, substation, and distribution systems. The responsibility level of this position increases with experience and demonstrated ability.

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 salary range is :

CA Minimum, $153,828

CA Maximum, $197,628

Job Responsibilities

  • Basecase preparation
  • Lead and manage approval process for PG&E’s transmission load forecast.
  • Lead generator testing and model development
  • Develop HVDC or other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis.
  • Transmission System Studies
  • Primary lead in transmission planning studies including long-term studies that develop strategy and comprehensive plan to ensure safe, reliable, economic and efficient operation of the electric transmission system.
  • Lead and support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan.
  • Provide technical guidance to internal departments (Engineering, Operations, Substation and T-line asset strategy, Distribution Planning etc.) on planning and policy issues
  • Lead complex studies such as RAS design related studies.
  • Develop and standardize new analytic methods for power system analysis / modeling
  • Lead the development of interconnection handbook, criteria, and standards for WECC / NERC compliance
  • Guide and direct the work of lower level engineers on interconnection studies, where appropriate.
  • Project Implementation
  • Provide technical expertise and lead in the implementation of complex and large-scale projects including projects that require a Permit to Construct (PTC) permit.
  • Implement complex projects requiring CPCN permit with guidance.
  • Compliance and Regulatory
  • Lead in preparation of need portion of filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as necessary.
  • Lead FERC / NERC / WECC / CAISO compliance requirements such as F1004 forms, RIMS, FNM, and FAC, TPL, NUC, and MOD reliability standards and criterion.
  • Lead annual Gap Analysis for FERC / NERC compliance.
  • Participate in short and long-term strategy and capital investment planning activities.
  • 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
  • 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning studies
  • Desired :

  • Advanced knowledge in power system theory
  • Knowledge of PG&E’s transmission system
  • Knowledge of NERC / WECC standards
  • Experience in electric system operations
  • Programming skills in Matlab, Python, VBA, EPCL
  • A California PE license
  • Master’s degree in electrical engineering
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