Hybrid Associate Transmission Planning Engineer

at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Job title: Associate Transmission Planning Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $95,172 - $142,956 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Luis Obispo, United States

About the role

• Entry-level Associate Transmission Planning Engineer supporting transmission studies and project implementation at PG&E. Contributing to compliance, planning assessments, and system asset strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and coordination of the basecase creation process, including schedule and deliverables.
• Support the coordination and review of data from internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate basecases.
• Review area and system load data to support the development of load forecast.
• Support the development of basecase assumptions and transmission system steady-state and dynamic models.
• Develop PG&E area and WECC system basecases as required by transmission planning studies.
• Provide support for generator testing and model development.
• Develop tools and processes to support transmission planning and project implementation functions.
• Perform transmission planning studies related to compliance, annual transmission system assessment, all phases of load or generation interconnection, reliability, inter and intra-regional studies, or any other studies to support obligations to internal PG&E departments and external entities.
• Coordinate engineering requirements for generation, load interconnection, capacity, reliability, economic, and policy projects.
• Analyze reliability indices such as SAIDI, SAIFI and other indicators to propose reliability improvement projects.
• Support development of Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan.
• Develop and submit new project proposals through the CAISO’s Request Window in order to obtain approval.
• Prepare presentations, reports or other materials essential for communication of work to internal and/or external stakeholders.
• Effectively present technical material to stakeholders as required.
• Represent PG&E transmission planning at internal and external meetings and provide technical guidance on transmission planning issues under supervision.
• Provide responsive input and support to other departments on transmission matters.
• Participate in project implementation activities to ensure timely implementation of projects and system asset strategies.
• Prepare project approval documents for management approval.
• Perform analysis to support project need and recommendation.
• Manage and track implementation of projects and provide updates as required.
• Participate in establishing project implementation scope, schedule, and budget.
• Interface and work with external regulatory agencies under supervision.
• Support in preparation of filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as necessary.
• Support PG&E’s regulatory filings to various regulatory and data requests including FERC’s Transmission Owner (TO) rate case and CPUC’s General Rate Case (GRC).

Requirements

• 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.
• One year of experience in power engineering, electric transmission planning and/or operations.
• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate