Associate Electric Distribution Engineer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Rosa • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $95,172 - $142,956 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
PythonSwitching
About the role
- Submits long term and short-term reconstruction, capacity and reliability plan recommendations
- Manages projects within their local area of $100,000 or less
- Reviews and recommends job estimates within DPA for capacity and reliability
- Monitors area substation and circuit capabilities and track corresponding loads
- Prepares proposals, including justification, for appropriate corrective actions to address deficiencies found
- Performs planning studies to correctly model the electric distribution system
- Works with Mapping to ensure discrepancies are corrected in associated records system
- Analyzes historical loads and project future growth
- Prepares long term and short-term plans to identify and correct area deficiencies
- Prepares draft Preliminary Planning Reviews (PPR’s)
- Identifies alternatives to address deficiencies for Project Analysis (PA’s)
- Reviews and analyzes area distribution systems
- Takes appropriate actions to maintain power factor and primary voltage within established standards
- Determines circuit and associated equipment capabilities within the assigned DPA
- Prepares and initiates switching plans to alleviate normal and minimize emergency deficiencies
- Prepares necessary documentation about distribution needs for estimating to complete job packages
- Prepares settings for load tap changers and other line equipment
- Reviews requests for new large customer load additions or increases in voltage and recommend actions to correct deficiencies
- Provides direction and reviews primary designs proposed by estimating
- Prepares settings for distribution protective devices
- Performs circuit protection reviews and makes recommendations for corrections
- Determines protection requirements for rule 20, WRO projects and other major distribution projects
- Prepares settings for Distribution Automation (DA) devices affecting distribution protection, voltage or emergency switching
- Initiates service dependability solutions
- Actively participates in local reliability / root cause meetings
- Works closely with construction to prioritize outage prevention work
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a college/university program accredited by Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- Power system engineering
- Basic Microsoft Office skills
- CYME experience
- Python Scripting experience
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
power system engineeringPython scriptingplanning studiesload analysiscircuit protectiondistribution automationvoltage managementproject analysiscapacity planningreliability planning
Soft skills
project managementanalytical skillscommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsdecision-makingdirection providingparticipation in meetings
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringABET accreditation