Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Electric Distribution Engineer – Associate

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: FresnoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $95,172 - $142,956 per year

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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; and 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 and 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 and 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 initiate 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 any deficiencies.
  • Provides direction and reviews primary designs proposed by estimating to ensure adequate capacity and reliability.
  • 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 which could impact the existing protective scheme.
  • Prepares settings for Distribution Automation (DA) devices affecting distribution protection, voltage or emergency switching.
  • Initiates service dependability solutions and actively participates in local reliability / root cause meetings.
  • Works closely with construction to prioritize outage prevention work within DPA, addresses customer complaints (Help Tickets) for recurring outages as assigned.
  • Prepares initial responses for CPUC complaints for recurring outages.
  • Supports local DO’s, DEC, construction, or storm room in emergency restoration efforts as required.
  • Provide technical, address’ customer voltage complaints caused by primary voltage problems.
  • When requested, address’ customer EMF requests involving distribution facilities as assigned, assist E&M and OM&C personnel to address customer voltage complaints caused by secondary voltage problems.
  • Supports estimating, construction, and other departments as required.
  • Reviews, modifies, and recommends switching clearances for feeders, banks and stations as requested by DO’s.
  • Address’ customer EMF requests involving distribution facilities as assigned.
  • Reviews switching arrangements, equipment settings, voltage levels, power factor needs, etc. to ensure the distribution system is operated in the most efficient manner.
  • Prepare EASOP (economic analysis) for projects in DPA.
  • Prepare other engineering analysis as assigned.
  • Provide supervisor on-call support as required; maintain equipment records as assigned.

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 & Tools
power system engineeringPython scriptingload analysiscircuit protectioncapacity planningreliability analysiseconomic analysisdistribution system modelingsettings for load tap changerssettings for distribution protective devices
Soft Skills
project managementcommunicationproblem-solvingcustomer servicecollaborationtechnical directionanalytical thinkingattention to detailprioritizationadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)ABET accreditation