Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Associate System Protection Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Ramon • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $95,172 - $150,096 per year

About the role

  • Provide protection engineering support for projects and studies.
  • Issue protection requirements and prepare description of operations for non-standard and localized RAS schemes.
  • Conduct short circuit studies, calculate short circuit line impedance.
  • Determine and issue relay and automatics settings.
  • Support relay system installations, such as review test program, end-to-end test, load check, direction check, relay release, etc.
  • Conduct area coordination studies.
  • Participate in project walkdown and project meetings.
  • Provide construction drawing reviews.
  • Update and maintain records, such as Aspen relay data base, transformer data sheet, short circuit base case, hard copy files, and automatics data base, job files, port assignment sheets, breaker files, etc.
  • Review and approve new tools and training prior to rollout.
  • Design and set localized RAS schemes based on Operation Engineering requirements.
  • Identify existing protection deficiencies.
  • Provide normal and emergency maintenance and operation support.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
  • EIT Certificate
  • 2 years of experience in engineering
  • Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory
  • Basic understanding of symmetrical component theory and ability to perform fault calculations
  • Basic knowledge of logic gate theory and control circuitry
  • Able to read and understand Operating, Single line, SLM&R, and Schematic diagrams
  • Ability to quickly learn protection concepts and their application.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
protection engineeringshort circuit studiesrelay settingsarea coordination studiesconstruction drawing reviewsfault calculationssymmetrical component theorylogic gate theorycontrol circuitryprotection concepts
Soft Skills
communicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsability to learn quicklyproject managementanalytical thinkinginterpersonal skillsadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical EngineeringEIT Certificate