Oversees the System Relay Settings and Relay Coordination efforts within PG&E.
Acts as the asset owner of all protective relays with in PG&E responsible for ensuring maintenance and relay replacements are completed within applicable standards and budget.
Works with team to set strategy of a sustainable relay replacement program and to maintain expected levels of reliability.
Facilitates the development of protection standards and the approval of protective relays.
Ensures Project and System support, 24/7 Operational support, and 24/7 Maintenance support by making sure the department has required resources and goals.
Oversees support for interconnection activities including interfacing with neighboring systems.
Responsible for ensuring department operations meet regulatory compliance.
Acts as a Protection SME for national committees and other external entities.
Determines most effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer term goals and objectives, for time bound projects or ongoing operational work.
Provides data for department performance to management and adjusts based on business needs.
Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.
Develops and manages department budget, regularly monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in System Protection or specific to the field of electrical power.
10 years of protection engineering experience including previous supervisory experience.
Ability to travel approximately 20% with occasional overnight stays within the service territory and to meetings outside of California.
Masters Degree in Engineering-Electrical or job-related discipline or equivalent experience (Desired).
Experience with bargaining unit employees, Supervisory experience, Substation, Grid Operations, Protection Testing and Commissioning experience, Project Management experience, Leadership Roles in Industry Committees (Desired).
PE-Professional Engineer license (Desired).
LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification (Desired).
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification (Desired).
Expertise in electrical engineering concepts, theories and practices.
Depth and breadth of knowledge of electrical circuits, relays and software applications involved in identifying and developing effective protection schemes including fault analysis programs and Mathcad.
Management skills to lead teams and promote employee engagement.
Ability to monitor, gather and analyze information, to determine potential impacts, and recommend responses to challenges.
Able to influence others to achieve understanding, acceptance and commitment to act in support of ideas, programs or causes.
Understands the national and regional regulatory requirements as they apply to protection engineering.
Capable of applying negotiation techniques to obtain commitment, compromise, or settlement while promoting mutual interest.
Knowledge of California and Federal regulatory requirements such as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), NERC/CIP, WECC, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
Proficient with MS Professional Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point).
Strong project management knowledge and skills to effectively lead diverse teams and complex projects.
Strong technical coaching and mentoring skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Knowledge of the ESC contract as it applies to protection engineers.
Significant knowledge of planning, operations and maintenance activities within a utility and the working relationship between these departments.
Significant knowledge of how protection and control schemes can impact reliability and the solutions thereof.

Benefits

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

protection engineeringelectrical engineeringfault analysisMathcadsubstation operationsgrid operationsprotection testingproject managementbudget managementregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementemployee engagementcommunicationnegotiationanalytical skillsinfluencingcoachingmentoringstrategic planning

Certifications

PE-Professional EngineerLSS-Lean Six SigmaPMP-Project Management Professional