Senior System Protection Engineer, 500kv
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
💰 $128,000 - $218,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Oversees all aspects of System and Substation Protection and Control and Remedial Action Schemes, specified, installed and owned by PG&E.
- Specifies, designs, and applies protective relay packages for reliable and secure operation of transmission and distribution systems (500kv).
- Provides system support for departments that interface with protection schemes.
- Develops testing procedures.
- Performs fault and disturbance analysis, system modeling, documentation maintenance, and audits of protection equipment.
- Coordinates information exchange with other utilities and regulatory bodies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in System Protection or specific to the field of electrical power.
- Experience in system protection, 6 years
- Master Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in System Protection or electrical power, MBA.
- BS in Computer Science
- PE-Professional Engineer license
- Proficiency in electrical engineering concepts, theories and practices.
- Broad understanding of electrical circuits, relays and other systems involved in identifying and developing effective protection schemes.
- Knowledge and experience with RAS.
- Experience with Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) testing
- Knowledge of various types of generation resources as it pertains to protection applications and modeling.
- Knowledge of substation design, system operation and transmission & distribution (T&D) planning experiences.
- Ability to follow technical procedures and documentation.
- Strong technical and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Initiative and results orientation
- Proficient with MS Professional Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point)
- Project Management knowledge and skill.
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
system protectionprotective relay packagesfault analysisdisturbance analysissystem modelingtesting proceduresReal-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS)proficiency in electrical engineering conceptsknowledge of generation resourcessubstation design
Soft Skills
strong technical skillsanalytical skillsexcellent written communicationexcellent verbal communicationinitiativeresults orientation
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringMBAPE-Professional Engineer license