Job Description

Requisition ID # 169287

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

Electric System Operations oversees the operations of PG&E’s transmission and distribution system to ensure the Grid is operated in a safe, reliable, compliant and event-free operation manner. The team promotes efficient work practices through communicating, collaborating, and coordinating with other departments and interconnected entities to meet safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction goals.

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

This is an associate-level Power Quality Engineer job that works as part of a team which provides services to identify and resolve power quality issues or problems for the safe and effective utilization of electric power. This position requires a high level of training and will work under the general technical direction and review of more senior engineers, peers, and supervisor.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:​

Minimum, $95,172

Maximum, $142,956

Job Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to internal and external customers to resolve power quality related problems, not including Estimator/ADE or Distribution Engineer job duties.
• Provide monitoring support and resources so Divisions can effectively deal with power quality issues.
• Help support the company’s overall power quality programs and guidelines
• Investigate customer issue correlations using PG&E Reporting and Engineering Tools, not including Estimator/ADE or Distribution Engineer job duties.
• Provide power quality education and awareness to internal and external clients
• Apply various standards and Rule 2 to resolve issues
• Resolve inquiries from Power Quality Web mail, not including Estimator/ADE or Distribution Engineer job duties.
• Receives voltage problem notifications from the SmartMeter system, assigns them to the appropriate ADE or Distribution Engineer for investigation and resolution, tracks status and ensures closure.
• Provide guidance, support and oversight regarding the voltage complaint procedure company-wide.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US

Desired:

• Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory
• Basic knowledge of electric distribution system and equipment

• Ability to quickly learn power quality mitigation concepts and their applications