Associate Electric Distribution Operations Engineer

Requisition ID # 172212 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

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

The Associate Distribution Operations Engineering position at PG&E is a very challenging yet rewarding position that offers the successful candidate the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop.  PG&E has over 3200 distribution feeders, 1200 distribution substation banks, and 275 distribution substations serving over 5 million customers in northern and central California.  The distribution system is diverse with 4 KV, 12 KV, 17KV, 21 KV, and 34 KV distribution voltages. The PG&E service territory stretches over 74,000 square miles.

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:​

CA Minimum, $95,172

CA Maximum, $150,096

Job Responsibilities

Provide distribution operations engineering support for PG&E’s Electric Distribution Control Centers. This support includes:

• Provide distribution facility clearance review/analysis/ and switching plan development
• Perform N-1 distribution load at risk analysis and prepare management communications
• Monitor/Review bank & circuit Peak Loads and take actions to address overloads
• Monitor/Review bank & circuit real-time power factor and take actions to address poor power factor
• Validate inoperable critical operating equipment and determine its disposition
• Develop critical operating equipment control device settings
• Provide day-to-day engineering support for distribution line, substation-related operational problems, as well as any transmission line problems that result in operational problems on the distribution system
• Update load flow models when permanent switching, system re-configuration, and new devices are Installed
• Provide engineering support for system emergencies during normal and after-hours (includes an on-call requirement)
• Prepare substation bank and feeder loss studies as required
• Provide distribution operations engineering review and recommendations for substation bank/equipment replacement projects
• Provide distribution operations engineering support of power quality and voltage-related issues
• Assist in providing reviews to support the management of distribution system integrity and configuration
• Perform detailed technical analysis and design for the interconnection of temporary primary generation for planned and emergency needs
• Provide other reliability, protection/coordination related studies as requested
• Provide operations engineering support and participate in various emerging grid technology projects (VVO, PV-Smart Inverter, DERM’s, Smart Line Sensors, EPIC Projects)
• Flexible work schedule to be determined

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or graduating with a BSEE by July 2026 from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)

Desired:

• Electric utility distribution engineering or system protection-related work experience
• Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Experience in electric distribution engineering and design