System Protection Compliance Intern

Requisition ID # 164209 

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

System Protection Compliance Intern

Department Overview

The System Protection department is responsible for oversight of protection and control systems installed over a large geographic area of California, and owned by PG&E. The responsibilities include managing all aspects of 35,000 relays of various vintages including but not limited to asset planning, work scheduling, compliance, and application support.

The protection systems are also very diverse and include legacy systems installed more than 50 years ago and new integrated systems utilizing the newest relays of the latest technology and the latest relay communication techniques. The responsibilities include renewable generation interconnections for one of the fastest growing sectors in North America. PG&E is geographically located in a strategic area of California and WECC and has an extensive 500kV network that provides stability to the California and Western Interconnection. For this reason and many more it is important to maintain a highly skilled staff to provide oversight of the protection systems in PG&E.

Position Summary

The System Protection Compliance Intern will support the compliance group in asset management, compliance, and maintenance processes and procedures. This role involves maintaining asset data, test records, risk assessments, analysis, compliance reporting, and program metrics. The intern will assist in developing and implementing PG&E's internal compliance framework for various standards and collaborate with Subject Matter Experts and Standards Owners to ensure the department adheres to regulated activities and reliability standards.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate 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 hourly rate 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, and internal equity.

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $22.77 to $35.37.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Team: Work on issues, projects, or activities alongside experienced Program

       Managers

• Support Implementation: Assist with the implementation process for project and/or program initiatives.

• Report Creation: Develop comprehensive and technical reports, business cases, and various documents using established formats.
• Data Management: Develop data metrics and statistics, identify data attributes, document data sources, and evaluate models.
• Analysis and Insights: Gather information, prepare data, perform analysis on data models, and present findings to produce actionable insights.
• Regulatory Compliance: Provide support for regulatory compliance activities and ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines.
• Tracking and Documentation: Track data and information, enter it into tracking systems, compile drawing searches, and update SAP asset registry.

The successful intern will have the opportunity to lead and/or support activities as described above working with a team of experienced Program Managers. Additionally, the intern will gain knowledge of the larger Electric Substation System Protection organization through the work they will be performing.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Qualified candidates are pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in a related Engineering field e.g., Electric or Mechanical, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Information Systems or related degree
• Must be returning to school in the fall following the internship

Desired:

• Knowledge of relevant programming languages and tools such as Python, Microsoft Power BI, SQL
• 3.0 GPA or greater in both cumulative GPA and major GPA
• Ability to work in a team environment and support fellow team members
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills 
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Takes initiative and can work independently with minimal direction

PG&E is unable to provide VISA sponsorship to students on an F-1, J-1 or other student visa for this position.