Drafter

Requisition ID # 170664 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

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 position is represented by Engineers & Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

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

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $37.56 per hour.  This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is 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. 

Responsibilities

• Under direction, performs duties substantially identical to those of a Design Drafter as training for advancement to such position
• Works under direction from design studies, sketches, computations, or other data of moderate complexity
• Performs, under direction, general drafting or mapping work of a moderately difficult nature frequently requiring a search for data and coordination of information
• Does simple engineering computing work under direction

 
Qualifications
Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Two years of drafting training in high school and junior college or the equivalent in education and experience with a demonstrated drafting aptitude

 
Desired:

• Experience in drafting
• Two years of drafting training or the equivalent in education and experience with a demonstrated drafting aptitude
• Knowledge of MicroStation and/or AutoCAD software
• Willingness to work in a radiation-controlled area
• Competency in providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done
• Competency in relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• Knowledge of engineering codes and standards as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to work independently with limited oversight
• Ability to read and understand information presented in graphics, maps, schematics, or diagrams as needed to perform at the job level
• Additional consideration may be given to candidates that reside within 50 miles of the headquarters

Pre-Employment Testing

• External and Hiring Hall applicants: Must qualify on the Physical Test Battery (PTB) and Technical Test (TECH) exams prior to interviewing
• Internal PG&E employees: Must have qualified on the Physical Test Battery (PTB) exam prior to applying; must qualify on Technical Test (TECH) prior to interviewing

PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.