Associate Automation Engineer

Requisition ID # 172270 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Ramon

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 Engineer and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

This is an entry-level Engineer job that works under the general technical direction of more experienced engineers. This position trains in all job duties and requires a high level of training, direction, and review of work. This job is responsible for providing automation engineering for routine projects and maintenance/operation support including, but not limited to, issuing automation requirements, remote terminal unit (RTU) programming, and investigate automation equipment failures within the substations.

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 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

Initial assignments from the tasks below will require direction and supervision; with experience the independence and responsibility will expand and the need for supervision will decrease.

Provide Automation engineering support for projects in transmission and distribution substations.

• As SCADA project sponsor, Engineer also oversees the implementation of SCADA work by contractors and internal employees.
• Participate in project walkdown and project meetings.
• Identify SCADA deficiencies, prepare SCADA topology at a substation and issue Automation requirements.
• Provide construction drawing reviews.
• Engage and collaborate with vendors on training.
• Determine and issue relay settings for integrated station annunciators.
• Determine and issue IP_DNP addresses for integrated devices on LAN in a substation.
• Program Remote Terminal Unit (RTU). 9. Determine and issue point list to be used by Operators.
• Coordinate with IT Telecommunication, SCADA specialist on technical project issues.
• Troubleshooting automation equipment malfunctions
• Assist in supporting new remote access and user authentication applications.
• Store the latest RTU configuration and point list on SharePoint.
• Administrative tasks include but not limited to the followings i.e. safety lead, office inspection and site survey

Interaction - Will work with internal engineering, operations, SCADA specialist, substation construction and maintenance organizations to implement various aspects of the above job requirements. External contacts are occasional and limited to simple issues.

Knowledge / Abilities

• Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory
• Basic understanding of substation equipment and their SCADA abilities
• Basic knowledge of binary and hex numbers
• Basic knowledge of DNP and PGE protocol
• Basic knowledge of protective relay hardware and software in order to interface with automation schemes.
• Effectively communicates both written and orally
• Approaches and plans work in an organized manner to meet project commitments
• Able to read and understand Single line, SLM&R, SCADA cabling, Schematic diagram, and network block diagram
• Ability to quickly learn automation concepts and their applications

Qualifications

Minimum:

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

Desired:

• Current and active California EIT Certificate
• 1 year of experience in engineering