Automation Specialist, Associate - Flexible Location

Requisition ID # 175144 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: West Sacramento; Fresno

Department Overview

Over 6,500 coworkers in Electric T&D ensure the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric T&D Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric T&D's actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of Visual Management in Operating Reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems,  and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns.   

Position Summary

In this position, the candidate will be responsible for working with the automation engineering group to implement new graphical control schemes for human machine interface (HMI) and other substation apparatuses. The preferred candidate will possess working experience with one or more software programs such as EATON SMP (SG-4260) Gateway application suite. Will support substation apparatus design and deployment in alignment with Operations group in operating the transmission system efficiently.  Work with the Automation engineering team to ensure that the equipment being designed meets the operational needs of Transmission Operations.  Serve as liaison with division and district field operations personnel.

Location flexible throughout the PG&E service territory. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location on weekly basis.

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, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $​80,000

Bay Area Maximum: $​120,000

&/OR​

California Minimum: $​76,000

California Maximum: $114,000

Responsibilities:

• Install and maintain Eaton HMI - DB/Displays/Test devices with BA (i.e. EMS & ADMS)
• Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Substation RTU commissioning with ADMS & EMS
• T&D SCADA Apparatus O&M tier 1 support
• Substation Monitoring Tier 1 Support
• Maintain Substation monitoring software
• Cyber security apparatus support
• Demonstrates ability to work with both internal and external customers/clients.
• Able to plan out required actions to address an issue. Defines scope and required tasks or activities to accomplish goal.
• Works with limited supervision and guidance, both independently and/or as a member of a team.
• Uses independent judgment in applying engineering principles and techniques to determine cost effective and practical solutions.
• Completes multiple projects concurrently.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• 1 year IT computing experience with focus in infrastructure services
• 1 year experience working with server OS (Operating system) support (W2K3 and W2K8); PC OS support (XP); OS patching

Desired Qualifications:

• BA or BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related discipline or equivalent experience or technical training
• Able to work with, support, and learn from other Automation Specialists
• 6 months of general SCADA systems support experience
• Experience with IT-Information Technology systems, 3 years
• Working knowledge of EATON SMP Gateways