Associate Substation Project Engineer

Job Title: Associate Substation Project Engineer

Department Overview

The Electric Engineering department is responsible for electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance, and electric investment planning. The organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects.

Position Summary

This is an entry-level Project Engineer position working under the general technical direction of more experienced engineers. The role provides technical engineering support for routine projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical data.
• Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, and propose solutions to technical issues.
• Assists project managers, construction personnel, and other business partners to assess project needs.
• Develops and documents project scope.
• Develops cost estimates.
• Identifies material procurement needs.
• Oversees or conducts engineering design review.
• Reviews engineering documents.
• Provides guidance to design groups.
• Assists with or conducts project walkdowns and works with project team, including both internal and external clients, to establish scope of work, schedule, and cost commitments.
• Gathers technical information from field data and project team.
• Investigates resources required to complete engineering and project-related tasks.
• Establishes engineering schedule.
• Prepares project forecast for engineering, tracks progress, updates as needed, and provides periodic updates.
• Provides guidance to design and contractor team members, and reviews design and technical documents.
• Coordinates with other lines of business, ensures designs and technical documents meet appropriate criteria, quality, and job scope.
• Approves revisions to existing drawings for routine projects.
• Procures long-lead time material for assigned projects.
• Reviews and approves project material procurement list, vendor drawings, equipment specification updates, and engineering material requests.
• Participates in periodic design review meetings.
• Coordinates project activities with other disciplines for routine projects.
• Provides construction support and evaluates and makes recommendations to resolve field construction problems.

Requirements & Tech Stack

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.

Qualifications

Minimum

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US.

Desired

• 1 year of experience in (power system) electrical engineering and design.