PRINCIPAL AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Company: PG&E
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: October 14, 2024
Job Description:
Requisition ID# 159780 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job
Level: Manager/Principal Business Unit: Electric Engineering Work
Type: Hybrid Job Location: San Ramon Department Overview The
Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable
electric service to our customers. Electric Engineering is
responsible for PG&E's electric distribution and transmission
operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and
construction, asset management, business planning, restoration, and
emergency response. Position Summary This position is represented
by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to
collective bargaining. This is a Principal level Automation
Engineer position. The position will closely interact with
cross-functional teams to support Automation assets planning,
budget management, and SCADA program execution related activities.
Particularly, this position will provide support to ensure
successful implementation of the NERC Compliance items that are
related to Automation/SCADA, participate in product evaluation and
leverage enabling technologies to enhance the Automation/SCADA
program. This position often assists in development of technical /
governing policies, standards, and procedures, provides high-level
advice & expertise to upper management, and applies broad &
extensive business understanding of technical issues and impacts
the strategic direction and policies of the company. 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 thejob posting. This compensation
range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary
paid to an individual will bebased 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: CA Minimum, $172,200 CA Maximum, $220,932 Job
Responsibilities Budget Management & Asset Planning
- Budget Management and Asset Planning of the Transmission /
Distribution Automation capital program: provide support to manage
and control allocated annual budget, TO rate case / GRC
preparation, data requests, day-to-day budget and planning
activities, analyze SAP reports, cycle forecasts, Portfolio and
Long-term planning validation.
- As directed manage and coordinate the T&D department
5-years plan, prioritize and rank against other planned capital
projects with other asset planners.
- Coordinate with Portfolio team, Business Finance in forecasts
and budgeting cycles.
- Prepare monthly reports, develop business case / justification
for presentation to upper management, prepare and route project
approval documents, etc. SCADA Program Execution
- As directed manage and coordinate various program activities
with other stake holders from start to finish including job
prioritization, initiation, high level scoping, authorization,
contracting strategy, proposal review, workflow, resources and
clearance coordination, reporting, etc.
- As directed manage performance metrics to improve efficiency;
develop and provide support to unit cost tracking, SCADA
Penetration tracking, data requests, etc. Program Management for
Automation
- Program Management (i.e. MPAC): lead the core design and
program Teams and facilitate Team meetings, quality assurance,
contract review / negotiation, issue / risk assessment and timely
resolution, continue process improvement, performance metrics
management, communication to stakeholders, manage end-to-end
process from planning until project completion, etc.
- Develop and manage standards and specifications (i.e. MPAC),
and long-term program deployment roadmap.
- Develop business case / justification for presentation to upper
management, prepare and route project approval documents, etc.
Leadership
- Participate in the Automation / SCADA Leadership Team.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve company
performance (safety, financial, quality, performance).
- Recommend and assist in implementation of strategic direction &
policies of the company by applying broad & extensive business
understanding of technical issues.
- Provide high-level advice & expertise to upper management.
- Provide technical leadership, direction, and coaching to less
experience engineer. Product Evaluation
- Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance current system to
drive system reliability, compliance, productivity, efficiency, and
cost savings. Regulatory compliance for automation
- Review, evaluate and translate legal, regulatory and industry
standards into control objectives that are focused on maintaining
compliance (i.e. NERC CIP).
- Ensure System Automation has processes to ensure and
demonstrate regulatory compliance. Develop and update procedures
and guidelines in the Guidance Document Library (GDL) and
professional format to ensure compliance.
- Ensure System Automation maintains and meets ongoing future
version of applicable regulatory requirements (i.e. NERC CIP) by
updating and revising applicable compliance documents including
maintaining Asset lists for Critical Assets (i.e. NERC CIP).
- Complete required reviews of various user and administrative
accounts according to mandated review periods.
- Process and manage tasks associated with WECC CIP Mitigation
plans to scheduled completion.
- Manage technical feasibility exceptions associated with System
Protection and Automation assets within substations and control
centers.
- Process CIP Gap analysis items in PG&E compliance tracking
application and programs system to verify compliance.
- Provide NERC CIP awareness training to PG&E Substation
stakeholders in Electric Transmission organization.
- Manage security controls and change management actions within
substation critical assets to maintain evidence of regulatory
compliance (i.e. NERC CIP). Maintain and renew Firewall exceptions
required for remote access to Automation assets at Critical Asset
Substations.
- Participates in regulatory team activities as subject matter
expert (SME) for substation automation assets. Qualifications
Minimum:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related
technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the
equivalent from outside the US
- 15 years of cumulative experience in engineering including
experience on Substation Automation/SCADA, NERC compliance, asset
planning, program execution, or budget management Desired:
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or advanced degree,
such as MBA, in project or operation management
- Current and active California PE license
- Advanced certifications such as Project Management Professional
(PMP)
Keywords: PG&E, Danville , PRINCIPAL AUTOMATION ENGINEER, Engineering , San Ramon, California
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