Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in Oakland, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.
There are approximately 20,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.
Fast Facts
* Service area stretches from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east
* 141,215 circuit miles of electric distribution lines and 18,616 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines
* 42,141 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines and 6,438 miles of transportation pipelines
The role involves providing distribution operations engineering support, including clearance reviews, load analysis, and real-time monitoring of circuit performance.
The engineer will also support system emergencies, update load flow models, and contribute to grid technology projects.
What you need
Candidates must hold or be graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering by December 2026.
Desired qualifications include experience in electric utility distribution engineering and a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Education: a bachelor's degree
Key skills
Distribution engineeringLoad flow modelingPower quality analysisVoltage regulationSystem protectionElectrical designRegulatory complianceProject executionTechnical analysisGrid technologySwitching plan developmentLoad analysisPower factor monitoringSubstation engineering
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Requisition ID # 175345
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Energy Delivery
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Fresno
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 job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
The Associate Distribution Operations Engineering position at PG&E is a very challenging yet rewarding position that offers the successful candidate the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop. PG&E has over 3200 distribution feeders, 1200 distribution substation banks, and 275 distribution substations serving over 5 million customers in northern and central California. The distribution system is diverse with 4 KV, 12 KV, 17KV, 21 KV, and 34 KV distribution voltages. The PG&E service territory stretches over 74,000 square miles.
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:
CA Minimum, $ 99,936
CA Maximum, $157,596
Job Responsibilities
Provide distribution operations engineering support for PG&E’s Electric Distribution Control Centers. This support includes:
Provide distribution facility clearance review/analysis/ and switching plan development
Perform N-1 distribution load at risk analysis and prepare management communications
Monitor/Review bank & circuit Peak Loads and take actions to address overloads
Monitor/Review bank & circuit real-time power factor and take actions to address poor power factor
Validate inoperable critical operating equipment and determine its disposition
Develop critical operating equipment control device settings
Provide day-to-day engineering support for distribution line, substation-related operational problems, as well as any transmission line problems that result in operational problems on the distribution system
Update load flow models when permanent switching, system re-configuration, and new devices are Installed
Provide engineering support for system emergencies during normal and after-hours (includes an on-call requirement)
Prepare substation bank and feeder loss studies as required
Provide distribution operations engineering review and recommendations for substation bank/equipment replacement projects
Provide distribution operations engineering support of power quality and voltage-related issues
Assist in providing reviews to support the management of distribution system integrity and configuration
Perform detailed technical analysis and design for the interconnection of temporary primary generation for planned and emergency needs
Provide other reliability, protection/coordination related studies as requested
Provide operations engineering support and participate in various emerging grid technology projects (VVO, PV-Smart Inverter, DERM’s, Smart Line Sensors, EPIC Projects)
Flexible work schedule to be determined
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or graduating with a BSEE by December 2026 from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Desired:
Electric utility distribution engineering or system protection-related work experience
Professional Engineering (PE) license
Experience in electric distribution engineering and design
