Automation Specialist, Associate - Flexible Location

Pacific Gas And Electric CompanyPacific Gas And Electric CompanyWest Sacramento, California, United States
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Posted

10/14/2026

Employment

Full time

Range

$76k - $120k/year

Work style

Hybrid

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Core responsibilities

The Automation Specialist will implement graphical control schemes for HMI and substation apparatuses while supporting transmission system operations. They will also serve as a liaison with field operations and ensure equipment designs meet operational requirements.

Requirements overview

Candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of IT computing experience focusing on infrastructure and OS support. Desired qualifications include a degree in a related field and experience with SCADA systems and EATON SMP gateways.

Key skills

Automation engineeringHMIEATON SMPSCADAADMSEMSSubstation apparatusTransmission systemsDistribution linesInfrastructure servicesServer OS supportPC OS supportOS patchingCyber securityLean methodologyVisual management

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Education requirements

high schoolbachelor degree

About Pacific Gas And Electric Company

Industry

Utilities

Employees

23,821

Type

Public Company

Size

10,001+ employees

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 San Francisco, 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 * 5.1 million electric customer accounts * 4.3 million natural gas customer accounts

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EnergyTechnologyEngineeringSoftware

Description

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

Requirements

  • •Automation engineering
  • •HMI
  • •EATON SMP
  • •SCADA
  • •ADMS
  • •EMS
  • •Substation apparatus
  • •Transmission systems
  • •Distribution lines
  • •Infrastructure services
  • •Server OS support
  • •PC OS support
  • •OS patching
  • •Cyber security
  • •Lean methodology
  • •Visual management

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