Principal Automation Engineer
Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: October 22, 2024
Job Description:
Requisition ID# 159780Job Category: Engineering / ScienceJob
Level: Manager/PrincipalBusiness Unit: Electric EngineeringWork
Type: HybridJob Location: San RamonDepartment OverviewThe 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 SummaryThis 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, $172,200CA Maximum, $220,932Job ResponsibilitiesBudget
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.QualificationsMinimum:
- 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 managementDesired:
- Masters 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)Required
Keywords: PG&E Corporation, Brentwood , Principal Automation Engineer, Engineering , San Ramon, California
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