Senior Transmission Planning Engineer
Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: Oakland
Posted on: July 8, 2025
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Job Description:
Requisition ID 165038 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job
Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Electric Engineering
Work Type: Onsite Job Location: Oakland Department Overview The
Transmission System Planning (TSP) department performs
Interconnection studies, multi-year assessments and develops a
portfolio of transmission expansion plans and projects to meet the
company's transmission needs for delivery of safe and reliable
electric service to our customers while adhering to North American
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC) planning standards. The members of TSP
actively participate in the NERC and WECC standard development
process for electric transmission reliability. The department is
also involved in developing transmission expansion policy and
strategy to meet the Company's RPS goals. In addition, the
department provides support to project implementation groups,
operations, law, contract and other internal departments. Position
Summary This position is represented by the Engineers and
Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
The Senior Transmission Planning is responsible for providing
technical, planning and project implementation support for
transmission, substation, and distribution systems. The
responsibility level of this position increases with experience and
demonstrated ability. 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 salary range is: CA Minimum,
$153,828 CA Maximum, $197,628 Job Responsibilities - Basecase
preparation - Lead and manage approval process for PG&E’s
transmission load forecast. - Lead generator testing and model
development - Develop HVDC or other non-standard equipment models
for power flow and dynamic stability analysis. - Transmission
System Studies - Primary lead in transmission planning studies
including long-term studies that develop strategy and comprehensive
plan to ensure safe, reliable, economic and efficient operation of
the electric transmission system. - Lead and support development of
Annual Transmission Planning Assessment and Expansion Plan. -
Provide technical guidance to internal departments (Engineering,
Operations, Substation and T-line asset strategy, Distribution
Planning etc.) on planning and policy issues - Lead complex studies
such as RAS design related studies. - Develop and standardize new
analytic methods for power system analysis/modeling - Lead the
development of interconnection handbook, criteria, and standards
for WECC/NERC compliance - Guide and direct the work of lower level
engineers on interconnection studies, where appropriate. - Project
Implementation - Provide technical expertise and lead in the
implementation of complex and largescale projects including
projects that require a Permit to Construct (PTC) permit. -
Implement complex projects requiring CPCN permit with guidance. -
Compliance and Regulatory - Lead in preparation of need portion of
filings with regulatory agencies on transmission projects as
necessary. - Lead FERC/NERC/WECC/CAISO compliance requirements such
as F1004 forms, RIMS, FNM, and FAC, TPL, NUC, and MOD reliability
standards and criterion. - Lead annual Gap Analysis for FERC/NERC
compliance. - Participate in short and long-term strategy and
capital investment planning activities. 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 - 8 years of experience in
electrical engineering, planning and/or operations Desired: -
Knowledge and experience in power system theory and analysis -
Knowledge of PG&E’s electric transmission system - Knowledge of
NERC and WECC reliability standards - Experience in system
operations, engineering, asset strategy, or system protection -
Previous experience with GE PSLF Program or similar load flow
program - Experience in programming languages such as Matlab,
Python, VBA, EPCL - Current and active California PE license,
Electrical Engineering - Master’s degree in Electrical
Engineering
Keywords: PG&E Corporation, Palo Alto , Senior Transmission Planning Engineer, Engineering , Oakland, California
