Job description

Requisition ID # 147264

Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Gas Engineering
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Chico; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels C& Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch C& Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French C& Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakland; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview
Gas System Planning, Products & Sales is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. This position is located within the North Bay-Sonoma-Humboldt-North Valley Local Transmission and Distribution Gas System Planning team and will be responsible for providing hydraulic analysis support for our local transmission systems.

Position Summary
This position will work alongside other Local Transmission and Distribution Engineers in the Northern team to provide analysis and support for both internal and external requests that impact the pressure and flow of gas.
Focus will be on providing timely and efficient solutions to complex hydraulic problems that consider the current and future hydraulic states of the Local Transmission and Distribution Systems.
As a member of the LT&D Planning group at the Senior Engineer level, your technical and leadership skills in engineering, problem-solving, communications, and teamwork will be brought to bear on a variety of short and long-term projects. You will also serve as a Hydraulic Subject Matter Expert to the local team. Examples of work include:
Developing long term plans for the Northern Local Transmission Systems
Building and maintaining hydraulic models
Providing technical mentorship and training
Reviewing clearances
Providing emergency hydraulic support
Evaluating the capacity of the stations and pipeline to serve new loads and to absorb new fuel sources
Finding opportunities for improvement of current tools and processes
Providing hydraulic support for capacity, reliability, integrity management, new business, and conflict clearing projects

Location is at hiring supervisor’s discretion in the PG&E Service Territory, please note hiring leader will make final decision of what are appropriate headquarters for the role based on business need. There is preference for the incumbent to be based out of the Bay Area, North Coast, North Valley, or Sacramento Valley region.

Position will require up to 10% of travel time in work schedule.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need.
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: $128,000
Bay Area Maximum: $218,000
&/OR
California Minimum: $122,000
California Maximum: $207,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Qualifications-

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering
Valid California driver’s license
Five (5) years of relevant experience

Desired Qualifications:
Pipeline Simulation Engineering experience (Synergi or equivalent)
Professional Engineering (PE) license
Knowledge and understanding of PG&E’s gas transmission, distribution, and system hydraulics
Knowledge, understanding, and interpretation of engineering principles, codes, and regulations impacting gas operations
Knowledge and understanding of the relationships between gas operations and environmental impact analysis
Ability to interpret engineering practices and determine if proposed work plans meets requirements
Ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
Results-oriented skills with a balanced emphasis between quality, quantity, efficiency, and effectiveness
Forecasting, modeling, and statistical analysis skills
Oral presentation skills

Job Responsibilities
Provides advanced hydraulic analysis and transmission system engineering expertise to evaluate and monitor backbone and transmission systems.
Uses hydraulic simulation models and tools to review and track transmission system performance for complex problems.
Reviews cost efficient and effective facility enhancements and replacements to determine customer needs and operating requirements.
Provides comprehensive analysis to assess and evaluate facility enhancement methods.
Ensures impacts within the gas pipeline system meets or exceeds operational requirements.
Reviews the calculations of pipeline, station, and compressor unit capacities and provides analysis for design load curves and temperature forecasts and results.
Reviews complex customer gas usage, temperature factors, and load curves.
Analyzes winter pressure charts, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) information, and other system performance data.
Validates and contrasts models and scenarios compared to gas operations data and develops recommendations to resolve sophisticated issues Identifies new business trends and movements in the gas and backbone transmission systems.
Provides technical engineering expertise to assess and support gas planning tools and software.
Participates in the development of gas system planning policies and criteria.
Reviews analyses and testimony to federal, state, and local regulatory agencies/commissions, e.g., California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC).
May provide training, guidance, and instruction to less experienced engineers.

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