Expert Grid Innovation Engineer
Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: Oakland
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Requisition ID # 136173
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Energy Policy & Procurement
Job Location: Oakland
Team Summary
Help us change the electric utility industry from the inside! Join
a small, high-performing team within Pacific Gas & Electric Company
that is scaling up distributed energy solutions to transform the
electric grid from the edges inward. T he Remote Grid team is a
product vertical spun off from the Grid Innovation department,
charting the future of the utility and the energy industry.
The Remote Grid team's mission is to fight climate-driven wildfire
risk using utility-grade, off-grid style microgrids. Specifically,
the program deploys local, permanently islanded Standalone Power
Systems (typically solar, batteries, and fuel-powered generation)
as a full replacement for high-risk overhead or high-cost
underground power lines to deliver energy 24/7/365 to utility
customers. This radical form of utility service using remote
microgrids is being rapidly developed through an ambitious
"intrapreneurial" venture with the core focus of reducing wildfire
risk for rural electric customers across Northern and Central
California. The objective of the Remote Grid team is to validate
and scale-up Remote Grid solutions as standard offerings in the
utility toolkit. In addition to reducing wildfire risk, Remote
Grids and other line elimination tools are a cost-effective
solution to address rebuild, reliability and capacity needs for
hard-to-reach customers. Currently PG&E has one operational
SPS, with 4 units in construction and a pipeline aiming for a fleet
of up to 20 units in the next 18-24 months.
See the Remote Grid Program page here , as well as media coverage
from the PG&E newsroom in 2022 and 2021 , with local news video
here and here , and local news article here .
Position Summary
This Expert Grid Innovation Engineer will primarily be supporting
the design and deployment of Remote Grid projects as part of
PG&E's Remote Grid Program. Depending on skillset and
background, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and performance
analytics of operating assets will be an additional key focus once
familiar with design and deployment of the core product.
This individual will serve as the project engineer for multiple
simultaneous Remote Grid projects, taking full ownership of the
technical execution of each project to PG&E standards and
developing new standards in the process. The engineer will draw on
the vast network of expertise within PG&E and beyond, working
in close collaboration with the growing engineering Community of
Practice within the Remote Grid team to build the knowledge base of
a new utility asset class. The Expert Grid Innovation Engineer will
be a thought leader who builds the product vision and
collaboratively architects & executes the technical roadmap.
A strong applicant will be an organized and diligent collaborator,
proactively driving a broad range of technical and cross-functional
tasks to deliver safe, reliable, high-quality Standalone Power
System assets within schedule and budget targets. This
execution-oriented candidate will collaborate with PG&E
technical subject matter experts and external EPC vendors to
execute pilot projects, serving as Project Engineer and technical
approval authority on contractor deliverables. Project activities
range across sales engineering during early development phases and
transitioning into owner's engineer activities in EPC vendor
selection, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and
release to operations. Once SPS are operational, the Engineer will
assist in oversight of asset performance and O&M contractor
activities.
This position has the option to be based out of PG&E's new
General Office complex in downtown Oakland, CA or may be based from
another work location in PG&E's service territory. The team has
a hybrid work model primarily working remotely. In-person
activities will focus on synchronous collaboration, affinity
building, ideation, or planning activities. Most day-to-day work
(individual and collaborative) will be performed from a home
office. The role will also require travel to the field sites
throughout 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, and internal equity. We would not anticipate
that the individual hired into this role would land at or near the
top half of the range described below, but the decision will be
dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $129,000.00
Bay Area Mid-point: $168,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $207,000.00
&/OR
California Minimum: $123,000.00
California Mid-point: $160,000.00
California Maximum: $197,000.00
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your
assigned location based on business need.
Core Responsibilities:
Planning & Development for early stage Remote Grid projects:
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