Senior System Protection Engineer
 PG&E | |
 United States, California, San Ramon | |
 Mar 04, 2026 | |
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Requisition ID# 170678 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Strategy & Growth Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: San Ramon Department Overview The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering-including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning-are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects.Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers. Position Summary This position is represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining. This is a senior-level engineer job that requires mastery of the journey engineer job duties and is responsible for complex system protection duties. This position requires a low level of training, direction and review of work from more senior engineers and peers. This job is responsible for providing technical protection engineering for routine and complex projects and maintenance/operation support including, but not limited to issuing protection requirements, relay and automatics settings, processing clearances, and investigating relay operations. 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, $153,828 CA maximum, $207,504 Job Responsibilities May perform all the functions of Associate and Journey Protection Engineer, and in addition:
Resolves problems of complex scope. Assignments may provide an opportunity for creative or non-standard approaches. Under general direction, plans work independently to meet assigned general objectives. Work may be reviewed upon completion; solution may provide an opportunity for creative/non-standard approaches. To implement various aspects of the above job requirements, will work with all levels of personnel to obtain cooperation, persuade, exchange and/or provide information. Lead and/or attend meetings representing the group to perform job duties. External contacts be limited primarily to obtaining, exchanging and providing information to vendors, manufacturers, other utilities, and consultants on nonroutine issues. May participate in professional affiliations (e.g., PSRC, IEEE) to keep abreast of new industry trends, developments, and procedures. May represent the company on committees. Qualifications Minimum:
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