Automation Specialist - Flexible Location

Requisition ID# 174666

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Position Summary

This position is flexible throughout the PG&E service territory. Position is "hybrid", with the expectation of being in the office 1x/week (subject to change due to business needs).

In this position, the candidate will be responsible for working with the automation engineering group to implement new graphical control schemes for human machine interface (HMI) and other substation apparatuses. The preferred candidate will possess working experience with one or more software programs such as EATON SMP (SG-4260) Gateway application suite. Will support substation apparatus design and deployment in alignment with Operations group in operating the transmission system efficiently. Work with the Automation engineering team to ensure that the equipment being designed meets the operational needs of Transmission Operations. Serve as liaison with division and district field operations personnel.

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, and internal equity.Although we estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $93,000

Bay Area Maximum: $139,000

&/OR

California Minimum: $88,000

California Maximum: $132,000

Job Responsibilities

• Install and maintain Eaton HMI - DB/Displays/Test devices with BA (i.e. EMS & ADMS)
• Transmission & Distribution (T&D)Substation RTU commissioning with ADMS & EMS
• T&D SCADA Apparatus O&M tier 1 support
• Substation Monitoring Tier 1 Support
• Maintain Substation monitoring software
• Cyber security apparatus support
• Demonstrates ability to work with both internal and external customers/clients.
• Able to plan out required actions to address an issue. Defines scope and required tasks or activities to accomplish goal.
• Works with limited supervision and guidance, both independently and/or as a member of a team.
• Uses independent judgment in applying engineering principles and techniques to determine cost effective and practical solutions.
• Completes multiple projects concurrently.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA or BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related discipline or equivalent experience or technical training
• 3 years of working with SCADA or other Process Control System in the Power Generation Industry
• Intermediate to moderation knowledge of operating systems and/or network administration
• Knowledge of SCADA related NERC CIP requirements in the ODN (Operation Data Network) as well as any remediation required to meet CM (Configuration Manager).
• Ability to use MS Office including Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and other Windows programs is required

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience with general SCADA systems support, 6 months
• Experience with IT-Information Technology systems, 3 years
• Working knowledge of EATON SMP Gateways.
• Experience with SCADA-Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, or related