Substation Sr Consulting Project Engineer

Job Description

Insight Global is partnering with a large local utility as they grow their Electric Engineering organization to support the surge in electricity demand, driven by AI-focused data centers, rapid electric vehicle (EV) adoption, and massive grid modernization efforts.

We are looking for a Substation Sr Consulting Project Engineer to be a part of the Substation Engineering department. This department is responsible for ensuring 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.

• Manage large complex projects and perform engineering analyses, studies, and develop conceptual designs.
• Develop innovative solutions to solve challenging technical issues.
• Act as a lead in root cause analysis and make recommendations to address local and system-wide problems.
• Act as a company witness, liaison, and/or information provider to outside parties.
• Develop technical policies, procedures, and contribute to the development of standards, specifications, construction documents, and guidelines.
• Represent PG&E at external industry associations, committees, trade organizations and other inter-utility groups.
• Act as an engineering mentor.

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• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US.
• Current California PE license, Electrical.
• 13 years of cumulative experience in electrical engineering and design.
• This position is hybrid, with an expectation to be onsite at your office work location 2x/week. The work locations are either Oakland, West Sacramento or Fresno, CA.
• Advance experience in substation engineering.
• Experience in electric substation projects.
• Experience in project management.