Principal Grid Innovation Engineer

Requisition ID # 166043

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

The Utility Partnerships and Innovation (UP&I) Leadership team is focused on enabling an electrified, clean energy 2040 with rates affordable for our customers, via innovation and partnerships to deliver transformative, scalable solutions to interlocking utility challenges; electrification of vehicles and buildings to achieve beneficial electric load growth that delights customers; and electric load management solutions to support load growth while mitigating infrastructure and procurement spend.

In 2022, PG&E articulated its True North Strategy (TNS), a bold, breakthrough vision that charts a course over the next 15 years toward achieving our purpose and climate commitments. The Load Management Strategy & Policy (LMS&P) team leads the ongoing development and deployment of the TNS Supply & Load Business Plan, including crafting, implementing, and refining plans to move strategy into action. In this capacity, the team directs the company’s strategy, policy, market development, solutions design, and alignment of current and future solutions in support of the Load Management strategy.

The Principal, Grid Innovation Engineer is responsible for advancing the integration of flexible load resources into the Transmission, Distribution and Energy Procurement planning processes to unlock new flexible capacity and delay, or eliminate, the need to expand existing infrastructure, construct new power lines, or procure additional energy supply. The Principal, Grid Innovation Engineer will work closely with professionals in Utility planning and engineering organizations, solutions design, and load management strategy to provide insights on best placement and orchestration of distributed energy resources (DERs), and how to incorporate and scale the use of flexible load resources in PG&E’s planning processes and into PG&E’s operations.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The work location is Oakland, CA.

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 between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $151,000.00

Bay Area Maximum: $257,000.00

Strategy

Analysis

Project and Change Management

The successful candidate is expected to have the technical, analytical, and power systems skills to structure analysis, process data, and at times run system studies. In addition, the ideal candidate will be an organized self-starter who is biased towards action, can operate with general direction only, and can fill-in the blanks and drive concepts to reality, while being mindful and sensitive to building trust, consensus and buy-in across the organization. This execution-oriented candidate will collaborate with PG&E subject matter experts, leaders, and partners across the organization, as well as other utilities and industry partners and vendors.

A strong applicant will be organized and motivated, with a strong track record of success in building consensus and managing many moving parts within matrixed teams.

Desired:

Desired Characteristics and Technical Competencies