Power Generation Project Engineer (Structural)

Location: Auburn, California, US. Onsite.

Salary: $120,888–$188,840 per year.

Company

PG&E operates and maintains hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation, and battery storage facilities serving California.

What you will do

• Lead design and project management for moderately complex generation projects, including discipline-specific, multidisciplinary, and programmatic work.
• Provide technical support to operations and maintenance, including incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Control project scope, schedule, cost, quality, stakeholder coordination, and the project life cycle.
• Perform or review engineering analyses, studies, conceptual designs, alternatives, scopes, and recommended fixes for safe and reliable generation assets.
• Prepare, evaluate, administer, and oversee contracts, proposals, consultants, vendors, and construction firms.
• Interpret applicable codes and approve or stamp technical reports, specifications, drawings, and revisions.

Requirements

• Four-year BS degree in Engineering from an accredited US curriculum or equivalent international qualification.
• Current California Professional Engineer license in the appropriate discipline. A PE license from another US state or Canada is accepted only if a California PE license is obtained within 18 months of hire.
• Minimum three years of cumulative experience in project engineering, design, and construction.
• Mastery of Associate-level Project Engineer duties and demonstrated ability to perform journey-level engineering and project management work.
• Ability to independently plan work, manage multiple moderately complex projects, exercise engineering and business judgment, and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to direct consultants, suppliers, contractors, construction firms, and internal or external stakeholders.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers, project managers, drafters, and analysts.

Nice to have

• Project Management Professional certification.
• Degree in Civil, Structural, or Architectural Engineering; advanced structural engineering coursework or graduate degree.
• California Civil Engineer PE with structural engineering competency; California Structural Engineer license preferred.
• Experience with structural systems for power generation and hydroelectric facilities, including dams, powerhouses, spillways, foundations, bridges, retaining structures, and water conveyance facilities.
• Structural analysis and design experience with reinforced concrete, structural steel, masonry, foundations, seismic evaluation, condition assessment, constructability review, repairs, and retrofits.
• Knowledge of ACI, ASCE, AISC, seismic codes, generation infrastructure practices, FERC, and California DSOD requirements.
• Experience preparing or reviewing calculations, design criteria, drawings, specifications, technical reports, construction submittals, regulatory reviews, inspections, and project closeout documentation.
• Finite element analysis experience, including model development, modification, input and assumption evaluation, and interpretation of results.
• Experience coordinating with dam safety, geotechnical, engineering, O&M, construction, consultant, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Knowledge of power generation, rotating machines, applicable regulations, contract management, dispute resolution, consensus building, and process improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work in Auburn, California.
• Role represented by ESC and currently subject to collective bargaining.
• Work supports safe, reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible power generation.
• Position involves collaboration with O&M personnel, project teams, internal services, contractors, vendors, and regulatory agencies.