Field Engineer
 PG&E | |
 United States, California, Sacramento | |
 Apr 06, 2026 | |
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Requisition ID# 171727 Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Energy Delivery Work Type: Onsite Job Location: Sacramento Department Overview Electric Transmission & Distribution ensures the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric Transmission & Distribution Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric Transmission & Distribution actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of visual management in operating reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns. Electric Transmission & Distribution is comprised of approximately 6,500 coworkers. Position Summary This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC), subject to collective bargaining. An Electric Field Engineer contributes technical and engineering services to key office and field personnel on construction jobs. During initial assignments, the Field Engineer may be required to learn and perform all the duties of a Field Engineering Technician and Senior Field Engineering Technician. With experience, assignments will expand to require supervision of Inspectors, other Field Engineers, Field Engineering Technicians, Senior Field Engineering Technicians, and other similar field personnel. This Field Engineer position will support the projects that are being built by PG&E internal resources and by the contractors. This will require the engineer to work closely with various PG&E internal teams and contractors to execute the construction. Some essential functions of the position will require the engineer to review and evaluate a project for its constructability and scope, schedule the work, forecast contract costs, submit Application For Work (AFW) to de-energize circuits, review contract change orders, and close jobs with final As-Built. Additionally, the Field Engineer will use engineering expertise to solve any problems or help guide other team members to resolve any issues during construction of the assigned project. This might include performing field assessment and coordination with other utilities or internal departments. Other work includes material management, project tracking and monitoring of construction activities both in cost and schedule, creation of Contract Work Authorization (CWA) in SRM, and SAP update. This position will work in both the field and office capacities, with occasional storm duty or storm response required. Travel within PG&E's service territory at any time, with little notice, may be required. PG&E is providing the hourly rate 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 hourly rate 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, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity. Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $51.15 to $76.65, subject to collectively bargained wage increases. Job Responsibilities
Qualifications Minimum:
*Supplemental education is defined as completing a minimum of 30 quarter or 20 semester units of coursework from an accredited college emphasizing science and engineering such as those listed with a mix of no less than three areas (transcripts required for verification): Physics, Principles of Electricity, Chemistry, Statics, Surveying, Dynamics, Math (including trigonometry and basic calculus); an EIT certificate satisfies supplemental education Desired:
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