Senior Corrosion Engineer

Requisition ID # 166385 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gas Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Bakersfield

 

 

Department Overview

Gas Operations is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. As a whole, Gas Operations is responsible for all aspects of PG&E's gas distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, restoration and emergency response.

The Corrosion Field Support group is part of Corrosion Engineering & Services within the Gas Engineering organization and responsible for providing technical field support to the maintenance and operations departments who operate PG&E's natural gas transmission and distribution pipeline systems. Corrosion Field Support oversees the investigation and mitigation of issues dealing with internal corrosion, external corrosion, alternating current interference, direct current interference, pipeline coating systems and more. This includes reviewing the design of cathodic protection systems and other capital investment projects related to distribution and transmission pipeline corrosion prevention and monitoring throughout PG&E's service territory. Corrosion Field support Personnel also act as a liaison for the field providing necessary feedback and input to Corrosion Program Engineering on company standards, procedures, and processes related to corrosion control for transmission and distribution pipelines. The goal of the Corrosion Field Support team is to support employees in the field who have responsibilities related to the corrosion control program to help ensure asset integrity, compliance, and a high level of competency and understanding for the tasks being performed.

 

Position Summary

The Senior Corrosion Engineer is responsible for providing technical and field support to the Corrosion compliance organization, Corrosion Program Engineering and other departments maintaining and operating PG&E's natural gas transmission and distribution pipeline system.  This position utilizes corrosion control principles to help departments comply with various regulatory requirements. This position also works with and maintains company standards related to corrosion control for transmission and distribution pipelines and is involved in the solving of technical problems related to pipeline corrosion prevention. The Senior will act as the lead engineer and support less experienced engineers in corrosion related investigations and remediation. The engineer is responsible for assisting with the training and developing curriculum for corrosion maintenance personnel and their supervision.  This position is the single point for corrosion support for a specific geographic area including troubleshooting and other problem solving of corrosion control issues.  The engineer position is responsible for reviewing all transmission pipeline jobs for Internal and External Corrosion issue in the assigned area of responsibility.

• The Corrosion Services Department is headquartered in San Ramon, CA but this position is located in Bakersfield, CA.
• This position will support a region within the service territory. 
• This position may require up to 50% travel within the PG&E service territory.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory (Bakersfield).

 

Position duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for a portion of PG&E’s service territory and oversees all corrosion aspects of those steel pipelines. Includes collaborating and supporting the gas maintenance organizations, corrosion investigations, and the installation of mitigation equipment.
• Cathodic protection system design, cathodic protection system troubleshooting and repair, corrosion failure analysis
• May act as a lead corrosion engineer and support less experienced engineers in corrosion related investigations and remediation
• Provides consultation on one or more specialized area related to corrosion control and cathodic protection, as well as provides consultation / guidance to the other Corrosion Engineers and the gas organization
• May teach corrosion classes through PG&E’s learning academy
• May help develop curriculum for PG&E’s learning academy

• Supports the development, review & update standards and specifications as required.<