EGI Interconnection Manager, Associate

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland seeks an Interconnection Manager to lead interconnection projects under FERC/CPUC guidelines. You will coordinate across company departments, manage scope, schedule, and cost, and interface with customers and stakeholders.

This role operates within a unionized environment and reports through the Energy Delivery/Engineering framework. The position requires familiarity with tariffs, strong project coordination skills, and experience with infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience.
• 1 year PG&E experience in project mgmt/controls/engineering; or 2 years non-PG&E experience.
• Strong familiarity with FERC and CPUC tariff documents.
• Ability to refer to tariff clauses to facilitate projects.
• Business computer skills: MS Office, ENOS, CC&B, ABS, SAP, DART, ECTS, GIS, Visio.

Responsibilities

• Interprets FERC and CPUC tariffs, rules and regulations.
• Develops, negotiates, coordinates and tenders interconnection agreements.
• Manages interconnection process from inquiry to settlement/first bill.
• Monitors interconnection milestones, dates, tasks and status.
• Communicates interconnection status to all stakeholders.
• Identifies and addresses project performance issues promptly.
• Ensures milestones are met and records are kept for quality assurance.
• Manage contracts and support clients; handle amendments if needed.
• Manage a portfolio of interconnection requests and contract obligations.
• Identify and communicate contractual issues to stakeholders.
• Maintain interconnection records and documentation for generators.
• Manage deposits and invoicing for engineering, procurement, construction.
• Review and assist in project settlements.
• Support risk assessments with Journey and Senior Interconnection Managers.
• Assist with internal controls design and implementation.
• Assess control operation levels under supervision.
• Assist with audits and data requests.
• Support corrective action programs and compliance repository.
• Develop standards, procedures and training for controls awareness.
• Responsible for execution of internal controls.

Skills

Tariffs knowledge

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

ENOS

CC&B

ABS

SAP

DART

ECTS

GIS

Visio

Job description

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Job Category: Customer Support / Operations

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Engineering is responsible for PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration, and emergency response.

Position Summary

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) and subject to collective bargaining.

This Interconnection Manager position is the first in progression and is responsible for managing the interconnection request while serving as the interface between the interconnection customer and the various Company departments involved in the interconnection process. This position handles the scope, schedule and cost of interconnection requests that are processed under FERC and/or CPUC jurisdiction that can interconnect to transmission and/or distribution voltages. In this role, there are no direct reports; rather people and other resources are coordinated with as part of a project team. External contacts include management of customer relationships. Interconnection project duration is typically less than 1 year. The level of responsibility of this position increases with experience.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the timeofthe job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to anindividualwill be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses orcertifications,experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internalequity.

Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $49.67 to $63.26subject to collectively bargained wage increases.

Job Responsibilities

• Interprets FERC and CPUC tariffs, rules and regulations.
• Develops, negotiates, coordinates and tenders interconnection agreements.
• Manages interconnection process from receipt of interconnection inquiry and/or application through the settlement process and/or first accurate customer bill.
• Monitors interconnection request and contractual milestone dates, tasks and status
• Communicates interconnection status on a regular basis to all stakeholders.
• Identifies project performance issues, analyzes and addresses them in a timely manner.
• Ensures timely execution of interconnection process milestones in compliance with applicable tariff and retains appropriate records for compliance quality assurance.
• Proactively manage contracts and interact with and support clients (contract counterparties, as well as stakeholders in other departments within PG&E). If necessary, manage contractual amendments documents that may arise during implementation or after execution of the contract.
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of generation interconnection requests to ensure coordination of all contract obligations.
• Identifies and communicates contractual issues to impacted stakeholders.
• Maintains interconnection records and documentation such as interconnection application, technical studies, contract development work papers, project status reports, customer correspondence and other documentation for generator interconnections.
• Manages invoicing process for deposits required for engineering, procurement and construction and ensures deposits are collected.
• Review and assist in the preparation of project settlements
• Provides support to journey and Senior Interconnection Managers in performance of risk assessments to identify and prioritize operational, regulatory, financial, technology, reputation, and other business risks.
• Assists with the design and implementation of internal controls.
• Under supervision, assesses the level at which controls are operating.
• Assists with internal and external audit and data requests.
• Provides support to Journey and Senior Interconnection Managers in establishing and managing corrective action program.
• Provides support to maintain repository of compliance requirements and controls. Provides support for EGI on IT initiatives and implementation.
• Assists with development of standards, procedures, and training materials that support compliance and controls awareness.
• Responsible for execution of internal controls.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience.
• 1 year of PG&E experience in project management, project controls, service planning, engineering, auditing, and/or construction; or 2 years of non-PG&E related experience.
• Strong familiarity with FERC and CPUC tariff documents.
• Ability to refer to the applicable clauses of the tariff to facilitate the project.
• Business computer skills, such as Microsoft Office Suite, ENOS, CC&B, ABS, SAP, DART, ECTS, GIS and Visio.

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

OurPurposeexplains "why" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns
• Serving our planet
• Leading with love

OurVirtuescapture "who" we need to be:

• Trustworthy
• Curious
• Nimble
• Owners

OurStandsare "what" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe
• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
• Clean and resilient energy for all
• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires aworkforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.

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