Expert Electric Program Manager- Flexible Location

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking an Electric Program Manager to lead a company-wide program within Substation Operations & System Inspections. The role includes end-to-end program oversight, governance, and budgeting, with hybrid work options within the PG&E service territory.

You will manage cross-functional teams, develop plans to achieve program goals, and provide regular performance reporting. A bachelor’s degree and extensive budgeting experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7 years’ total related experience.
• Experience managing capital expense budgets.

Responsibilities

• Apply expert program management knowledge to broad, complex assignments.
• Lead cross-departmental programs and develop plans to reach goals.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and reporting for the program.
• Develop and implement improved processes to boost efficiency and compliance.
• Provide regular reports and presentations to leadership on progress and metrics.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Oakland, California, Alameda, California, Alta Sierra, California, American Canyon, California, Angels, California, Antioch, California, Auberry, California, Auburn, California, Avenal, California, Avila Beach, California, Bakersfield, California, Balch Camp, California, Bay Point, California, Bear Valley Springs, California, Belden, California, Bellota, California, Belmont, California, Benicia, California, Berkeley, California, Brentwood, California, Brisbane, California, Buellton, California, Burney, California, Buttonwillow, California, Calistoga, California, Campbell, California, Canyondam, California, Capitola, California, Caruthers, California, Chico, California, Clearlake, California, Clovis, California, Coalinga, California, Colusa, California, Concord, California, Corcoran, California, Cotati, California, Cottonwood, California, Cupertino, California, Daly City, California, Danville, California, Davis, California, Dinuba, California, Downieville, California, Dublin, California, Emeryville, California, Eureka, California, Fairfield, California, Folsom, California, Fort Bragg, California, Fortuna, California, Fremont, California, French Camp, California, Fresno, California, Fulton, California, Garberville, California, Geyserville, California, Gilroy, California, Grass Valley, California, Guerneville, California, Half Moon Bay, California, Hayward, California, Hinkley, California, Hollister, California, Holt, California, Huron, California, Jackson, California, Kerman, California, King City, California, Lakeport, California, Lemoore, California, Lincoln, California, Linden, California, Livermore, California, Lodi, California, Loomis, California, Los Banos, California, Lower Lake, California, Madera, California, Magalia, California, Manteca, California, Manton, California, Mariposa, California, Martell, California, Marysville, California, Maxwell, California, Menlo Park, California, Merced, California, Meridian, California, Millbrae, California, Milpitas, California, Modesto, California, Monterey, California, Montgomery Creek, California, Morgan Hill, California, Morro Bay, California, Moss Landing, California, Mountain View, California, Napa, California, Needles, California, Newark, California, Newman, California, Novato, California, Oakdale, California, Oakhurst, California, Oakley, California, Olema, California, Olivehurst, California, Orinda, California, Orland, California, Oroville, California, Palo Alto, California, Palo Cedro, California, Paradise, California, Parkwood, California, Paso Robles, California, Petaluma, California, Pioneer, California, Pismo Beach, California, Pittsburg, California, Placerville, California, Pleasant Hill, California, Pleasanton, California, Point Arena, California, Potter Valley, California, East Quincy, California, Rancho Cordova, California, Red Bluff, California, Redding, California, Richmond, California, Ridgecrest, California, Rio Vista, California, Rocklin, California, Salida, California, Salinas, California, San Bruno, California, San Carlos, California, San Francisco, California, San Jose, California, San Luis Obispo, California, San Mateo, California, San Rafael, California, San Ramon, California, Sanger, California, Santa Cruz, California, Santa Maria, California, Santa Nella, California, Santa Rosa, California, Selma, California, Shaver Lake, California, Sonoma, California, Sonora, California, South San Francisco, California, Springville, California, Stockton, California, Storrie, California, Taft, California, Tracy, California, Turlock, California, Twain Harte, California, Ukiah, California, Vacaville, California, Vallejo, California, Walnut Creek, California, Wasco, California, Washington, California, Watsonville, California, West Sacramento, California, Wheatland, California, Whitmore Hot Springs, California, Willits, California, Willow Creek, California, Willows, California, Windsor, California, Winters, California, Woodland, California, Yuba City, California

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cotati; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Olivehurst; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

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, comprised of roughly 10,222 coworkers, 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.

Position Summary

The Electric Program Manager manages and/or administers a company program, a grouping of project work or a special customer offering with an assigned/designated annual financial budget. The incumbent supports Substation Operations & System Inspections organization, including end to end inspection and maintenance strategies. The incumbent provides oversight, governance, communication, training, reporting as well as overall process and project management for the assigned program. He / She manages the program budget, which may include developing and presenting the budget proposal.

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.

Incumbent will expected to be in office several times a month.

Location is flexible within the PG&E Service Territory, please note hiring leader will make final decision of what are appropriate headquarters for the role based on business need.

Preference for incumbent to be based in Oakland, Dublin/Pleasanton, or San Ramon. If incumbent is not based in the HQs stated- Oakland, Dublin/Pleasanton, or San Ramon they will be expected to occasionally travel to these HQs.

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 towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum:$126,000

Bay Area Maximum:$200,000

OR

California Minimum:$120,000

California Maximum: $190,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Applies expert knowledge of Program Management to wide-ranging issues and assignments. Works independently with guidance on only the most complex issues. May lead project teams.
• May design and develop new programs under a larger umbrella of goals and initiatives.
• Manages all aspects of programs that are cross departmental, complex and have a significant impact on the line of business. Leads development of plans to achieve program goals.
• Leads partner organizations to develop and implement improved processes, best practices, controls and procedures to improve efficiencies, compliance and customer satisfaction and reduce cost, especially in the end to end process of inspection and maintenance.
• May work with other project or program managers or peers in other departments or regions to reschedule work, re-allocate funds and explore other means to achieve financial and productivity goals.
• Represents the program as a subject matter expert and stakeholder on process improvement teams, regulatory filings, and various stakeholder groups. May support the GRC witness with testimony development and data request response support.
• May develop new policies and all relevant processes, infrastructure, documentation, tools, etc. to support a new program. Develops tools for tracking and control.
• Develops communication and training plans. Ensures target audience is fully educated in the purpose of the program and the proper processes and requirements to follow. Ensures compliance with the program.
• Provides standardized regular reports, along with custom, ad-hoc reports for special projects. May supports divisions with reporting for operational metrics to provide intelligence on performance trends. Develops and delivers presentation to leaders regarding the program progress toward goals.
• Plans and forecasts work to be completed as part of the program. Monitors and ensures closure/completion of projects and/or other program maintenance & construction work orders. Identifies issues and develops solutions. Presents recommendations and implementation plan to leadership for approval.
• Performs trend analysis to identify cost drivers and develop and execute mitigation plans to improve business results. Manages capital and expense spending to ensure work identified in the program plan is completed and productivity cost targets are achieved. Reviews cost monitoring systems to ensure that adequate controls are in place to uncover and connect erroneous changes.
• Ensures regulatory compliance with the program.
• May provide leadership or work direction to lower level peers.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 7 years’ total related experience
• Experience managing capital expense budgets

Desired

• PMP Certification
• In depth knowledge of electric utility processes, regulatory requirements, critical success factors, goals and initiatives.
• Knowledge in Substation or Asset Inspection processes.
• Team leadership and collaboration skills.
• General financial management & budgeting skills and business acumen.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, influence skills. Basic negotiation skills.
• Analytical problem solving and decision making ability
• Knowledge of project management, process improvement best practices, concepts, methods and techniques
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Strong presentation skills
• May need knowledge of various enterprise resource planning (ERP) system modules.