Lead Substation Engineering & Design Supervisor

PG&E; West Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

PG&E is seeking a Supervisor of Substation Engineering & Design to lead a multi-discipline team delivering quality substation designs across regions. You will collaborate with Project Management to balance scope, schedule, and cost, while driving safety, design quality, and on-time performance.

The role emphasizes developing metrics, adopting new technologies, and mentoring engineers to meet department goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training
• 5 years of experience in engineering with some of it in electric substation and transmission line engineering

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a team of 15-18 Project Engineers, Design Engineers, Design Drafters and Engineering Assistants.
• Actively promote safe work practices in accordance with PG&E's strong commitment to Safety.
• Ensure a safe work environment and manage overall safety for the team. Provide open and honest communication of Company objectives and initiatives and coach, mentor, and lead staff to ensure that Company and Department vision and goals are well understood, and that team performance supports them.
• Foster greater understanding of the key role that Substation Engineering and Design plays in supporting project success (scope, schedule, and costs). Promote better understanding of both Project Management and Construction practices to better support project work.
• Remove hurdles that impact project support success.
• Promote accountability of team for quality, financial results and schedule attainment in support of substation projects through employee engagement, recognition and ongoing coaching.
• Plan and maintain a visible and stable short and long term production schedule by working closely with his/her team and the Project Management team and Substation Construction.
• Make timely and effective decisions regarding internal work and work to be contracted.
• Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace and support new technologies to improve performance of team.
• Build a strong team by providing ongoing performance feedback and technical support.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Project collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Project scheduling tools (Clarity, MS Project, Primavera P6)

Job description

PG&E is seeking a Supervisor of Substation Engineering & Design to lead a multi-discipline team delivering quality substation designs across regions. You will collaborate with Project Management to balance scope, schedule, and cost, while driving safety, design quality, and on-time performance.

The role emphasizes developing metrics, adopting new technologies, and mentoring engineers to meet department goals.