Senior Project Manager

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland is seeking a senior Project/Program Manager to lead multi-year projects in electric transmission and substations, with responsibility for risk management and coordination with EPC contracts.

This role requires a PMP and a bachelor’s degree, with 8 years (9 outside) of project management/engineering experience, plus the ability to mentor others. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement within the Bay Area region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience.
• 8 years of PG&E (9 years outside) experience in project management, project controls, engineering, and/or construction.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Responsibilities

• Determines that project objectives are achievable.
• Provides guidance to engineering on producing complex risk and alternative analyses, studies and conceptual designs for presentation to project sponsor.
• Oversees and administrates EPC contracts in accordance with ESC
• Work Oversight Committee
• Negotiates third party contracts, in support of other departments when appropriate.
• Develops and champions company-wide best practices.
• Makes presentations to PG&E Officers as appropriate.
• Arbitrates and resolves conflicts within the project.
• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced project managers.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PMP certification

Tools

SAP Financials

Work Management modules

Microsoft Project

Job description

Requisition ID # 169155

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Engineering, Planning & Strategy will play a leading role in showing California and the world how PG&E will meet California’s decarbonization and resilience goals while improving safety, affordability and reliability. EP&S will have asset management responsibilities for our gas system and electric infrastructure and will integrate inputs from across the enterprise to define our multi-year capital plan. EP&S will enable our coworkers on the front lines to have the plans, tools, and equipment they need, so we can do the right work at the right time.

Position Summary

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

This position, under general direction, exercises judgment and discretion and is responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Project duration is generally multi-year, requires significant risk management, and may include formal partnering agreements with outside firms. Assignments will have high visibility, require extensive project management skills and often require specific discipline and areas of expertise, such as:

• Electric transmission substation projects


• Electric transmission line projects

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 Bay Area-Central Coast region.

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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The salary range is:

CA Minimum, $153,828

CA Maximum, $197,628

Job Responsibilities

• Determines that project objectives are achievable.


• Provides guidance to engineering on producing complex risk and alternative analyses, studies and conceptual designs for presentation to project sponsor.


• Oversees and administrates EPC contracts in accordance with ESC


• Work Oversight Committee


• Negotiates third party contracts, in support of other departments when appropriate.


• Develops and champions company-wide best practices.


• Makes presentations to PG&E Officers as appropriate.


• Arbitrates and resolves conflicts within the project.


• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced project managers.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience


• 8 years of PG&E (9 years outside) experience in project management, project controls, engineering, and/or construction


• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Desired:

• Electrical Engineering Degree for the Substation projects and Civil Engineering for Transmission line projects


• Knowledge of and experience with electric substations, and transmission line projects


• Fluent in the use of Project Management tools and current company tools, such as SAP Financials and Work Management modules and Microsoft Project Scheduling Software