Senior Wildfire Compliance & Risk Consultant

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking an Expert Risk & Compliance Consultant to manage Energy Safety and CAL Fire programs within the Wildfire Compliance Team. You will provide governance, training, and reporting for the program, leveraging technical expertise to guide strategic decisions and align goals across departments.

The role requires broad regulatory knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to lead complex projects in a hybrid Oakland/CA environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 7 years of total related experience
• Desired: Bachelor’s in engineering
• Electrical Engineering with distribution, transmission, or substation experience
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP)
• Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC)
• Experience in compliance, 2 years minimum
• Experience in risk management, 2 years minimum
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory policy and compliance concepts, and/or risk management
• PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• Adaptability to adjust to changing business dynamics, priorities, and ability to work across multiple teams from different disciplines and backgrounds
• Ability to communicate findings and recommendations to various levels of management
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects with demanding time constraints
• Knowledge and understanding of business drivers
• Demonstrated ability to manage or direct teams
• Ability to work within a Regulatory environment
• Ability to assess and recommend solutions for assigned projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to develop and deliver presentations to various internal and external audiences
• Influence and negotiation ability, including strong meeting facilitation skills, to effectively prioritize work based on business need and risk assessments
• Problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great attention to detail
• Knowledge of process improvement concepts, methods, and best practices

Responsibilities

• Applies expert knowledge of Program Management to wide-ranging issues and assignments, works independently with guidance on only the most complex issues, and may lead project teams within the organization.
• Develops a program implementation plan with goals and milestones, articulates goals and mission to key stakeholder teams to assure development of deliverables that meet stakeholder needs, and provides direction on the overall program plan and goals.
• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipates issues, benchmarks for alternative approaches and insights, and develops innovative solutions.
• Demonstrates strategic leadership with both internal and cross-functional stakeholders to support organization goals.
• Designs a gap analysis process to identify improvement needs based on external and internal stakeholder input and evaluation.
• Monitors and ensures closure/completion of projects and/or other program requests.
• Identifies issues, develops solutions, and presents recommendations and a tactical implementation plan to leadership for approval.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements and supports regulatory activities by supplying information for filings, data requests, and meetings with regulators.
• Maintains strong working relationships with all strategic programs and partners.
• Develops and implements improved processes, best practices, controls, and procedures to improve efficiencies, and ensure regulatory compliance with the program(s).
• May design and develop new programs under a larger umbrella of goals and initiatives.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Project management

Communication skills

Influence and negotiation

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Bachelor’s in engineering

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP)

Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)

Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC)

PMI-Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking an Expert Risk & Compliance Consultant to manage Energy Safety and CAL Fire programs within the Wildfire Compliance Team. You will provide governance, training, and reporting for the program, leveraging technical expertise to guide strategic decisions and align goals across departments.

The role requires broad regulatory knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to lead complex projects in a hybrid Oakland/CA environment.