PG&E Corporation

Distribution Asset Strategy Manager

PG&E Corporation$159K — $271K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or relevant discipline or equivalent experience
  • 8 years' experience in electric distribution engineering or equivalent
  • 5 years' experience in electric distribution planning or equivalent
  • Master's Degree in Engineering-Electrical or equivalent experience (preferred)
  • 5 years of leadership experience (preferred)
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Interpret and execute modifications to department policies and procedures with executive guidance
  • Translate functional goals into risk and asset management programs in response to regulatory changes
  • Develop long-term strategies for distribution assets aligned with company objectives
  • Direct the creation and update of asset management plans for specific distribution assets
  • Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to enhance system operation methodologies
  • Manage budget forecasts and monitor expenses, providing justification for variances
  • Lead industry benchmarking projects to improve best practices in electric asset management
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and support necessary governmental communications

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with flexibility
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentoring
  • Engagement with executive leadership and strategic initiatives
  • Involvement in climate and regulatory change response
  • Working towards impactful goals in energy delivery and safety
  • Collaborative working atmosphere across various business units
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 166416

Job Category: Engineering / Science

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Help us improve the electric utility industry from the inside! Electric Distribution Asset Management is responsible for the system engineering, asset strategy and risk management across all distribution asset families. This centralized, risk-informed approach allows PG&E to manage electric risk, asset and system health, interconnections and performance by using consistent standards, work methods, prioritization and program sponsorship, while leveraging lessons learned from inspections and asset data to inform asset management decisions. The department is accountable for asset planning and strategy, standards and work method procedures, and asset data management for Electric Distribution.

Position Summary

The candidate will play a crucial role in leading and planning end-to-end program implementation and operations of electric distribution overhead assets. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring their teams programs are operating effectively and contributing to our ability to safely deliver electricity and meet our customer's needs. This execution-oriented candidate will mentor their team to evaluate asset risks, creation of new risk mitigation programs and process improvement of existing risk mitigation programs. The successful candidate will be able to work comfortably with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. A strong candidate will be able to leverage data and technical information from multiple sources to frame complex problems and clearly communicate to multiple stakeholders. Additionally, the candidate will implement safety policies and manage best practices.

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.

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: $159,000
Bay Area Maximum: $271,000

OR

California Minimum: $151,000

California Maximum: $257,000

Job Responsibilities
  • With the guidance of executive leadership, interprets, recommends, develops and executes modifications to department policies and procedures.
  • In an evolving environment of climate and regulatory changes, translates functional goals and objectives into risk and asset management programs and projects which support safe, reliable, affordable and clean service to customers.
  • Partners with executive leadership to develops long term strategy for distribution assets while ensuring it is consistent and aligned with company objectives.
  • Provides direction to the team for the creation of asset management plans for specific distribution assets. Ensures annual and strategy documents are completed and updated.
  • Collaborates with Electric Distribution Operations and Engineering, Electric Reliability and Capacity to develop and implement methodologies to enhance system operation.
  • Develops and manages programs forecast and budget. Regularly monitors expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.
  • Leads benchmarking efforts/projects in the industry to leverage best in class methodologies, share information and drive best practices in electric asset management.
  • Partner with Regulatory and Compliance staff to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and support regulatory activities by supplying information for filings, data requests, and meeting with regulators.
  • Manages and mentors professional staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, rewards and recognition


Qualifications

Minimum:
  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 8 years electric distribution engineering experience or equivalent
  • 5 years of electric distribution planning experience or equivalent


Desired:
  • Masters Degree in Engineering-Electrical or equivalent experience
  • Leadership experience, 5 years
  • PE-Professional Engineer license


Purpose, Virtues and Stands

Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:
  • Delivering for our hometowns
  • Serving our planet
  • Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:
  • Trustworthy
  • Empathetic
  • Curious
  • Tenacious
  • Nimble
  • Owners

Our Stands are "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

More About Our Company

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. 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.

Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice

PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.

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