PG&E Corporation

Senior Project Manager

PG&E Corporation$153K — $197K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience
  • 8 years of PG&E or 9 years of outside experience in project management or related fields
  • Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Electrical Engineering degree preferred for Substation projects
  • Civil Engineering degree preferred for Transmission line projects
  • Knowledge of electric substations and transmission line projects
  • Fluent in Project Management tools, including SAP Financials and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

  • Ensures project objectives are achievable
  • Guides engineering in complex risk and alternative analyses
  • Oversees EPC contracts as per guidance from Work Oversight Committee
  • Negotiates third party contracts when needed
  • Develops and champions best practices across the company
  • Presents project updates to PG&E Officers as necessary
  • Arbitrates and resolves project-related conflicts
  • Mentors less experienced project managers.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work setup allowing remote and on-site work
  • Participation in collective bargaining agreements
  • Focus on consistent project management practices
  • Opportunity to work on high-visibility, multi-year projects
  • Inclusive workplace that reflects diverse communities served.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 169162

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Jose

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


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26,000 employees
Market Cap
$40.4 billion
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Net Income
-$1.3 billion
Founded
1905
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$18.4 billion
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