Hybrid Supervisor, Vegetation Program Management

at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Job title: Supervisor, Vegetation Program Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $123,000 - $207,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Ramon, United States

About the role

• Supervisor managing Vegetation Management for PG&E ensuring public safety, electric reliability, and regulatory compliance. Leading a team and overseeing customer escalations in vegetation management efforts.

Responsibilities

• Owns Vegetation Management Customer Constraints while overseeing Customer Escalations and Right Tree, Right Place teams.
• Leads and supervises Vegetation Management internal employees and outside contractors.
• Operates under general standards set by the Manager and makes short—and long-term decisions that align with department strategy. Manages major events, such as major storms, wildfires, power shutoff events, or safety violations.
• Provides oversight and mentors assigned Vegetation Program Managers.
• Deals with complex and challenging issues with customers and public entities escalated from subordinates. Speaks and/or presents to external entities such as city councils, governmental agencies, and community groups, representing PG&E’s position regarding sensitive vegetation issues. Seeks resolutions that meet safety and business needs.
• Develop budget forecasts and business cases.
• Reviews and approves invoices, purchase orders, and funding associated with complex projects.
• Reports out, provides updates and corrective actions and holds daily huddles under the Lean Management model.
• Develops and executes project plans and ensures work is on track. Develop performance measures for the team. Ensures performance measures and tactics align with the whole department. Collaborates with department managers on annual and long-term overall department goals.
• Leads performance improvement teams across Vegetation Management and continually seeks and recommends opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with and influences internal and external contacts and stakeholders of various levels on issues and developments affecting vegetation management for the company and/or industry.
• Coaches program managers and outside contractors who participate in regulatory and/or industry forums, public hearings, and/or legal proceedings. May provide expert witness testimony in high-profile legal cases involving vegetation issues.
• Oversees and reviews the development of new or revised scopes of work and project management for outside contractors such as foresters and land planners to ensure compliance standards and deliverables are established.
• Supervises staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience.
• California Driver’s License
• 4 years of job-related experience with at least 2 years experience in a leadership role as a team leader or project leader
• 7 years of related experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role as a team leader or project leader (desired)
• Proven ability to create meaningful reporting of large datasets that ensure KPI delivery department wide (desired).
• Ability to own cross-functional relationships (desired).
• Expert level problem solving with varying stakeholders (desired).
• Experience in conflict resolution with a customer focus (desired).
• Competency in presenting to large audiences (desired).
• PMP Certification (desired)
• ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) (desired)
• ISA Arborist/Utility Specialist certification (desired)

Benefits

• Discretionary incentive compensation programs