Hybrid Senior Gas Interconnection Manager

at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Job title: Senior Gas Interconnection Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $114,000 - $182,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oakland, United States

About the role

• Senior Gas Interconnection Manager overseeing complex gas interconnections for PG&E's renewable initiatives. Actively negotiating contracts and collaborating on regulatory policies in California.

Responsibilities

• Execute on moderately complex new interconnections including managing official applications, ensuring job cost estimates are produced and communicated to customer, completing standard form contracts, track project funding to ensure financial obligations are met and negotiating special facility agreements and/or any exceptional case agreements if applicable
• Monitor progress in engineering, design, project management, monitoring project budget and construction to ensure facilities are completed on time
• Inform and influence leadership decision making
• Operate independently with little supervision, manage moderate to highly complex projects and initiatives, accomplish objectives and effectively work both in teams and individually
• Apply project/program management methods to perform work completion
• Identify and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for project execution
• Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different internal and external audiences
• Proactive outreach to build relations and execute on new business opportunities to increase throughput and renewables for the gas system
• Perform assessments, present to leadership for approval and offer negotiated rates
• Identify and maintain strong working relationships with all strategic programs and partners
• Support benchmarking with other utilities/3rd parties for process improvement, best practices and change management
• Support regulatory activities by writing testimony, responding to data requests, meet with regulators and other IOUs, and/or provide content for regulatory filings
• Utilize customer service conversation skills to ensure positive interactive relationships occur
• Utilize active listening skills, open to sharing ideas and develop divergent ideas to build a consensus incorporating problem solving skills to produce out-of-the box solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Business, Marketing or related or equivalent experience
• 5 years of related experience in the natural gas industry
• 1 year of experience in interconnections, new business or related
• 2 years of customer service experience
• 2 years of related experience in program management, project management, and/or product management, including process improvement work
• Ability to work and interact with diverse groups of people including both internal and external parties
• Ability to devise and articulate solutions to complex problems
• Valid California driver’s license
• Field/Technical
• Engineer in Training (EIT) certification and/or Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Knowledge and understanding of gas transmission and distribution
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering principles, codes, and regulations that govern gas engineering and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles and properties of gas impacting various internal/external environments
• Proficiency and skill with engineering information systems and applications
• Project/Program
• PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• PgMP-Program Management Professional certification
• CCMP- Certified Change Management Professional certification
• Ability to apply program management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
• Competency in making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and tasks with demanding time constraints
• Tariff/Contracts/Regulatory
• Ability to compose and interpret contract language terms
• Ability to construe tariff language terminology (a focus on Gas Rule 2,15,16, all gas rates)
• Knowledge of PG&E’s regulatory process and policies and those of the CPUC
• Ability to present moderately complex data and findings to diverse audiences
• Capability to analyze problems and recommend solutions despite incomplete information and limited time
• Customer Service/Communication
• Experience serving and meeting the needs of internal and/or external customers
• Ability to analyze, understand, and communicate information accurately
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to present complex information with ease and clarity to management
• Ability to excel independently, build consensus, and cohesively collaborate within a team environment
• Ability to support and develop marketing material and online presence
• Tools/Standard
• Proficiency and skill with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Creativity and innovation skills
• Experience with Microsoft Project
• Experience with SAP
• Utility industry or regulatory applications

Benefits

• This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.