Hybrid Senior Manager, T-Line North

at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Job title: Senior Manager, T-Line North
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $155,000 - $277,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oakland, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager overseeing Transmission Project Management at PG&E. Responsible for managing a large portfolio of capital projects and enhancing engineering efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Oversees Transmission Project Management by providing strategic direction for 1000 -2000 capital projects.
• Responsible for the overall management of scope, schedule, and cost.
• Building relationships across the organization with stakeholders in the Construction, Test, SCADA, Automation and Protection departments.
• Identifies gaps in existing processes and drives process improvement.
• Monitors the overall Capital Budget for Electric Transmission Engineering spend.
• Reviews planned rate verse actual rates and makes adjustments as needed.
• Holds weekly conference calls or other types of recurring meetings to check budget actual verses target.
• Manages Transmission Engineering to drive improvements in efficiency and quality by driving improvement and deconstructing and restructuring processes when necessary, so that they fit the work at hand.
• Strategically plans resource allocation and utilization in engineering teams.
• Looks at projected workload verses existing internal resources and makes appropriate contracting and staffing allocation decisions.
• Leads process improvement initiatives and projects internally to the department and participates broadly in related initiatives across the line of business.
• Benchmarks internally and externally to PG&E on project management and engineering practices.
• May present papers at project management and engineering conferences or participate in other industry activities.
• Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.
• Develops and manages department budget regularly monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.

Requirements

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree
• 8 years of progressive experience in either Project Management or Engineering.
• 5 years of experience supervising either a Project Management function or Engineering function.
• Desired: PE License, PMP Certification
• Engineering and operational knowledge to effectively develop and manage department functions, especially knowledge of transmission operations and substations.
• Strategic, visionary thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Knowledge of bargaining unit processes and their impact on organizational operations.
• Knowledge of California and Federal regulatory requirements such as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong leadership and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, influence, negotiation, and collaboration skills.