Job Description

Department Overview

Gas Operations is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. As a whole, Gas Operations is responsible for all aspects of PG&E's gas transmission and distribution (T&D) operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance, construction, restoration and emergency response. The Construction Management Team is responsible for all Gas T&D construction safety, quality and contractor performance.

Position Summary

Distribution Operations Analysts are responsible for planning and forecasting, reporting and analysis, plan execution and support for effective business decision-making and business operational performance for one or more geographic areas. This role provides a critical link between the construction business and broader business planning needs of the organization.
Planning and forecasting: Works with program manager and superintendent to establish targets and monitor construction hours / unit. Identifies deviation from forecasted costs, work units and construction hours / units. Develops and / or adjusts detailed plans during planning cycle; analyzes spending and productivity and submits business cases as necessary.
Reporting and analysis: Monitors budget and productivity and analyzes variances. Conducts research to ensure accuracy in the records, and provides data as needed for corrections and / or consolidation. Tracks and reports resource utilization and overtime usage, tracks and communicates monthly metric results, investigates results and recommends / initiates corrective actions. Point of contact on Scorecards.
Plan execution: Analyze unit cost / productivity, and informs superintendent and program managers of status and any required actions. Develops business case for changes as needed. Monitors non-labor PCC costs, meets with supervisors to analyze any variances from plan and communicates status and actions required. Works with clerical staff to ensure time reporting is accurate. Participates in Business Review Team (BRT) process, participating in or facilitating meetings and monitoring all construction metrics.
Support: During emergency response situations, may act as finance lead, oversee crew management and logistics in Outage Management Tool, Region Emergency Center (REC) & Operations Emergency Center (OEC), issues purchase orders or administers short form contract, and/or acts as job owner for non-estimated emergency response orders. Participates in or leads local or system-wide initiatives. Provides ad hoc reporting and analysis for special issues, acts as subject matter expert for one or more process or procedure area, represents Division on operating work flow issues, and others as needed.
All employees are responsible for performing their jobs in accordance with PG&E's vision and values.

Job Responsibilities

* Research and data analysis; develop, compile, and prepare reports for upper management, superintendents, and supervisors
* Prepare financial reports with analyses of key drivers causing significant variances and provides recommendations
* Liaison between various departments and cross functional teams
* Monitor costs in regions and PCC spend and coordinate the corrections of cost accounting errors
* Collaborate with peers to gather information and exchange data
* Monitor Performance Metrics and take necessary actions to meet targets
* Use system and personnel resources to perform ad-hoc analysis to successfully address inquiries from internal business partners
* Support organization as a subject matter expert by providing information and direction to stakeholders

Qualifications

Minimum:

* High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
* Utility industry experience, or related, 6 years

Desired:

* Adaptable to changing environments with ability to learn new concepts quickly
* Able to effectively manage multiple assignments with demanding time constraints
* Able to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis
* Able to present research and report on findings
* Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, Access, Visual Basic Applications (VBA)
* Ability to collate, organize and analyze large amounts of data.
* Experience with SQL or other relational databases a plus
* Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI, SSRS, Excel Visualization tools)
* Experience with SAP or other business software
* Competency in making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems