Department Overview
The men and women of Electric Operations ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.
Position Summary
Supports field-focused teams of employees and contractors to ensure compliance with the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) General Order (GO) 165, 95, and 128. Facilitates planning and systemwide execution of efficient and compliant electric asset inspections and patrols programs. Supports electric system risk identification by delivering sustainable inspection programs that provide traceable, accurate, verifiable, and complete asset inspection records. Ensures inspection personnel are properly trained and supported to safely deliver efficient asset evaluations.
Job Responsibilities
* Works closely with Inspection Program Managers to understand inspection and patrol targets and facilitate the planning and execution of this work.
* Ensures the qualified customer representatives (QCR's) who perform the facility condition assessments and subsequent maintenance are trained, knowledgeable and qualified to perform the assigned tasks.
* Ensures work verifications and auditable documentation/records are complete, accurate, and compliant per bulletin notices.
* Interfaces with customers on sensitive issues surrounding inspections, such as gaining access to a customer's property.
* Manages capital & expense budget for patrols, inspections, and electric corrective (EC) work. This includes tracking unit cost, productivity, minor work, and fleet management. Implements work practices that support reduced operating cost. Ensures level of resources support the patrol and inspection workload for assigned area.
* Maps work for field QCR personnel, directing them to appropriate work sight. Reviews, approves and signs off on completed inspections, completed maintenance work documentation and overall work progress. Ensures communication of updated information from inspections to the Mapping department.
* Supports a team in assigned geographic area to ensure the safe, efficient and timely completion of work in compliance with the maintenance requirements of General Order (GO) 165 standards. Integrates GO 165 in the work/document verification process.
* May be asked to support training and development, and onboarding.
* Supports Electric Program Management in managing the division maintenance program and implementation of all required practices.
* May assist or support Quality Assurance Department when conducting periodic reviews of facility conditions, in preparation for CPUC audits, and in preparing and closing review and audit findings.
* Tracks and reports work progress to Program Manager(s) for maintenance and compliance.
Qualifications
Minimum
* Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
* Five (5) years of experience in the field of Industrial engineering or Construction.
Desired
* Demonstrated abilities in Cost accounting / Inspection / Contract administration.
San Francisco, CA
PG&E Corporation, through its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, engages in the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers in northern and central California, the United States. The company’s electricity distribution network consists of approximately 107,000 circuit miles of distribution lines, 50 transmission switching substations, and 769 distribution substations; and electricity transmission network comprises approximately 18,000 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines and 84 electric transmission substations.
Its natural gas system consists of approximately 43,100 miles of distribution pipelines, approximately 6,400 miles of backbone and local transmission pipelines, and various storage facilities. The company also owns and operates nuclear, hydroelectric, fossil fuel-fired, and solar electricity generation facilities. PG&E Corporation was incorporated in 1995 and is based in San Francisco, California. On January 29, 2019, PG&E Corporation Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.