Job Description

Department Overview

Power Generation maintains and operates PG&E's hydroelectric, fossil, and solar generation facilities providing approximately 5,300 megawatts of generating capacity for our customers. We are an organization of nearly 700 men and women dedicated to delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective generation to California in an environmentally responsible manner.

Position Summary

Provides the vision and strategic direction for all Hydro Operations and Maintenance, including ensuring safe, reliable and cost-efficient operation. PG&E's hydro system is comprised of over 60 power houses with watersheds located throughout the northern and central Sierra mountains. They provide ovr 3.7 GW of low-cost generation.

This position requires the abiliy to travel up to 25%, to include driving in rural, mountainous terrain in a variety of weather conditions.

Job Responsibilities

* Building Partnerships: Develops and maintains constructive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, primarily at the Director level. Internal stakeholders include Directors of the other business functions within Power Generation as well as representatives of other departments within PG&E. External stakeholders include consultants; federal, state and local government agencies; special districts; national, state and local non-governmental organizations; Indian tribes; commercial interests and members of the public.
* Systems Thinking: Uses systems thinking to understand and lead operation of a hydroelectric system that is called upon to respond to highly fluctuating energy demands and ancillary services with flexible hydroelectric resources that are typically constrained by FERC license requirements, environmental considerations and water availability.
* Leadership: Provides leadership and management to the O&M leadership team to achieve consistently high levels of performance. Builds talent through development plans, mentoring, coaching, inclusiveness, continual recruitment, and staffing. Communicates department goals and expectations to develop leadership.
* Program Improvement: Provide oversight of key performance indicators to ensure business plan objectives are met. Administer and oversee all programs and processes supporting O&M, including budget and cost monitoring, recruitment and staffing, work control, outage planning, and performance improvement/corrective actions.
* Provides direct supervision, staffing, training, coaching, and mentoring to the Power Generation Managers. Assigns Operations and Maintenance work, project initiatives, and special assignments.
* Safety: Ensure department proactively addresses safety resulting in zero recordable injuries and preventable motor vehicle incidents.
* Strategy Development: Provide strategic leadership and management to Hydro Operations and Maintenance, including management of budget, and oversee the performance and development of approximately 400 professional and hourly staff personnel. Develops and challenges a strong program leadership team, keeping abreast of and actively communicating company business goals, priorities, and initiatives; staying abreast of industry trends and developments, integrating them into the program and department goals; and representing PG&E in industry, legislative and regulatory forums. Develop and implement strategies to lead Power Generation's Hydro Operations and Maintenance organization to industry-leading performance.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

* Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
* Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

* Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
* Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

* A safety champion in words and deeds concerning both employee and public safety.
* Maintaining an environment of open dialog and free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

* Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
* Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

* Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
* Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

* Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

* Interpreting and applying an understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
* Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

* Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture, which prioritizes ethics, safety, and compliance.
* Building on the necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

* Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum:

* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, a technical discipline or equivalent years of related experience

* 10 years of generation experience

* 7 years of leadership experience

Desired:

* Regulatory Knowledge - Demonstrates expert knowledge of regulatory, environmental, and associated issues and thorough understanding of regulatory bodies (CPUC, FERC, CEC, ISO, state legislature) and other regulatory functions, as they apply to specific job responsibilities

* Emergency Response - Proactively prepares for emergency situations; supports company efforts during emergency situations; communicates deficiencies in emergency response / preparedness; and resolves issues quickly and efficiently using the correct resources

* Persuasion - Effectively influences others to achieve understanding, acceptance, and commitment to act in support of ideas, programs or causes

* Communication - Effectively expresses ideas and information using language that is appropriate to both the complexity of the topic and the knowledge and understanding of the audience

* Funding Analysis - Knowledge of budget components to ensure funding level is appropriate based on key goals, objectives, implementation methodology, and performance metrics

* Relationship Building - Ability to develop and maintain work relationships, contacts, and networks; demonstrates skill in achieving cooperation from others in order to achieve goals

* Consulting Skills - Uses expertise to counsel or guide individuals about problems to be resolved on legal, financial, scientific, technical, or other professional principles

* Performance Management - Takes responsibility for improving the effectiveness of others; sets and aligns performance goals and expectations; provides performance feedback and follows through on the performance management process