Job Description

Department Overview

The men and women of Gas Transmission Portfolio Management and Engineering, (TPM&E) ensure the delivery of safe and reliable gas service to our customers through the delivery of a capital and expense portfolio of Projects. TPM&E is responsible for every aspect of Project delivery including planning, engineering, and construction, restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

This position reports to the Manger of Centralized Portfolio Services and currently leads a team of project controls analysts (employee and non-employee) that directly support Gas Transmission project and program teams and functional stakeholders located primarily at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon. Limited travel is required, primarily to attend meetings or project sites across PG&E's service area.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated the ability as a leader to develop, motivate, and train a diverse group of Bargaining Unit professionals to meet or exceed challenging business objectives in a project controls, project management, operations finance, or similar environment. Possess the poise and interpersonal skills to work successfully with varied levels of staff and across stakeholder departments. Strong organizational and planning skills, with evident initiative and enthusiasm for the development of team members and the effective support of project teams. In addition, the candidate will have proven process analysis and improvement skills.

Job Responsibilities

* Lead a diverse team of project professionals, that is focused on continuously demonstrating improvement in its capability to deliver successful project-controls outcomes and effectively communicate strategy, process and procedures.
* Mentors and coaches team members, providing frequent feedback.
* Provide consistent and accurate direction on project controls responsibilities including project standards-driven requirements, IT tool-enabled processes, and best practices
* Enable the resolution of complex problems having broad program impact with subject-matter-experts or stakeholder leadership in other departments
* Participates in the development of a strategy for high performance team that accurately reports on forecast and cost performance.
* Conducts formal feedback sessions with stakeholders
* Implements and effectively uses company and industry standard program/project controls systems
* Lead and/or actively participate in special initiatives, as needed, and complete assigned tasks with quality and on a timely basis; and
* Actively identify, manage, and successfully implement process improvements that contribute meaningfully towards the group's ability to support Gas Safety Excellence goals, specifically improving safety, reliability and affordability in Gas Operations.

Qualifications

Minimum:

* BA/BS, preferably in an engineering, building construction, construction technology, business, economics, accounting, construction management, computer science, mathematics or related discipline or equivalent experience
* 5 years of experience in project management, program/project planning earned value management or related experience including project controls

Desired:

* Detailed knowledge of and ability to train personnel the procedures, methodologies, IT tools, and deliverables required for comprehensive project controls within PG&E, specifically including 3 years SAP experience, including Business Objects and/or Project Systems
* Project Management certification e.g., PMP, CAPM, or CCP
* Proven ability as a leader to develop, motivate, and train a diverse group of professionals to meet or exceed challenging business objectives in a project controls, project management, operations finance, or similar environment
* Ability to develop working relationships with stakeholders where operations, service, support or other interdependencies exist
* Knowledge and understanding of key drivers affecting Gas Transmission construction project outcomes
* Prior PG&E Operations experience e.g., Electric Operations, Gas Operations, preferably within a construction project-focused department
* Knowledge and understanding of recruitment and management procedures within an ESC-represented department
* Ability to adjust to changing business needs, conditions and work responsibilities while meeting challenging deadlines
* MBA, or equivalent experience; or 2 years of leading operational improvement initiatives
* Proven ability to analyze processes, and identify and implement process improvements that successfully support and increase the ability of users to transact project work; and
* Working knowledge of Capital Accounting Guidelines and Enterprise Program Management Standards