What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Security Investigator position at PG&E Corporation?
Requisition ID # 159177
Job Category: Real Estate / Facilities
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Information Technology
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Merced
Department Overview
The work performed by the Corporate Security Department (CSD) is key to the company’s success in protecting employees, the contract workforce, the public, and the company’s physical assets, including several which are critical to the nation’s power grid infrastructure. The CSD provides a variety of opportunities, including involvement in developing, communicating, and implementing processes and tools relating to investigations, formal communications with company officers, personnel development, and coordination of the company’s physical security efforts. Importance is placed on developing close partnerships with other Lines of Businesses and law enforcement, to ensure quick response and appropriate communication of issues and mitigation plans.
Security Investigators work closely with the company’s Security Control Center, which provides around the clock monitoring of PG&E facility alarms and security camera systems. Security Investigators also work closely with CSD’s team of Physical Security Specialists, and with a large force of contract security officers assigned to numerous PG&E facilities. Security Investigators assist each other in conducting investigations as needed.
Position Summary
The Security Investigator (Career Level) will perform the full spectrum of investigations which include employee misconduct, workplace violence, and substance abuse. Additionally, this person’s duties will include investigations pertaining to threats and assaults against PG&E and contractor personnel who perform vegetation management work on behalf of PG&E.
The successful candidate will be able to operate independently. They will have established effective relationships with law enforcement in the assigned area and be able to quickly develop additional relationships with other government agencies and community organizations. This individual will also be expected to establish necessary liaison relationships at PG&E facilities in the assigned area, as well as develop a working familiarity with PG&E’s business and physical infrastructure.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and the Merced Service Center based on business needs.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $95,000
Bay Area Maximum: $143,000
Job Responsibilities
- Provide physical security for Vegetation Management and inspection work crews in the field.
- Negotiate with hostile customers and landowners to allow access to PG&E equipment.
- Obtain intelligence information to help keep employees, contractors and customers safe.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with law enforcement agencies on local, state, and federal levels
- Conduct thorough employee misconduct investigations and concisely document results.
- Provide training in workplace violence prevention and personal safety protection
- Investigate crime scenes with investigative expertise.
- Be available 24/7 to respond to security incidents.
- Be available to supplement the security assignments throughout the enterprise.
- Be available to respond to natural disaster incidents, such as wildfires and earthquakes, and have a working knowledge of the Incident Command System.
Qualifications
Minimum:
• 5 years prior law enforcement to include one year of investigative experience
• High school diploma or GED
• California driver’s license
• Authority to carry a concealed weapon as permitted by law
• Must be able to qualify for NERC/CIP clearance
Desired:
• BA/BS degree in Criminology, Police Science, Criminal Justice Administration
• Ability to complete and/or oversee a comprehensive investigation
• Ability to author a comprehensive report of investigation
• Ability to prioritize, plan, perform and communicate activities in written and verbal form
Salary : $95,000 - $143,000
