Requisition ID # 158533
Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Gas Operations
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Salinas
Department Overview
Gas Distribution Operations (GDO) is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to our customers. GDO is responsible for all aspects of PG&E’s gas distribution operations including maintenance and construction, restoration, leak detection & repair, and emergency response.
Position Summary
This role manages the Gas Maintenance & Construction (M&C) and Leak Survey Teams in South Bay and Central Coast Divisions within South Bay/Central Coast Region 4. These teams are tasked with maintaining the local Gas Distribution system and also responding to and mitigating emergencies associated with natural gas including leaks and dig-ins.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory (Salinas, CA).
Travel throughout the Region will be required on a daily basis or as needed.
This is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered position and is subject to random drug and/ or alcohol testing.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 towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum:$136,000
Bay Area Maximum:$232,000
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Qualifications-Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• CA Driver’s License
• 8 years of related business experience including 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Experience managing capital, O&M, and labor budgets

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supervising union-represented employees.
• Experience in a maintenance and construction organization.
• Experience directing the preparation of schedules, records, and reports of work progress, future projects, and evaluation of completed tasks.
• Experience managing employee performance to include recognition and the use of the progressive disciplinary process.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies
• Safety: Ability to create, promote and manage a safe work environment
• Budget/Expenses: Ability to develop and manage dept budgets, expenses, variances
• Communication: Ability to communicate and support company and organization policies, procedures, goals, objectives, vision and values
• Strategy: Has knowledge and skills to develop and implement short and medium- term strategy in support of company and organizational objectives
• Work Planning: Has knowledge and skills to develop and implement work plans in support of dept. goals
• Operations Management: Has knowledge and skills to develop operating policies and procedures; ability to monitor operations, identify and implement metrics, operational changes and improvements in support of the business
• Relationship Management: Ability to develop working relationships with customers & business partners ensuring that work plans and operations are coordinated, aligned and support department and company goals and objectives; ability to persuade higher levels of leaders and leadership peers to change positions or approach based on situational need.
• Continuous Improvement: Ability to encourage employees to identify work process and system improvements, incorporate benchmarking and best practices, champion and overcome resistance to and facilitate change. Leadership Presence: Ability to convey credibility, confidence and sense of authority. Conveys messages simply, concisely and at right pace and tone for audience. Remains calm, controlled and productive when confronted by opposition or work stress.
• Functional Expertise: Ability to foster a learning environment and to develop employees to ensure backfills and successors. Has an understanding of PG&E’s business to maximize results, limit risks and effectively lead group.
• Technical Knowledge & Expertise:
• Knowledge of gas utility construction and maintenance.
• Knowledge of the IBEW bargaining unit contract.
• Knowledge and understanding of PG&E’s business to maximize results, limit risks and effectively lead group.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for a large geographic area (division) within one of the Gas Transmission, Distribution, or Maintenance & Construction (M&C) Regions, serving customers by providing timely completion of gas maintenance (including stations), gas construction, clearance, transmission & regulatory work, and / or gas damage control.
• Leads and directs a geographically dispersed team with about 60 to 100 employees overall.
• Ensures that all work in assigned area is completed within scope, schedule and cost and on time, while providing quality service and adhering to safety and regulatory compliance.
• Manages capital & expense, O&M, and labor budgets
• Assesses complex field situations and makes decisions and recommendations for solutions
• Ensures a high customer satisfaction by always keeping the customer needs in the forefront of decision making.
• Identifies and influences implementation of best practices to improve productivity and safety and to reduce operating costs
• Partners and pursues integration with peers, staff departments, matrix organizations and outside agencies to achieve departmental goals and improve overall business results.
• Establishes assessment systems and monitors activities to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures
• Engages employees in process improvements and takes action on their feedback
• Prepares, attends, presents and participates in meetings such as general staff, safety, Ethics and Compliance, Labor Management, Regulatory, Ad Hoc, etc.

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