Manager, EGI Tools and Operational Support

Requisition ID# 165239

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The coworkers of Electric Operations ensure the delivery of clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. 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

The Manager, Electric Grid Interconnection (EGI) Tools and Operational Support is responsible for the creation and maintenance of electric compliance programs as well as the audit and quality activities for program monitoring and governance. They focus primarily on either Transmission and/or Distribution functions. Incumbents lead the creation, maintenance, and oversight of activities for both external regulatory compliance requirements and internal company requirements. The incumbents may oversee the data warehousing and analysis related to compliance and/or the audit activities for monitoring and governance. The incumbents ensure that work is done consistent with procedures and guidelines and that group objectives are met.

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.

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

OR
California Minimum: $129,000
California Maximum: $220,000

Job Responsibilities

• Manages a team dedicated to IT Tools, data reporting and analysis, financial accounting and invoicing, and regulatory filings at the CPUC and FERC.
• Oversees the Regulatory Support Desks, which research and provide answers based on regulations, laws, and tariffs to respond to customer inquiries.
• Manages the Accounting and Financials team, which process invoicing, payments, and financial securities.
• Provides PG&E General Rate Case (GRC) or Transmission Owner (TO) Rate Case support as a subject matter expert for compliance programs. May act as the Witness and testify before the CPUC or FERC as part of a regulatory filing.
• Works on special projects and process improvement initiatives in Electric Operations as they relate to compliance programs and IT tools supporting interconnection, such as benchmarking best practices in the industry and implementing recommended improvements. Assesses and determines potential impacts. Recommends responses to challenges.
• Presents to executives on programmatic details in response to risk management requests, regulatory items, and other external communications.
• Determines most effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer-term goals and objectives for time bound projects or ongoing operational work. Regularly presents department scorecard to senior management and adjusts based on business needs.
• Develops and manages department budget, regularly monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.
• Coaches and guides program managers and reviews in detail proposed programs for feasibility, completeness and compliance. Oversees continual program process improvement, which includes benchmarking with other utilities, collaborating with Engineering, Standards, Work Methods & Procedures, M&C, etc., developing high level financial forecasts, and presenting to senior leadership.
• May be responsible for the regulatory compliance of the department's programs, which includes meeting on a regular basis with Legal, Regulatory Relations, and the CPUC (or FERC), and formally investigating and responding to CPUC (or FERC) Audits, Data Requests, and Notice of Violations. Work with regulators and other internal LOBs regarding regulatory rules changes and supporting processes.
• May be responsible for high level financial oversight of certain project Major Work Categories (MWCs) and ensuring that work is performed within budget and on schedule. Works closely with Strategic Business Management, Business Finance, and execution organization (M&C, Restoration, etc) during financial cycles and during development of annual financial targets.
• Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• 8 years of experience with electric utility or related programs
• 5 years of experience as a program or project manager
  

Desired:

• Professional Engineering License
• Project Management Certification
• Change Management Experience
• Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and engineering program processes and procedures.
• Project management tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity of regulatory requirements from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) North American Electric Reliability (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as they relate to Electric Operations.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills including the ability to communicate messages to upper management and external regulators.
• Excellent project and process management skills