Job Description

Requisition ID # 169661

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Electric Operations

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: San Jose

Department Overview

The men and women 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.

Directs teams of Troublemen and Crews (outage, emergency first responders) to monitor and restore system-wide Distribution grid. Analyzes and prioritizes outages to determine the most efficient procedure for restoration. Creates and fosters a safe work environment by maintaining compliance with company and regulatory safety procedures, policies and practices and by monitoring and ensuring the safety of employees and the public.

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:

1. Minimum: $128,000
2. Midpoint: $173,000
3. Maximum: $218,000

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts electric construction work verifications as directed by company and/or regulatory requirements.Monitors the electric system using the Outage Management Tool (OMT) and Field Automated Support (FAS) technologies and by ongoing communication with the Control Center.
• Oversees, provides direction and coaching to first responders dispatched to outage site, for both emergency and non-emergency situations. Improves outage response by ensuring outages are prioritized and analyzed to determine the most efficient procedure for restoration, which may require communicating with customers to determine restoration needs.
• Assesses the outage condition to determine if complete restoration is necessary or if temporary repairs are sufficient to restore power.Participates in the development of investigation packages for missed outage measures. Participates in the investigation and determination of root cause for all safety related incidents. Monitors and completes job site inspections of field crew work.
• Partners with Electric Distribution Supervisors to conduct, document, and resolve audits and inspections as required.Provides supervision & direction to Electric M&C Crews and Troublemen during assigned shift.Regularly visits crew sites during shift to ensure safety and efficiency. Ensures proper crew sizing is established to complete required tasks.
• Provides coaching to crew as needed and records crew site visit outcome into appropriate system/tool.Supervises maintenance and construction work during shift, both scheduled, corrective maintenance work (i.e., GO165 compliance work) and construction work resulting from outages. Works closely with the RML (Remote Materials Lead) to ensure required material and equipment is available for crews working outside of regular business hours.
• Prepares activity log for transition to Electric Distribution Supervisor.Supports and maintains good communication about outage status and personnel with other departments which includes RMC, Distribution Operators, Dispatchers, Engineering, Estimating and Restoration to improve processes and ensure a high level of customer service.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Five Years of related experience or equivalent in utility construction
• Ability to travel up to 20 percent of working time and ability to work on-call rotation

Desired:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience as Troubleman, or relatedLineman Journey certification