Manager, Vegetation Management Operations
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Rosa • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $129,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Leads vegetation management operations in one of several regional areas or for transmission throughout the service territory.
- Works with the senior manager, peers, and individual contributors to develop strategic direction and operational objectives.
- Serves as departmental champion for company safety, reliability, affordability, and customer and people goals.
- Partners with peer VM Managers to set short—and long-term goals, performance measures, and reporting mechanisms for the department that are aligned with overall Electric Operations goals.
- Deals with complex, challenging, and sensitive issues with customers and public entities escalated from supervisors and others, including Sr. Management and regulatory authorities.
- Oversees quality control inspections and recommended actions.
- Manages ~$75m plus annual operating budgets.
- Ensures regular focus on performance improvement opportunities.
- Coaches’ supervisors who participate in regulatory and industry forums, public hearings, or legal proceedings.
- Reviews and approves the development of new or revised scopes of work for contractors such as foresters and land planners to establish compliance standards and deliverables.
- Active in the utility arborist association to influence standards across the industry and may lead considerable statewide efforts on behalf of PG&E.
- Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a job-related discipline or equivalent experience.
- California Driver’s License
- Ten years of job-related experience with at least five years in a leadership role
- ISA Arborist/Utility Specialist certification (Desired)
- PMP Certification (Desired)
- Strong knowledge of forestry and utility vegetation management concepts, methods, and techniques. (Desired)
- Broad knowledge of the current utility and energy industry, economic, social & political issues, trends, and business drivers. (Desired)
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills. (Desired)
- Good strategic problem-solving and analytical skills. (Desired)
- Business and financial acumen to manage significant budgets. (Desired)
- Adaptability to work within a heavily regulated environment. (Desired)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively deal with various levels of internal and external stakeholders. (Desired)
- Influence and negotiation skills, tact, diplomacy, and political acumen to navigate sensitive customer/public issues. (Desired)
- Strong independent organizational, time management, prioritization, and planning skills. (Desired)
- Excellent understanding of project and program management concepts, methods, and techniques. (Desired)
- Demonstrated expertise in data analysis, process improvement skills, and creative thinking to review compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs. (Desired)
- Competent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) (Desired)
Benefits
- This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
forestryutility vegetation managementdata analysisprocess improvementproject managementprogram managementbudget managementstrategic problem-solvinganalytical skillsperformance improvement
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencenegotiationtactdiplomacyorganizational skillstime managementprioritizationplanning
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeCalifornia Driver's LicenseISA Arborist/Utility SpecialistPMP Certification