Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Software Engineer

• Power Generation (Project Engineering) is looking for a talented summer intern to work alongside PG&E Project Engineers.
• Project Engineers provide engineering, project management, and technical support to O&M staff, for small to large capital and expense improvements to power generation and infrastructure facilities.
• Projects are normally discipline specific and may include upgrades or replacement of turbine/generator, boiler, auxiliary equipment or improvements to civil water conveyance or infrastructure features.
• Job duties will vary by assignment.
• The successful intern will have the opportunity to lead and/or support activities as described above working with a team of experienced Project Engineers.
• Additionally, the intern will gain knowledge of the larger Hydro organization through the work they will be performing.

Power Generation Project Engineering Intern

• Work alongside PG&E Project Engineers.
• Provide engineering, project management, and technical support to O&M staff.
• Engage in projects related to improvements to power generation and infrastructure facilities.
• Lead and/or support activities working with a team of experienced Project Engineers.
• Gain knowledge of the larger Hydro organization through the work performed.

• Under general supervision, prepares cost estimates and construction plans of less difficult nature than work performed by a Senior Engineering Estimator
• Makes field sketches and prepares layouts for construction of additions or improvements to electric systems of such a nature that the plans and methods are embodied in existing standards, specifications, rules, and regulations.
• Estimates labor and material costs; obtains joint-pole agreements; initiates right-of-way procedures, licenses, permits, etc., and performs such other work as required to prepare the estimate in final form
• Shall be required to perform customer contact, project coordination, billing, and contract preparation in connection with non-subdivision residential services.
• Non-subdivision residential work is defined as gas and electric work of four or fewer applicants or lots. Typical jobs include temporary and permanent services, service alterations, rewires and rule 16 gas/electric extensions.
• Given appropriate training, shall also be required to perform typical jobs in the opposite commodity
• Where clear business efficiencies can be gained, may also be assigned similar customer contact work within the employee’s line of progression, on small commercial and agricultural jobs, although management retains jurisdiction over such work
• May be required to prepare final sketch or layout and cost estimate of more complex jobs from field notes prepared by an employee in a higher classification.
• May be required to investigate and prepare reports on third-party accidents

Engineering Estimator – Electric

Program Manager

• Owns Vegetation Management Customer Constraints while overseeing Customer Escalations and Right Tree, Right Place teams.
• Leads and supervises Vegetation Management internal employees and outside contractors.
• Operates under general standards set by the Manager and makes short—and long-term decisions that align with department strategy. Manages major events, such as major storms, wildfires, power shutoff events, or safety violations.
• Provides oversight and mentors assigned Vegetation Program Managers.
• Deals with complex and challenging issues with customers and public entities escalated from subordinates. Speaks and/or presents to external entities such as city councils, governmental agencies, and community groups, representing PG&E’s position regarding sensitive vegetation issues. Seeks resolutions that meet safety and business needs.
• Develop budget forecasts and business cases.
• Reviews and approves invoices, purchase orders, and funding associated with complex projects.
• Reports out, provides updates and corrective actions and holds daily huddles under the Lean Management model.
• Develops and executes project plans and ensures work is on track. Develop performance measures for the team. Ensures performance measures and tactics align with the whole department. Collaborates with department managers on annual and long-term overall department goals.
• Leads performance improvement teams across Vegetation Management and continually seeks and recommends opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with and influences internal and external contacts and stakeholders of various levels on issues and developments affecting vegetation management for the company and/or industry.
• Coaches program managers and outside contractors who participate in regulatory and/or industry forums, public hearings, and/or legal proceedings. May provide expert witness testimony in high-profile legal cases involving vegetation issues.
• Oversees and reviews the development of new or revised scopes of work and project management for outside contractors such as foresters and land planners to ensure compliance standards and deliverables are established.
• Supervises staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Supervisor, Vegetation Program Management

Manager

• Responsible for the safe reliable operation and maintenance of the Helms Pumped Storage Plan
• Oversees the operation and maintenance of PG&E’s hydroelectric generation asset
• Communicates clear operational priorities for onsite and ancillary support teams
• Establishes a culture emphasizing employee and public safety
• Applies understanding of regulatory requirements and policies
• Supports senior management in strategic planning and decision-making
• Builds relationships with community, union, and regulatory stakeholders
• Establishes expectations for all employees regarding processes and standards
• Maximizes financial contributions of all assets in Power Generation

Senior Manager, Hydro Generation

Risk

• Maintain the quality of existing guidance documents
• Establish new guidance documents to support changes in the EORM program
• Oversee communication and rollout related to guidance document publication
• Support Boards of Directors’ compliance requirements related to risk management
• Develop Board-facing materials for enterprise risks.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality Risk Deep Dive materials.
• Engage FA risk stakeholders to support implementation and adoption of the EORM process
• Strengthen alignment between EORM and FA Risk Leaders
• Increase visibility into Key Risk Indicator (KRI) trends to enable proactive risk management
• Maintain Tactical Implementation Plans (TIPs), corrective action dashboards, and workplan status visuals; embed Lean practices into workplan execution
• Enhance KRIs to ensure meaningful measurement of top risks and to drive performance improvement
• Support enterprise risk reduction using data-informed analysis and insights
• Provide visibility to risk data to improve transparency and usability
• Maintain the Corporate Risk Register including annual enterprise risk selection and system of record support (currently MetricStream)
• Maintain industry relationships to support benchmarking
• Create a team environment that promotes collaboration, trust and accountability
• Foster ongoing dialogue to identify sources of joy at work, promote psychological safety, and exchange feedback

Manager, Enterprise & Operational Risk Management

Compliance

• Lead regulatory activities by writing testimony, responding to data requests, meeting with regulators and other IOUs, and providing content for regulatory filings (Advice Letter, applications, reports)
• Manage all internal communications between subject matter experts regarding proceedings and cross-collaboration with different departments
• Demonstrates broad expertise in project management
• Applies advanced knowledge to wide-ranging regulatory issues
• Develops innovative solutions and drives process improvement
• Works with and leverages relationships with all levels of staffing within the department and across PG&E
• Manage relations and expectations with Regulatory Relations
• Provide direction and coaching to less experienced team members

Expert Gas Regulatory Specialist

Business Analyst

• Assist project leads as needed to obtain management approval of projects and budgets, including independently drafting and developing project authorization requests, cost estimates, economic analyses, project justification, and other supporting documents some direction from project lead and other team members.
• Efficiently and accurately perform monitoring and analysis functions for the various projects.
• Work in collaboration with project leads and project teams to develop and maintain project schedules and monitor cost status and forecasts.
• Analyze schedule start and duration variances.
• Perform targeted SAP queries to extract financial performance data.
• Maintains written and electronic project documentation and records for required aspects of the project in accordance with established guidelines and requirements.
• Maintains order groups by managing orders from inception through completion and closure.
• Analyze and trend cost and schedule variances against authorized and budgeted cost plans.
• Alert team when corrective actions are needed, including anticipating future problems based on trends.
• Analyze actual charges to validate their correctness and appropriateness and take corrective measures when appropriate.
• Provide project leads and project team members with status information and milestones that will ensure timely decisions that will take advantage of changing circumstances and resource availability.
• Independently prepare and maintain project status reports, programmatic spreadsheets, project database updates and various management communication reports (in coordination with project lead).
• Recommends and implements improvements to these systems.
• Assist project leads with procurement and contracting activities including but not limited to drafting of contract documents under direction of project lead; work directly with contractors to resolve errors and questions concerning invoices.
• Recommend improvements to assist in maintaining and updating Project Management Guidelines, including recommending process improvements.
• Assist in updating Project Management website.
• Proactively support attaining Departmental objectives.
• Assist project leads with coordination and documentation of project kickoff meetings, walk downs, lessons learned meetings, and design review meetings.
• Occasionally stand in for project lead when he or she is not available.
• Mentor newer employees and assist in training and developmental functions.
• Will support management on analyst related job duties as needed.
• Supports multiple projects by providing cost and schedule reporting and analysis and other project documentation. Assignments typically require proficiency with company systems and analysis techniques and require some direction from project leads and supervisor. Work progress is reviewed occasionally for technical accuracy and adequacy in process and upon completion. Represents project lead when he or she is not available. May provide guidance and/or review of work of less experienced team members. May partner with internal or external stakeholders to solve problems or explore alternative solutions. External contacts primarily include project-related work and support contract administration with contractors and vendors. May include some interaction with agencies or non-governmental organizations. Internal contacts are primarily with Power Gen personnel, including O&M clients, business planners, project team members, and PG&E internal services organizations and typically include supporting project-related work, documenting and reporting progress, exchanging and coordinating information, documenting meetings and providing appropriate documentation.

Power Generation Project Management Analyst

• Lead initiatives to define, implement, and optimize performance measurement frameworks
• Align Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
• Collaborate closely with Data Analysis and Tools teams
• Identify opportunities for improvement and facilitate problem solving sessions
• Architect and deliver data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)

Expert Program Manager, Performance Reporting

• Assist project leads as needed to obtain management approval of projects and budgets, including independently drafting and developing project authorization requests, cost estimates, economic analyses, project justification, and other supporting documents some direction from project lead and other team members.
• Efficiently and accurately perform monitoring and analysis functions for the various projects.
• Work in collaboration with project leads and project teams to develop and maintain project schedules and monitor cost status and forecasts.
• Analyze schedule start and duration variances.
• Perform targeted SAP queries to extract financial performance data.
• Maintains written and electronic project documentation and records for required aspects of the project in accordance with established guidelines and requirements.
• Maintains order groups by managing orders from inception through completion and closure.
• Analyze and trend cost and schedule variances against authorized and budgeted cost plans.
• Alert team when corrective actions are needed, including anticipating future problems based on trends.
• Analyze actual charges to validate their correctness and appropriateness and take corrective measures when appropriate.
• Provide project leads and project team members with status information and milestones that will ensure timely decisions that will take advantage of changing circumstances and resource availability.
• Independently prepare and maintain project status reports, programmatic spreadsheets, project database updates and various management communication reports (in coordination with project lead).
• Recommends and implements improvements to these systems.
• Assist project leads with procurement and contracting activities including but not limited to drafting of contract documents under direction of project lead; work directly with contractors to resolve errors and questions concerning invoices.
• Recommend improvements to assist in maintaining and updating Project Management Guidelines, including recommending process improvements.
• Assist in updating Project Management website.
• Proactively support attaining Departmental objectives.
• Assist project leads with coordination and documentation of project kickoff meetings, walk downs, lessons learned meetings, and design review meetings.
• Occasionally stand in for project lead when he or she is not available.
• Mentor newer employees and assist in training and developmental functions.
• Will support management on analyst related job duties as needed.
• Supports multiple projects by providing cost and schedule reporting and analysis and other project documentation.
• Assignments typically require proficiency with company systems and analysis techniques and require some direction from project leads and supervisor.
• Work progress is reviewed occasionally for technical accuracy and adequacy in process and upon completion.
• Represents project lead when he or she is not available. May provide guidance and/or review of work of less experienced team members.
• May partner with internal or external stakeholders to solve problems or explore alternative solutions. External contacts primarily include project-related work and support contract administration with contractors and vendors. May include some interaction with agencies or non-governmental organizations. Internal contacts are primarily with Power Gen personnel, including O&M clients, business planners, project team members, and PG&E internal services organizations and typically include supporting project-related work, documenting and reporting progress, exchanging and coordinating information, documenting meetings and providing appropriate documentation.

• Responsible for the safe reliable operation and maintenance of the Helms Pumped Storage Plant
• Oversees the operation and maintenance of PG&E’s most valuable hydroelectric generation asset
• Communicates clear operational priorities for the onsite and ancillary support teams
• Takes a leadership role in establishing the culture of area managed, with an emphasis on employee and public safety
• Utilizes and improves the work management system and other tools to support management of area assets and resources
• Provides direct supervision, staffing, training, coaching and mentoring to the Power Generation O&M first line supervisors and Maintenance Planners.

Analyst

• Cost Plan Development and Analysis: Use the cost and schedule plan to determine if project objectives are achievable. Create, maintain, and update monthly forecast budgets. Prepare various cost reports and maintain forecast accuracy. Prepare project performance analysis, cost, and schedule status reports. Identify cost and schedule variances from objectives and recommend corrective action. Assess and report on project performance using established industry standards. Ensure that responses to project budget, and GRC cost requests reflect accurate and current project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence. Provide regular communication on project cost, schedule and risk status to project team members, stakeholders and public. Interface with design and planning resources and software systems. Review and assist in the preparation of Advance Authorizations, Job Estimates and Re-Authorizations and assist PM in routing for approval. Prepare journal entries and coordinate or process goods receipts in current software system. Ensure that responses to budget and cost requests reflect correct project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence. Input data into various programs and prepare various cost and forecasting reports.
• Project Documentation & Reporting: Verify that project cost and schedule milestones were/were not attained and provide input to identify future process or business improvements and work with responsible parties to implement. Manage orders from inception through completion and all required documentation is entered in current software system (Ex: EDMS). Resolve all open items, ensure compliance requirements are met and close out order. Maintain scope change, contingency release, change order, and journal entry logs. Maintain written and electronic project documentation and records for required aspects of the project: Maintain project files in accordance with established guidelines and requirements (Ex: utilizing the electronic document management system or EDMS). Document change order requests, project status, key issues, risks and resolution, priority changes and approvals. Provide Project Manager with monthly report of project costs and/or schedule information including variance analysis according to an agreed upon level of detail and prioritization. Provide Project Team members with current status report containing schedule and cost information. Comply with Utility Operations Policies, Standards and Guidelines. Assist PM with Post Job Critique.
• Central Data Management Functions Quality and Analysis Prepare various monthly and weekly project management reports and report performance reports to management group including scorecards. Ensure quality of reports for the department, to report out to stakeholders. Validate weekly and monthly data sets. May provide support to project manager(s) as necessary Special Projects Fulfill ad-hoc requests for cost-related data and analysis. Participate on (or lead) various process improvement initiatives, within Project Management.
• Central Financial Analysis Functions Project Budget & Cycle Forecast Monitoring/Reporting Prepare various monthly and weekly project performance reports - budget and cycle forecast reports; and finance status reports, utilizing the financial tracking software (e.g. SAP/BW system and EPM). Coordinate and work with all stakeholders, on creating new reports, that best measure and support good business decisions, to meet the Year End Annual Budget target. Coordinate and summarize project cycle forecast variance explanations for the department, to report out to stakeholders. Ensure that all responses to budget, quarterly cycle requests reflect accurate and current project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence. Post and update all the project performance; budget and cycle forecast; and status reports on the Project Management website. Financial and Performance Management Monitor, analyze and report out on the Department’s Forecasting Performance, with weekly performance reports, utilizing the financial tracking tools (e.g. SAP/BW). Analyze financial results on a monthly basis, providing explanations of significant cost drivers to PM Leadership – reports such as the Green-Red Scorecard and Lessons Learned Reports.
• Schedule Development and Analysis: In coordination with Project Manager develop project schedule and cash flow/forecast plans with functional department input. Attend Project and Job kickoff and walk down meetings. Create, maintain and update schedules. Document, monitor and communicate project milestones and risks with appropriate stakeholders. Participate in project status meetings, collect progress data and revise project plan as needed. Monitor financial progress and maintain Project Manager’s order group. Develop, maintain and control project schedule plans using appropriate software (for ex: SAP Project System, SAP Work Management System, and Primavera P6).

Power Generation Project Engineering Intern

Power Generation Project Engineering Intern

Power Generation Project Engineering Intern

Engineering Estimator – Electric

Supervisor, Vegetation Program Management

Senior Manager, Hydro Generation

Manager, Enterprise & Operational Risk Management

Expert Gas Regulatory Specialist

Power Generation Project Management Analyst

Expert Gas Regulatory Specialist

Expert Program Manager, Performance Reporting

Power Generation Project Management Analyst

Senior Manager, Hydro Generation

Project Controls Analyst

Supervisor, Vegetation Program Management