Director, Electric Construction Program Management

Requisition ID # 166008 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Electric Operations

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Dublin; Livermore; Sacramento; San Jose; San Ramon; Vacaville

Position Summary

The Director, Electric Construction Program Management is responsible for the construction, project and contract management of PG&E’s electric distribution overhead and underground facilities. The Director leads the completion of annual work plans to ensure safe and reliable electric service delivery to customers. The incumbent also provides high level oversight of activities related to PG&E’s involvement in the state infrastructure projects (i.e.: high speed rail, watershed, etc). The Director will provide strategic leadership and direction to general construction, project and contract management directors managing a large workforce including ESC and IBEW union- represented employees. The incumbent plays a primary role in emergency program preparedness and emergency response through the incident command system impacting electric operations.

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.

Reporting Relationship

The Director, Electric Construction Program Management will report into the Senior Director, Electric Construction. 

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures maintenance, construction and compliance objectives are achieved in assigned region within budget, on time and within CPUC regulations.
• Provides leadership clarity and direction to ensure the region has a well-defined annual work plan, operating budget, and necessary resources to execute on the priorities of the work plan.
• Oversees procurement and oversight of all resources in the region, including but not limited to estimating resources, dependencies management, construction resources, and shared support (e.g. clerical, fleet, facilities, IT).
• Manages an annual budget of approximately $200-250 million to meet financial and regulatory guidelines. Oversees performance reporting and corporate reporting (e.g. BPR, STIP) for the region.
• Improves electric system reliability and implements strategies to improve distribution outage frequency and durations.
• Understands and proactively addresses regional customer needs and leads cross-functional initiatives to increase customer satisfaction.
• Ensures adherence to established processes and procedures on safety, compliance, and work and resource management
• Partners with peer leaders to lead enterprise process improvement and change management.
• Regularly travels the assigned region, meeting with employees to seek input, share company and industry information, and promote a speak up/follow up culture.
• Partners with Human Resources to develop workforce knowledge and skills, and implements strategies to meet diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and succession planning goals.
• Champions effective regulatory and legislative policies through meeting all regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proactively prepares for and responds to emergency situations and company efforts to reduce system risks. May serve as Incident Commander or Branch Director in REC/EOC major emergency activations.
• Manages staff to accomplish results through recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions

Compensation

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 of the range ($241,000), the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $178,000

Bay Area Maximum: $304,000

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent job-related experience in an engineering or other technical role, including line worker.
• 10 years of experience in the electric utility industry including 5 years’ experience in electric distribution or operations and 7 years’ experience in leadership.

Desired

• MBA
• 2+ years of experience interfacing directly with regulatory agencies.
• Experience leading union employees.
• Project management experience on significant process improvement initiatives.
• Electric distribution construction and maintenance experience.
• Experience managing large budgets.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership.