Senior Project Manager

Requisition ID # 164818 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type:

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

The Electric Operations team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. 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

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

This position, under general direction, exercises judgment and discretion and is responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Project duration is generally multi-year, requires significant risk management, and may include formal partnering agreements with outside firms.  Assignments will have high visibility, require extensive project management skills and often require specific discipline and areas of expertise.

This position is hybrid, working from your home office and the assigned work location at the Fresno RMC.  Although the position is hybrid, there may be a requirement to come into the office up to 5 days a week depending on the business need.

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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The salary range is:

CA Minimum, $153,828

CA Maximum, $197,628

Job Responsibilities

• Develops and defines project scope and objectives.
• Establishes and leads project team with agreed-upon roles and responsibilities.
• Obtain commitment on detailed work plans including schedule, cost, resource, contingency and communication plans.
• Obtains management approval as needed and is responsible for project tracking and analysis of project costs, scope and schedule.
• Ensures project documentation is maintained.
• Develops, monitors and updates the project cash flow and financial forecasts.
• Manages dates, operations, tasks and scheduling in current software system (e.g. WM, EPM Microsoft Project Server).
• Ensures all specialized materials are ordered in a timely manner.
• Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.
• Communicates project status on a regular basis to all stakeholders.
• Assesses project risk and formulates mitigative contingency plans.
• Implements quality standards, reviews project deliverables and communicates variances accordingly.
• Identify and communicate lessons learned and incorporate prior lessons learned as best practices into projects.
• Adjusts project scope, with project sponsor approval, and schedule as appropriate to accommodate change.
• Identifies project performance issues, analyzes and addresses them in a timely manner.
• Effectively completes multiple projects concurrently.
• Represents and promotes the project and its contribution to company goals.
• Determines that project objectives are achievable.
• Provides guidance to engineering on producing complex risk and alternative analyses, studies and conceptual designs for presentation to project sponsor.

• Oversees and administrates EPC contracts in accordance with ESC
• Work Oversight Committee
• Negotiates third party contracts, in support of other departments when appropriate.
• Develops and champions company-wide best practices.
• Makes presentations to PG&E Officers as appropriate.
• Arbitrates and resolves conflicts within the project.
• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced project managers.
• Uses independent judgment in selecting and applying Project Management methods and techniques to determine cost-effective and practical solutions

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience
• 8 years of PG&E (9 years outside) experience in project management, project controls, engineering, and/or construction
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, PMI

Desired:

• Knowledge and experience with electric substations, electric distribution and transmission projects
• Fluent in the use of Project Management tools and current company tools, such as SAP Financials and Work Management modules and Primavera P6 Scheduling Software.
• Master’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Construction Management or other relevant major