Supervisor, Technical Training

Requisition ID # 175061 

Job Category: Human Resources 

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: People

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Livermore

Department Overview

Known as the People team, the Human Resources (HR) and the Enterprise Change Office (ECO) together, joyfully deliver expertise, resources, and solutions to positively impact our coworkers, company, partners, and hometowns in achieving amazing outcomes.

Position Summary

Ensures PG&E Academy's Substation and Power Generation technical training delivery programs and operations align with all State/Federal regulations, Union contracts, Company standards and work procedures, and PG&E Academy Standards, Tools, and Templates for delivery of technical training at the highest level of safety and performance standards. This position requires travel to Auburn and Stockton based on business needs.

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:​

Bay Area Minimum: $​132,000

Bay Area Maximum: $226,000​

 Job Responsibilities

• Responsibilities will include primarily tactical functions, with some strategic functions, such as planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting and coordinating day to day operations.
• Works closely with Substation and Power Generation line of business leadership, curriculum development, and operations teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of PG&E learning solutions that meet our company’s goals and needs.
• Effectively find solutions to issues and risks presented by team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Supervise an experienced team of internal and contract instructors delivering Substation and Power Generation equipment and technical training in support of line of business and department goals.
• Coach and develop team members in order to reach team and individual goals and strengthen core competencies.
• Build and maintain a skilled delivery instructor workforce by hiring high potential candidates and placing the right people in the right jobs.
• Create and implement team strategies to ensure work is executed on time, on target and on budget.
• Plan, establish and maintain scheduling in conjunction with operations partners to maximize instructor booking efficiency and quality, adhere to budget and achieve results-driven learning solution goal.
• Fill in as backup, for training courses relative to OSHA, performance objectives and instructor absences
• Interface with Substation and Power Generation clients for course and training material feedback. Make suggestions for improvements and changes to curriculum as needed.
• Supervises staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection training and development, performance management and coaching, and rewards and recognition

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School Graduate, or at least 5 years of utility journeyman experience.
• 3-5 years working as a technical trainer for a utility company with unions (or other regulated company) or 10+ years in trade with experience in technical training
• The ability to travel among local offices approximately at least 10% of the time.

Desired:

• Substation or Power Generation experience or background
• Job-related experience, 10 years
• Experience in union environment
• CompTIA-Computing Technology Industry Association CTT-Certified Technical Trainer certification