Director, Enterprise Contractor Safety

Requisition ID # 160955 

Job Category: Environmental Management / Safety 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Enterprise Health & Safety

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland (May have some flexibility)

Position Summary

Develops company-wide policies and procedures for Safety and provides subject matter expertise on a variety of safety disciplines.  Interprets safety and health regulations, policies, and organizational safety and health programs. Leads safety process improvement initiatives. Partners with Lines of Business, Regional Leaders, and Contract Partners to implement Safety programs and advises business groups by providing direction on the development of procedures. Oversees process and procedure development, implementation, and communication.

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.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops and implements cultural and process change strategies to ensure successful deployment and progress on the multi-year comprehensive and best-in-class Safety program.
• Be the point of contact for assigned region/groups and contract partners to escalate issues, ask questions, and obtain support on day-to-day tactical matters.
• Drives proactive focus on leading indicators, error reduction, employee engagement, and incident prevention.
• Ensures a fundamental integration of human performance improvement concepts, driving continuous improvement and safety performance.
• Actively pursues and shares best practices by benchmarking with other regions, utilities and industries. Utilizes leading and lagging key performance metrics and provides regular summaries of safety performance to leadership.
• Partners with peer organizations on the development and implementation of safety consultation and compliance functions.
• Leads risk assessments, incident investigations, audits and training.
• Communicates audit and performance results to leaders. Collaborates and leads identification of issues and risks and provides effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Oversees and supports the incident investigation process (e.g. SIF potential events and work procedure errors) and causal evaluation analysis.  Reviews corrective actions and follows-up on needed improvements.
• Manages and leads staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment & selection, training & development, performance management and rewards & recognition.
• Requires 30% travel throughout service territory

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.
• Maintaining an environment of open dialog and 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 strong-identity teams 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 ethics, safety and compliance.
• 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 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 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: $170,000

Bay Area Maximum: $290,000

Or

California Minimum: $162,000

California Maximum:  $276,000

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Engineering, Safety Management or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of safety, utility, or job-related experience.
• 4 years of leadership experience.
• 4 years of experience in the utility, construction, mining, oil and gas, or other high-risk industry.
• Experience working with and/or administering applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Desired

• Master’s Degree in Safety Engineering, Safety Management or a related discipline.
• Certified Utility Safety Professional certification.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or similar.
• Experience working with labor unions.
• 4 years in a regional position.
• Experience in building and establishing a business function, proven history of successful leadership and group oversight

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of relevant federal, state, and local safety regulations and laws (e.g., DOT, OSHA); policies, best practices, methodologies and key prevention activities; and safety management systems and processes.
• Ability to paint a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
• Energetic, results oriented, possessing a track record of achieving measured superior performance improvements.
• Knowledge of Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) methodologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining safety excellence and safety culture in construction or other high SIF-risk environments (utility, EPC, oil & gas, chemicals and/or other heavy industrials).
• Ability to deliver training on key safety topics.
• Track-record of data-driven decision making; familiarity with data analytics and continuous improvement practices.
• Ability to positively interact with and influence people from different cultures, backgrounds and disciplines.  At ease interacting with executives and hourly employees. 

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