Principal CRE Business Partner

Requisition ID # 156776 

Job Category: Human Resources 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E’s Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Services (CRESS) organization is responsible for governing, planning, acquiring, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining 7 million square feet (sq. ft.) of facilities throughout PG&E’s 72,000 square mile service territory.  These facilities include but are not limited to service centers, data centers, contact centers, office buildings, shops, warehouses, construction and equipment yards, vehicle maintenance garages, Customer Service Offices (CSO), and meeting and training facilities.

Position Summary

Leads end-to-end real estate capital plan delivery for all project phases (initiate, plan/analyze, design, construct, and closeout).  Responsible for safe, timely, quality project delivery and budget forecasting.  Collaborates with stakeholders to translate business needs and workplace requirements into real estate solutions (projects), aligned with long-term business and real estate portfolio strategic plans.  May serve as a liaison between the management of PG&E's Functional Areas and the Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Services (CRESS) group, and work with CRESS leadership and Functional Areas to maintain real estate and facilities strategic focus.  Understands the Functional Area business needs and provides solutions to achieve their operational objectives through real estate capital investment.

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.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $147,000

Bay Area Maximum: $251,000

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for oversight and delivery of CRESS Capital Project initiatives and plans with typical budgets of $5-$100M spanning several years.  Accountable for project initiation, planning/analysis, design, construction, and closeout.  Works with multi-disciplinary stakeholders and project teams to define scope, budget, schedule, and resource needs. Manages project quality and controls project risks and variables. Ensures realization of project objectives and expected benefits.
• Leads and builds consensus with CRESS Strategy, Facilities Services, Occupancy Planning, and other Functional Area key stakeholders in Operations, IT, Corporate Security etc. that have a common interest in facilities. 
• Works on developing site plans identifying key requirements through project planning, such as type and amount of space, workplace amenities, technology, security, etc. and overseeing development of target value designs aligned with workplace design guidelines.
• Effectively leads and manages, pre-project planning, conceptual studies, business case development, defining project objectives and desired outcomes, project governance and execution.
• Accountable for and provides continuous guidance to project teams relative to project governance, reporting, budgeting, cost and schedule control, change management and communications, safety culture, risk management and project/design standards compliance.
• Manage client relationships with project business sponsors to set appropriate expectations and deliver on commitments.
• Promotes innovation, standardization, efficiency, affordability, and continuous improvement.
• Applies best practices in design, construction, sustainability, project delivery and total cost of ownership.
• Acts as thought leader, applying extensive subject matter expertise in resolution of sensitive or difficult issues; anticipates issues and develops innovative solutions.
• Contributes to CRESS PG&E real estate strategy and planning including exploration of opportunities to consolidate and optimize operations and the real estate portfolio to achieve efficiencies.
• Manages external consultants and/or third-party contractors for project execution and informally direct and counsel other CRESS staff functions (e.g. Facilities Services, Occupancy Planning).
• May act as the key contact within CRESS for Functional Areas to understand, develop, communicate, coordinate, and deliver short- and long-term real estate strategies, site plans, and solutions to enable their coworkers to do their work. Maintains in-depth knowledge of Functional Area real estate needs, and current and future workplace requirements to support operations and serve PG&E’s hometowns.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 10 years experience in the real estate, corporate services, construction, or architectural/design/engineering fields, or related experience

Desired:

• MCR-Master of Corporate Real Estate certification
• Project Management Institute certification or equivalent