Helicopter Operations Specialist

Requisition ID # 161928 

Job Category: Transportation 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Red Bluff; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakland; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

Enterprise Service Delivery is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable services to all our line of business partners. The Aviation Services department resides within the Enterprise Service Delivery organization.  Aviation Services provides a full range of services; fixed wing, helicopter and UAV, needed for PG&E organizations to safely and efficiently meet Company objectives.

Position Summary

This role will perform a wide-range of technical work to support helicopter operations. You will conduct helicopter audits and inspections, verify equipment needs, coordinate development of and delivery of helicopter- related training, monitor operations and trends, investigate incidents and accidents and makes recommendations for improvement. You will act as the subject matter expert for helicopter maintenance, construction and patrol, act as liaison with work crews and helicopter pilots. You will interface internally across various departments and externally as needed. This role will rotate on-call for storm and emergency response.

The role is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at your assigned headquarter location based on business needs or company requirements. The HQ location will be within the PG&E service territory.

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:

California Minimum: $83,000

California Maximum: $124,000

-or-

Bay Area Minimum: $87,000

Bay Area Maximum: $131,000

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborates with team or peers to work on issues, projects or activities.
• Collaborates with leaders, other functional areas and business partners to work on issues, projects or activities.
• Leads or conducts base and field audits. Observes how work is performed and verifies compliance with standard operating procedures.
• Evaluates aviation hazards and landing zones.
• Supports investigations for accidents, incidents and near hits.
• Gathers information through field audits, inquiries and data review.
• Interacts with others within company and with external parties, including other utilities, vendors, PG&E contractors and regulatory or government agencies.
• Ensures that the department safety programs and improvement plans are well designed and executed.
• Participates in creating or updating manuals, bulletins and procedures.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• 3 years of experience in electric transmission, electric maintenance and construction, hydro maintenance and construction, and/or aviation line work or related experience.
• CA Class C License

Desired:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in Electric Transmission, 5 years
• Helicopter Patrolman qualified/experience
• HEC-Human External Load qualified/experience
• Energized Barehand qualified/experience
• FAA Part 91,133,135 Pilot experience
• Ability to travel up to 75 percent of working time
• Ability and willingness to fly in a helicopter to conduct flight safety reviews