Inspection Review Specialist, Senior

Requisition ID # 171475 

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Sacramento; Antioch; Bakersfield; Bear Valley; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Capitola; Chico; Clovis; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; Fresno; Geyserville; Gilroy; Grass Valley; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hollister; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Livermore; Lodi; Los Banos; Madera; Manteca; Marysville; Menlo Park; Merced; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Morgan Hill; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Newark; Salinas; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Rafael; San Ramon; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Sonora; Stockton; Tracy; Turlock; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Willits; Willows; Winters; Yuba City

Department Overview:

Over 6,500 coworkers in Electric T&D ensure the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric T&D Team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers in Electric T&D's actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of Visual Management in Operating Reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. By working together as One Electric. One Team. We are delivering for our hometowns.   

Position Summary:

The Inspection Review Specialist examines and reviews the findings and data from asset inspection activities regarding alignment to safety, maintenance and compliance guidelines. Incumbents identify trends in the findings of other personnel, prepare reports and recommendations and validate determinations regarding which maintenance work needs to be completed.

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: $​105,000.00

Bay Area Maximum: $​169,000.00

California Minimum: $​100,000.00

California Maximum: $161,000.00

Responsibilities:

• Reviews completed inspection forms, attached pictures, maps and other information submitted from inspectors in company systems (such as SAP, Trifacta, Sherlock) to analyze and evaluate the inspector’s conclusions.
• Returns incomplete records to the originator or Supervisor for correction and ensures all records and findings are maintained for potential future audits.
• Participates in internal inspection quality audit efforts. Assists in the development of reports describing audit findings, observations and trends.
• Presents findings and makes recommendations to management on assigned special projects.
• Reviews, approves and releases staging notifications, corrective notifications and orders submitted by inspectors based on the priority of work tasks.
• Provides training and/or feedback for Inspectors related to selecting the appropriate FDA (Facility/Damage/Action) for a maintenance issue identified, required information for Line Corrective (LC) or EC (Distribution) notifications, general feedback on quality of photos, etc.
• Assists with the implementation of process improvement and efficiencies.
• Performs quality assurance reviews, as applicable, based on the EC/LC field condition and/or any issues with the information provided from the originating inspector.
• Assists others using established processes, practices and procedures, as needed.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Degree or GED
• 5 years of job-related utility industry experience
• Travel required 15% of the time

Desired Qualifications:

• 5 years of Electric Journeyman utility experience or 4+ years of engineering experience
• Current Part 107 Remote Pilot License
• Ability to review pictures of field scenarios and recognize whether a regulatory condition needs to be addressed within Compliance Program timeframe
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products (Exchange, Excel, Word)
• Good decision-making skills
• Ability to build strong working relationships with employees from various departments
• Strong oral and written communication skills with various levels of internal contacts
• Knowledge and understanding of GO 165, 95, 128 and construction standards, and the differences/similarities (compelling/regulatory conditions vs. GO 95 or 128)
• Knowledge and understanding of the electric asset preventative maintenance tasks including patrol and inspection
• Proficient in SAP Work Management
• Familiarity with PG&E construction standards, bulletins and guidance documents