Senior Gas Quality Control Specialist

Requisition ID # 163397 

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gas Operations

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: San Ramon; 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; Houston; 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; Red Bluff; 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; 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

Gas Operations oversees the natural gas transmission and distribution operations. The team maintains and operates 6,700 miles of gas transmission pipeline, 43,000 miles of distribution main, 3.6 million gas services, three PG&E-owned storage facilities with 102 BCF capacity, nine compressor stations with 175K HP, and 5,000 measurement and control facilities. Gas Operations is comprised of approximately 6,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

Prepares, conducts, and evaluates assessments for Engineering, Construction & Operations in accordance with work procedures, policies, and design standards. May be involved in functions related to supporting and communicating assessment findings. Conducts quality assessments both independently and as a team member. Compiles and reports out quality assessment results to other interested parties and verifies Operator Qualifications of assessed employees and instrument calibration records.

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.

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: $​102,000

Bay Area Maximum: $​162,000

&/OR​

California Minimum: $​97,000

California Maximum: $154,000

Job Responsibilities

• Applies advanced knowledge to collect, verify and analyze information relative to QC objectives, scope and criteria, including information relative to interfaces between functions, activities, and processes.

• Instrumental in the development of QC work procedures and documents, scorecards and related documents due to expertise.

• Evaluates assessment results to determine findings, including identification of opportunities for improvement.

• Regularly conducts and schedules QC assessment entrance and close out meetings as well as follow up activities.

• Contributes as an SME regarding Work Procedures and Standards & Policies pertaining to area of specialization: For example: I&R/Corrosion, Leak Survey, Locate and Mark, Distribution, Transmission, Gas Service.

• Participates in Quality Audits and may be involved with audit planning, developing audit plans, execution of audit assessments, progress reports, assessment results, audit reports and corrective action activities to various levels of management.

• Gathers information from assessments and submits appropriate reports.

• Supports corporate quality and improvement.

• Conducts review of regulations, standards, procedures, records, data and other documents relevant to assessment.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

• 5 years of relevant experience at journeyman status or 5 years equivalent experience in gas infrastructure or quality control.

• 1 year of gas quality control specialist experience.

• Valid CA driver’s license

• 70% Field - 30% Office

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• Experience in field work, gas

• Experience at PG&E, job-related

• ASQ-American Society for Quality Improvement Specialist certification

• ASQ-American Society for Quality CQA-Certified Quality Auditor certification

• API 1169 Pipeline Inspector 

• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) 
• NACE CIP Level 1
• Six Sigma or other Lean/Quality related training 

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