Power Generation Long Term Outage Strategy Analyst, Principal

Requisition ID # 164824 

Job Category: Power Generation; Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Auburn; Angels Camp; Chico

Department Overview

Power Generation operates and maintains PG&E's hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation and battery storage facilities, providing approximately 5,300 megawatts of generating capacity for our customers. Our nearly 1000 coworkers are dedicated to delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective generation to California in an environmentally responsible manner. Our hydro facilities include 62 conventional hydro powerhouses, a pumped-storage facility, 98 reservoirs, 168 dams and more than 200 miles of canals and flumes, among other water conveyances. Natural gas-fired plants in operation are Humboldt Bay Generating Station in Eureka; Colusa Generating Station in Colusa County and Gateway Generating Station in Antioch. Several utility-scale solar generation plants also are operated and maintained, as well as PG&E’s successful entry into battery energy storage, our Elkhorn Battery facility at Moss Landing in Monterey County.

Position Summary

Participates within the development of Power Generation's strategic asset, tactical operating plans, and related performance goals and metrics. Assists within the establishment of the Asset Management Manual for risk assessment criteria, processes, and tools. Conducts project-specific life-cycle economic and hydraulic/hydrologic analyses to support decision-making on relicensing negotiations, potential divestiture, decommissioning studies, and new generation facilities, and specific economic and financial project feasibilities for multi-million dollar investments. Manages the overall quality and completion of Power Generation's long-term investment plan (LTP).

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:​

California Minimum: $​129,000

California Maximum: $​220,000

Responsibilities:

•    Acts as a thought leader, applying extensive unique subject matter expertise and resolutions of new developments, regulations, and legislation related to the power generation industry.
•    Develops and/or presents expert witness testimony as a representative for PG&E to federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
•    Oversees the documentation and evaluation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Relicensing applications, General Rate case (GRC) filings and other testimonies and justifications.
•    Leads the implementation of Power Generation’s Path-to – Excellence (P2E) program that includes the execution of strategic priorities and continuous operational performance.
•    Partners with Power Generation leadership, Information Technology, Energy Supply, and other PG&E’s Functional Areaslines of business ((FALOB) to ensure proper P2E program alignment, coordination, sequencing, and execution, and risk mitigation.
•    Provides strategic consultation and support regarding various complexities of project research, scope, planning, formation, and team building.
•    Provides consultation and recommendations regarding the asset management manual, database implementation, and evaluation of risk assessment data.
•    Collaborates with PG&E’s asset strategy leaders to continuously improve operations and identify strategic planning projects.
•    Acts as a facilitator within Power Generation management and as a liaison to PG&E’s lines of business.FAs.
•    Acts as a primary representative for PG&E to the utilities industry, regulatory agencies, governmental bodies, and other organizations.
•    Performs and executes Chief of Staff’s process improvement initiatives and functions.
•    Provides direction, training, guidance, and instruction to lesser experienced asset strategy analysts
•    Represent Voice of Customer and wholesale energy markets in outage planning and execution discussions and outage management team.

Occasional travel (up to 250%) required to company, client, or other external offices, facilities, sites, venues, and/or locations

Qualifications 
Minimum Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s (BA/BS) degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or equivalent experience
•    Ten (10) years of experience in electric utility operations, engineering, finance, maintenance, project management, or related field

Desired Qualifications:
•    Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree
•    Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, or similar discipline
•    Certified Management Accountant (CMA) credential
•    Chartered Economic Analyst (ChEA) or other certifications from the American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM)l
•    Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI)
•    Certification Training and experience in Lean Operating System Six Sigma (LOSSS), Breakthrough Thinking, and Safety Management Systems (SMS)
•    Passion for representing the Voice of the Customer in decision making
•    Eleven (11) years of experience in electric utility operations, engineering, finance, maintenance, project management, or related field
•    Acts as a thought leader applying extensive unique subject matter expertise within the development of strategy, review, and/or resolution of complex issues
•    Knowledge and experience with managing multiple projects and teams simultaneously, providing resolutions to complex issues, and oversight of projects and teams from conception to review
•    Establishes and maintains 360 degree feedback loop relationships to facilitate understanding, support, and execution of Power Generation’s strategic, tactical, and operational planning
•    Ability to collaborate with various management, leadership, and personnel levels internally and externally

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