Caltrans Principal Program Manager-Flexible Location

Requisition ID # 159473 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Undergrounding Pre-Construction Delivery team is responsible for environmental permitting, land surveying, land acquisition, land rights determination, and all federal, state, and local permitting for all underground, system hardening, and remote grid projects.  The team’s goals is to deliver miles to our construction teams on-time, on-budget, and on-scope while ensuring that projects meet the compliance requirements of our federal, state, and local agencies and communities.

Position Summary

The Caltrans Principal Program Manager will be responsible for the timely permitting and delivery of undergrounding, system hardening, and remote grid projects that fall within the Caltrans right-of-way.  This person will work closely with Central Estimating, the Pre-Construction Delivery team, the Undergrounding PMO, and construction management to facilitate projects through the PG&E process, improve the process by which PG&E submits Caltrans projects, and improves PG&E compliance on Caltrans projects.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. 

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: $140,000
Bay Area Maximum: $238,000
&/OR
California Minimum: $133,000
California Maximum: $226,000

Job Responsibilities

•    Applies deep knowledge of Caltrans and PG&E project knowledge to improve PG&E’s relationship with local Caltrans offices, improve PG&E performance cycle times, and collaborate with internal PG&E and external Caltrans teams.
•    Take responsibility for the outcome of all undergrounding projects that require Caltrans involvement. 
•    Leads peers and partner organizations to develop and implement new and/ or improved processes, procedures, policies, controls and best practices to improve customer satisfaction, efficiencies, regulatory compliance and reduce costs.
•    May work with other project or program managers or peers in other departments or regions to reschedule work, re-allocate funds and explore creative solutions to achieve financial and productivity goals.
•    Represents the program as a subject matter expert and stakeholder on process improvement teams, regulatory filings, and various stakeholder groups.
•    Develops communication and training plans. Ensures target audience is fully educated and adheres to program policies, processes, procedures. Ensures regulatory compliance with the program.
•    Participates in executing program work utilizing outside contractors. Partners with the Contract Management department on contract terms, scope and cost, and negotiations.
•    Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership and/or other utilities with similar programs.
•    Coaches and mentors less experienced employees.

Qualifications

Minimum
•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
•    10 years’ total related experience SAP experience
•    Project or program management
•    Experience managing capital or expense budgets

Desired
•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
•    Experience working with or for Caltrans.
•    Experience working on PG&E Caltrans construction projects.