Manager, Controls Validation (Transmission, Distribution or Substation) - Location Flexible
Requisition ID # 171424
Job Category: Government and Regulatory Relations
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; 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; 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; 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
The Electric Compliance Assurance department is part of the Electric Risk & Compliance organization, where together we will embed compliance and risk in all that we do and achieve regulatory outcomes that support the business’ needs. The work of this department is critical in our efforts to find compliance challenges and identify areas of risk so that we can fix them. The main functions of this department are identifying areas of compliance risk and opportunities to mitigate those risks, including through incident reporting and investigations, overseeing Electric Operations and Power Generation CAP, and validating the controls on the organization.
The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s 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:
Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $136,000.00
Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $184,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $232,000.00
Minimum Base Salary (California) $129,000.00
Mid Base Salary (California) $175,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (California) $220,000.00
Position Summary
PG&E is seeking an experienced business professional to lead the Electric Compliance Controls Validation Team. The Controls Validation Team is responsible to develop quality management plans for process improvements to assure compliance quality control measures are implemented and effective.
As the Manager of Compliance Controls Validation, you will stand up, or continue to stand up, and oversee a team responsible to validate operating effectiveness (field review) of compliance controls tied to electric processes in a specific area (Transmission, Distribution, or Substation). With deep technical, regulatory, and operational expertise, you bring a structured approach to developing/refining the process and leading the team to identify external regulatory requirements, benchmark internally and externally, validate process controls, and summarize findings. Your work strengthens PG&E’s safety culture and compliance posture and reinforces PG&E’s commitment that Everyone and Everything is Always Safe, advancing enterprise learning, transparency, and continuous improvement across investigations.
Location of this position is flexible within PG&E service territory and will require occasional travel to other areas around PG&E’s service territory. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and assigned office based on business needs.
Reporting Relationship
This position reports to the Senior Manager, Electric Compliance Controls Validation
Job Responsibilities and Expectations
- Develop/refine process to determine and prioritize processes to evaluate regulatory controls.
- Develop/refine the process and lead the team to identify external regulatory requirements, benchmark internally and externally, validate process controls, and summarize findings.
- Manage team to investigate process controls of medium to high risk to PG&E, may include working with PG&Es Legal team. Prepare and present summary of findings and risk to PG&E to senior and executive leaders.
- Stand up new compliance control validation team and transition to steady-state.
- Determines most effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer-term goals and objectives for time bound projects or ongoing operational work. Regularly presents department scorecard to senior management and adjusts based on business needs.
- Responsible for the regulatory compliance of the department’s programs. Work with regulators and other internal LOBs to ensure department meets regulatory rule changes, updating supporting processes as appropriate.
- Effectively maneuver through complex organizational situations without disruption, routinely resolving escalations to Director-level, Vice President-level and above.
- Manage staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.
- Travel to other facilities for meetings and site visits about 20% to 40% of time
Background Qualifications
Minimum
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Energy Management or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
- Eight (8) years of job-related experience
- Travel within the service territory up to 40%
Desired
- PhD or Master’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- Advanced experience (5-12+ years) in regulatory oversight, audit readiness, and leadership.
- Deep understanding of California and Federal regulatory programs related to Electric Operations.
- Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and engineering program processes and procedures. Deep understanding within specific area (Transmission, Distribution, Substation).
- Field experience with electric, gas or power generation.
- Experience in auditing or quality experience.
- Proven ability to prepare materials for and effectively communicate/present highly complex findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity, gain consensus on path forward.
- Proven experience in process map/controls documentation and evaluation and/or structured process improvement.
- Strong program management, project management, internal consulting, change management, and process improvement skills.
- Proven ability to diagnose organizational problems and develop business-minded solutions and to optimize customer satisfaction.
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders across various teams.
- Proven experience standing up new teams from concept through steady-state.
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or equivalent
- Completion of professional auditor training
- ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Audit Team Leader or equivalent
- Human Factors Analysis & Classification System (HFACS) Certification
- Certification in Root Cause Analysis (e.g., TapRooT®, Cause Mapping, or equivalent)
- Lean Six Sigma Certification
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
- Professional Engineer (P.E.)