Principal Safety Culture Program Manager

Requisition ID # 160193 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Enterprise Health & Safety

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Enterprise Health and Safety (EHS) Department develops and implements programs that drive improved safety for our coworkers, contractors, and hometowns. One of the programs under development currently is the Organizational Culture and Safety Mindset (OCSM) including its alignment with the Safety Management System (PSEMS) and the CPUC Safety Culture Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR).  The OCSM embodies all aspects of PG&E culture and focuses on the mindset of our workforce around safety. The OCSM has two parts: the CPUC Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) currently being written using the INPO 10 Traits (10 Traits) of a Healthy Nuclear Safety Culture framework and the Safety Culture Monitoring Program that will also be modeled after the Nuclear Industry.

Position Summary

The Safety Culture Principal Program Manager designs, develops, implements, and oversees the Safety Culture program. PG&E’s Safety Culture Program will meet the requirements in the INPO 10 Traits, what is written in the CPUC SCA OIR. In this role you will be responsible for driving program change management and immersion of the Safety Culture program for all PG&E to improve employee and contractor health, safety, and wellness.

You will spend your workday supporting the Enterprise Safety Culture Monitoring Panels and ensuring we are meeting the requirements of the CPUC SCA OIR. You will work with leaders and employees from across PG&E to ensure compliance to the OIR requirements and to set up the Safety Culture programs needed to improve the safety of our workforce and our hometowns. You will advise leadership on leading metrics to implement to drive culture improvement, and you will work with cross-functional teams to influence the change needed across PG&E.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and in-person at your assigned headquarter location based on business need. The assigned HQ location will be within the PG&E service territory. This role may require 25% travel 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. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum:        $128,000

Bay Area Maximum:       $218,000

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California Minimum:       $122,000

California Maximum:      $207,000

Job Responsibilities

• Recognized Safety Culture subject matter expert who represents PG&E in regulatory and/or industry forums on subject of expertise.
• Leads development of OCSM goals and metrics to meet company goals and regulatory requirements.
• Establishes OCSM Monitoring Program and OCSM Assessment Program.
• Creates standards, procedures, teams, programs and guidance to implement the requirements of the CPUC SCA OIR and the Safety Culture Monitoring Program.
• Creates safety policies, standards and procedures that meet regulatory compliance, represent best practices, and implements the OCSM program.
• Develops intermediate to expert level presentations and delivers them to senior leadership.
• Maintains the Plan on a Page and Tactical Implementation Plan in support of the Safety True North Strategy Business Plan.
• Connects with Nuclear and Utility Industry experts on OCSM.
• Develops and provides OCSM training to employees.
• Coaches and mentors less experienced employees.
• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions.
• Collaborates across organization to ensure alignment of goals to support program.
• Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals.
• Organize and lead cross-utility project teams to influence utility, regulatory and/or industry decisions.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 9 years of safety and program development/management experience in a construction, utility environment, or other industrial enviroment or master's degree in safety specific area and 7 years of safety and program development experience in a construction, utility environment, or other industrial enviroment

Desired:

• Nuclear industry experience including exposure to INPO and the 10 Traits
• Utility industry experience
• Intermediate abilities in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

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