Supervisor, Electric Project Management

Requisition ID # 160366 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Clean Energy Transportation (CET) group is focused on accelerating the adoption of clean vehicles in California. CET leads a ~$0.5B portfolio of transportation electrification (TE) programs to increase the adoption of clean vehicles in California as we work to address one of the largest contributors to climate change – and we need a motivated, organized strategic thinker to help us determine how to expand this portfolio. We serve PG&E’s customers by deploying electric vehicle programs to increase access to charging infrastructure, reduce total cost of electric vehicle ownership, educating our customers and pursuing innovative R&D on the future of transportation electrification, focused on vehicle-grid-integration.

We focus on safety and quality, invest in our team’s success, solve problems, and strive to be better, work as an integrated team, and build trusted relationships. We collaborate and are intellectually curious. We are looking to collaborate with passionate, thoughtful people who want to make a real impact. Come join our team and help drive the transition to clean energy transportation.

Position Summary

In Clean Energy Transportation, you will lead a team of both represented and contracted project managers installing electric vehicle infrastructure throughout PG&E’s territory. This work includes managing distribution electrical and commercial electrical work performed by a cross functional team of internal employees and construction contractors.

You will monitor and control the project portfolio, manage contractors, track metrics, engage with customers, and assist in reporting on portfolio status. You will also work with colleagues to design and integrate new electric vehicle programs into the existing program infrastructure, as they are approved by the CPUC.

You must be able to travel at least 15% of the time.

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

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 between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $140,000

Bay Area Maximum: $238,000

Job Responsibilities

• Manages the portfolio of assigned projects and ensures all projects are designed safely and constructed on time, on budget, on scope, and without adverse environmental or other regulatory impacts.
• Manages and forecasts accurate project portfolio costs that are aligned with annual and project budget targets.
• Proactively identifies and resolves project issues to ensure that projects stay on plan to meet overall cost, scope and schedule commitments. Ensures consistency across the organization.
• Works directly with client/sponsor organizations to understand scopes of projects and make appropriate project manager assignments. Establishes specific project manager expectations, metrics, and tracking tools to measure performance.
• Develops workload plans and strategies to establish balanced levels of internal and external resources to support five-year plans.
• Regularly meets with each project manager to review status of assigned projects with emphasis on the larger, more complex or higher impact projects.
• Works with technical Project Management teams in other departments or lines of business to effectively manage and improve the overall groups operations and processes.
• Keeps abreast of best practices in project management concepts, methods and techniques. Regularly assesses current processes and develops recommendations for continuous process improvement.
• Supervises staff to accomplish results through recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Qualifications

Minimum

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Six (6) years total relevant experience in technical project management and/or program management in the utility industry, and/or business management in the utility industry or 3 years supervisory experience of project management, engineering and/ or construction of Transmission/Distribution projects.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Desired

• MBA preferred
• Electric transmission and distribution network and substation system knowledge.
• Strong project management skills; knowledge of project management concepts, methods and techniques.
• Leadership skills in driving work progress and improving work processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Influence skills.
• Collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Strong MS Office skills
• Strong project scoping and cost estimating skills.
• Knowledge of commercial electrical work and NEC code.
• Knowledge of Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) Union Contract.
• Financial acumen, understanding of contingency cost estimating and its use.
• Skilled in negotiating and managing contracts for engineering, procurement and construction services.
• Knowledge of SAP and SRM (Sourcing) systems.
• Proficient with P6 and Salesforce or other project management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop employees
• Ability to create, promote and manage a safe work environment
• Knowledge and skills to develop streamlined operating policies and procedures
• Ability to develop and manage dept. budgets, expenses, variances
• Ability to communicate and support company and organization policies, procedures, goals, objectives, vision and values
• Ability to monitor operations, identify and implement metrics, operational changes and improvements in support of the business
• Ability to develop working relationships with customers and internal/external partners ensuring that work plans and operations are coordinated, aligned and support department and company goals and objectives
• Ability to encourage employees to identify work process and system improvements, incorporate benchmarking and best practices, champion and overcome resistance to and facilitate change
• Ability to foster a learning environment and to develop employees to ensure backfills and successors

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