Manager of Line Operations - Gresham Operations Center

Company Overview

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Manager of Line Operations

Provides oversight to field transmission and distribution employees in safely installing, maintaining and repairing the power delivery system.

Manager, Power Delivery Operations/6790

Grade 9/EX

• Manages professional employees and/or supervisors
• Is accountable for the performance and results of a team
• Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges
• Decisions are guided by policies, resources and business plan; receives moderate guidance from manager
• Provides subject matter guidance to employees, colleagues and/or customers

Leads a team of field operations employees—either line, meter, or substation crews—including both union-represented and non-represented staff. Responsible for overseeing the safe, timely, and efficient execution of construction, maintenance, operations, and emergency restoration work on the electric transmission and distribution system within the assigned region.

Provides technical leadership to the team, ensuring work aligns with company standards, procedures, and performance goals. Coordinates activities across the operations center to maintain alignment, communicating priorities, emerging issues, and urgent tasks from the Senior Manager and ensuring timely follow-through. Actively identifies and resolves operational issues and ensures all procedures and practices are up to date, effective, and fit for purpose.

Ensures that management and union field leadership are held accountable for maintaining safety as a crew priority; continually promotes safe working methods, practices and procedures; ensures crews are taking appropriate measures to protect the environment and the public. Collaborates with the Safety team as a partner to understand new ways of decreasing risk to the employees, customers, bystanders and the company.

Administers Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA); supports engagement with the union and Labor Relations; partners with local union leadership and Labor Relations to develop a healthy working relationship, build a collaborative environment and deal with employee issues.

Oversees key functions of field operations within the assigned operations center and its service territory. Develops staffing plans, work schedules, and budgets to ensure the right resources and programs are in place to support effective power delivery operations and maintenance. Optimizes resource allocation across the region and determines when supplemental crews or contractors are needed for planned work or emergencies.

Provides strategic direction to supervisors and union field leadership in executing work plans and achieving performance goals. Develops and tracks both short‑ and long‑term plans, using performance metrics to monitor crew and contractor productivity. Communicates key scorecard items and ensures action is taken.

Participates in annual storm preparedness planning and leads restoration efforts during outages. Makes decisions on major restoration methods and oversees their implementation; serves as duty manager during assigned weeks. Ensures strong communication systems are in place so that all personnel are aligned with and support the company’s strategic direction.

Leads efforts to provide consistency across the operation center and departments; represents the operation center at required meetings affecting power delivery operations and in developing strategy and ensuring alignment with other regions.…