Sr. Manager, T-Line South

Summary

The Electric Engineering Services job family provides strategic leadership, direction, and development of the full life cycle management of the Substation system, Transmission Line maintenance and construction or Transmission Bulk Electric System (BES). Incumbents lead the development and management of projects, design engineering, process improvement, work planning and analysis and manage ongoing relationships with internal and external partners. Incumbents are also responsible to ensure employees adhere to all company and regulatory safety practices and policies.

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.

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• Oversees Transmission Project Management by providing strategic direction for 1,000–2,000 capital projects. Responsible for the overall management of scope, schedule, and cost. Builds relationships across the organization with stakeholders in the Construction, Test, SCADA, Automation, and Protection departments. Identifies gaps in existing processes and drives process improvement.
• Monitors the overall Capital Budget for Electric Transmission Engineering spend. Reviews planned rate versus actual rates and makes adjustments as needed. Holds weekly conference calls or other types of recurring meetings to check budget actual versus target.
• Manages Transmission Engineering to drive improvements in efficiency and quality by driving improvement and deconstructing and restructuring processes when necessary, so that they fit the work at hand.
• Strategically plans resource allocation and utilization in engineering teams. Looks at projected workload versus existing internal resources and makes appropriate contracting and staffing allocation decisions. Leads process improvement initiatives and projects internally to the department and participates broadly in related initiatives across the line of business. Benchmarks internally and externally to PG&E on project management and engineering practices. May present papers at project management and engineering conferences or participate in other industry activities.
• Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.
• Develops and manages department budget regularly monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8 years of progressive experience in either Project Management or Engineering.
• 5 years of experience supervising either a Project Management function or Engineering function.

• PE License, PMP Certification
• Engineering and operational knowledge to effectively develop and manage department functions, especially knowledge of transmission operations and substations.
• Strategic, visionary thinking and problem‑solving ability.
• Knowledge of bargaining unit processes and their impact on organizational operations.
• Knowledge of California and Federal regulatory requirements such as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong leadership and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, influence, negotiation, and collaboration skills.