Electric Transmission Asset Strategy Manager-Flexible Location

Job Description Requisition ID# 171027 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Manager/Principal Business Unit: Strategy & Growth Work Type: Onsite 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; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; 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 Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; 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; Washington; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City Department Overview The Electric T&S Asset Failure and Outage Strategy leads the team responsible for asset strategy for transmission overhead lines and substations. Incumbents are responsible for reviewing outages and failures of T&S assets and development proposals and for managing and improving performance of electric transmission assets from a long and short‑term, reliability, asset‑centric perspective. Position Summary Incumbents partner with internal departments and cross‑functional teams to establish the safest, most reliable, and cost‑effective electric transmission infrastructure system, and may communicate with regulators, customers and other external stakeholders to advance PG&E’s objectives. Headquarter location is flexible within the PG&E Service Territory; the hiring leader will make the final decision of appropriate headquarters based on business need. Position will require approximately 20% travel time. Compensation PG&E provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the posting. A reasonable salary range is: Bay Area Minimum: $163,000 Bay Area Maximum: $277,000 California Minimum: $155,000 California Maximum: $263,000 This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. Job Responsibilities Review outages and failures and develop long‑term strategy project proposals for substation and overhead line infrastructure, ensuring consistency with stakeholders and company objectives. Create data‑based decision support tools to identify sustainability issues and inform asset strategy planning. Oversee engineers tasked with creating plans for specific assets, ensuring annual and strategy documents are completed and updated. Develop and manage development budgets, regularly monitoring expenses against forecast and providing explanations or justifications for budget items and/or variances. Manage supervisors and professional employees. Recruit, develop, and manage staff to accomplish results through effective performance management, rewards, and recognition. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience. 8 years of engineering experience, including experience with cycle time planning of assets and strategy related to infrastructure asset development. Desired Qualifications: Master’s in Business Administration or equivalent work experience. Professional Engineering License. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies: Understanding of electric utility operations business practices and processes. Understanding of customer reliability issues. Expert knowledge in electric system maintenance and reliability, engineering design, and construction. Strong leadership skills to manage a diverse team. Strategic decision making and problem‑solving skills. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills. #J-18808-Ljbffr