Requisition ID # 145245
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Safety & Risk
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
The Operational Risk Validation team is focused on assessing and validating risk mitigations and controls to determine the effectiveness of PG&E’s programs to address the highest risks for the enterprise. The goal is to confirm work is being done in a way that truly reduces risk, and to strengthen how we collectively quantify actual risk reduction based on work completed. This will include observations in the field and dialogue with front-line employees to better understand operational risks, inform future risk reduction programs, and advocate for needed resources or support. Assessments and validations of risk-reducing work will be done for the top-tier enterprise risks, while responding to industry disruptors and emerging risk factors that may not fit neatly into existing risk frameworks. These assessments and resulting recommendations will evaluate whether operations are meeting legal, regulatory, and other commitments – and beyond this, determine whether we’re truly reducing risk to an appropriate level. This team will also partner closely existing risk, compliance, and operational groups.
Position Summary
Works under the direction of Risk Validation Director to lead assessment activities in their functional area (Electric Operations) and provide expert insight on operational risk management issues. Assesses key risk programs using a standardized format, and produces associated reports and presentations that outline findings, examine alternatives, and recommend corrective actions to maximize program risk mitigation effectiveness.
This position offers a flexible work location within the PG&E service territory.
Reporting Relationship
This position reports to the Director, Operational Risk Validation (Electric Ops)
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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $136,000
Bay Area Maximum: $232,000
&/OR
California Minimum: $129,000
California Maximum: $220,000
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Works under the direction of Risk Validation Director to lead assessment activities in their functional area and provide expert insight on operational risk management issues.
- Assesses key programs via a standardized end-to-end work system evaluation, to validate the effectiveness of ongoing and prospective mitigation and control activities.
- Produces reports and presentations that outline risk findings, examines alternatives, and recommends corrective actions to maximize program effectiveness.
- Prepares a wide variety of complex materials (e.g., plans, budgets, reports, analyses, recommendations, procedures, etc.) for the purpose of evaluating mitigation efforts and identifying issues.
- Partners with Internal Audit, Compliance, Quality Control, and operational verification organizations on various initiatives related to risk mitigation.
- Identifies, analyzes, and makes recommendations on areas of potential risk to safety, quality, compliance, or success of organizations.
- Assesses the risk modeling relevant to each enterprise risk evaluated and makes recommendations for enhancement.
- Develops Key Risk Indicators in partnership with Risk Owners, to ensure proactive indicators of risk are monitored and controlled.
- Lead closure of identified high-risk gaps, as assigned, with Functional Area stakeholders
- This position will be required to travel 30% for onsite evaluations to see first-hand work in progress, interview front-line employees, and meet with leaders.
Qualifications
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
- 10 years of successful professional experience with utility (or similar) operations management
- Proven track record of driving successful change management and process health.
Desired:
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Planning and process experience with Electric Operations
- Risk Management and quality assurance experience
- Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
- Deep knowledge and expertise of business and or industry drivers
- Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams
- Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs
- Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact
Purpose, Virtues and Stands
Our Purpose explains “why” we exist:
- Delivering for our hometowns
- Serving our planet
- Leading with love
Our Virtues capture “who” we need to be:
- Trustworthy
- Empathetic
- Curious
- Tenacious
- Nimble
- Owners
Our Stands are “what” we will achieve together:
- Everyone and everything is always safe
- Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
- It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
- A healthy environment and carbon-neutral energy system shall be the reality for all Californians
- Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors
More About Our Company
EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.
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