Data Quality Analyst, Expert

Requisition ID # 140363

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Electric Asset Management is responsible for the electric system engineering and planning, asset strategy, and risk management across transmission, distribution, and substation asset families. This centralized, risk-informed approach allows PG&E to manage electric risk, asset and system health, interconnections, and performance by using consistent standards, work methods, prioritization, and program sponsorship, while leveraging lessons learned from inspections and asset data to inform asset management decisions. The organization is accountable for asset planning and strategy, standards and work methods, and asset data management for Electric.

The Asset Knowledge Management (AKM) team, within Electric Asset Management, is responsible for the management, quality, and access of PG&E’s electric asset data. The team’s objective is to maximize the use and ensure the trustworthiness of PG&E’s critical electric data assets.

Position Summary

The Expert Data Quality Analyst will be responsible for technical implementation of the Asset Data Quality (ADQ) program – a mission critical program launched in 2022 to systematically achieve and maintain the level of data quality required to support Electric Engineering Planning & Strategy’s business objectives, including regulatory compliance, risk management, improved operational efficiency, and advanced analytics. Program objectives include establishing a comprehensive inventory of PG&E’s critical electric asset-related data, capturing and maintaining metadata for all critical data, establishing and applying data quality rules to all critical data, and prioritizing data quality issues for remediation.

The Expert Data Quality Analyst will work at the direction of the ADQ Program Manager and partner with a cross-functional team composed of members from Electric Asset Knowledge Management, Electric Asset Management, Enterprise Data Management, Information Technology to implement the ADQ program. Responsibilities include leading the collection of metadata, development of data quality rules, guidance of data quality platform architecture decisions, conducting cause analysis regarding data quality rule violations, and supporting data quality remediation activities.

The near-term focus of ADQ will be on systematic measurement and improvement of PG&E’s electric Asset Registry and Asset Condition data. The ADQ program will expand its focus will shift to other data types that support Asset Management (e.g., event data, maintenance).

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

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.

A reasonable salary range is:

Annual Minimum: $114,000.00

Annual Maximum: $182,000.00

Job Responsibilities

  • Partner with lead Program Manager to implement Asset Data Quality (ADQ) programs to systematically inventory PG&E’s critical electric asset data, capture metadata, measure data quality, and drive the execution of high-priority data improvements.
  • Build strong relationships with business data stewards, asset data system specialists, IT Foundry ontology team, IT data quality team and IT architecture team to facilitate program implementation.
  • For critical datasets, lead the documentation of metadata in Collibra, integration of data into Foundry, development of data quality rules and guide development of dashboards to monitor data quality
  • Measure and report KPIs to evaluate ADQ program progress and status for clients and senior leadership
  • Perform triage and remediation on data quality rule errors to ensure rules are functional.
  • Continuously monitor data quality rule performance to ensure that rules are functional and triage/remediate data quality rule errors when they arise.
  • Partner with Business Data Stewards to update, modify or add data quality rules.
  • Ensure data quality action plans are implemented where data fails to meet established data governance standards.
  • Advise Program Manager on strategy and roadmap to reflect continuous improvement and expansion into data types beyond Asset Registry and Asset Condition data (e.g., event data)
  • Technical Skills – MS Excel, Python, Foundry, Collibra, PowerBI, PowerApps, SharePoint Online, SQL etc.

Qualifications

Minimum

  • BA/BS Degree in Marketing, Business, Computer Science, Engineering or other related field or equivalent work experience
  • Six (6) years of related work experience

Desired

  • Experience in regulated electric or gas utility asset management and/or operations
  • Data management and data quality tool experience
  • Detail-oriented with ability to focus on managing multiple reports and processes
  • Even-tempered, manages conflicts in a positive manner, and comfortable interacting with individuals at all levels
  • Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills with proven ability to establish and cultivate relationships with vendors and business SMEs.
  • Project management / implementation of data management policies and standards.
  • Experience with relevant project management tools and methodologies (Agile, Design thinking, Kanban, etc.).
  • Demonstrated executive engagement and presentation skills.

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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.

Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice

PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.

Job Category
Business Operations
Job Type
unspecified
Salary
USD 114,000.00 per year
Country
United States
City
Oakland
Career Level
unspecified
Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
JOB SOURCE
https://careers.pge.com/job/Oakland-Data-Quality-Analyst%2C-Expert-CA-94612/957814000/