Director, Vegetation Management Resource & Performance Operations

Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyOakland, CA, United States

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Requisition ID# 166863

Job Category : Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level : Director / Chief

Business Unit : Operations - Other

Work Type : Hybrid

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; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; 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 Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; 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; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

The Vegetation Management leadership leads staff and outside contractors to ensure public safety, electric reliability, and regulatory compliance with state and federal vegetation management rules. The Construction Management team ensures goals and objectives are aligned by workstreams to support Vegetation Management's operational and strategic initiatives. Focused on delivering solutions to ensure vegetation management work is performed safely, establishing cost controls and compliance procedures, process improvements to increase efficiency, productivity, and standardization, and development of central invoicing processes.

Position Summary

Leads staff to ensure public safety, electric reliability and regulatory compliance with state and federal vegetation management rules. Serves as a subject matter expert, provides guidance and influence, and acts as an external leader in the industry on regulatory issues and market strategies. Partners with customers and public entities to monitor and manage vegetation proximity to PG&E assets to ensure system reliability and safety objectives . Promotes and adheres to all company and regulatory safety guidelines and requirements.

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.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the Senior Director, Vegetation Construction Management

Job Responsibilities

Leads the work with department to develop budget (expense, capital, and expenditures) and monitor, forecast and report on budget performance.
Communicates to external agencies and deals with the most complex and sensitive issues with customers and public entities escalated from others. May speak with elected officials, regulatory bodies and others, representing PG&E's position regarding vegetation issues.
Leads and facilitates Short-term or long-term planning, and defines plan goals and objectives.
Supports relationships with business units and external agencies.
Oversees resolution of complex projects and issues.
Manages and create relationships with external vendors and / or internal stakeholders, and continue to identify best practices.
Leads and oversees all aspects of operations or work execution to meet Vegetation Management or Enhanced Vegetation Management requirements.
Leads Governance & Support, and Operations for Vegetation Management department.
Manages staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development & succession, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.

Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.

Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.

Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.

Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.

Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences

Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.

Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Compensation

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 estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors. This leadership role is also eligible for an annual Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP), as well as the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

A reasonable salary range is :

Bay Area Minimum : $170,000

Bay Area Maximum : $290,000

California Minimum : $162,000

California Maximum : $276,000

Qualifications

Minimum :

Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

Job-related experience, 12 years

Leadership experience, 7 years

CA Class C License, or equivalent

Desired :

Strong knowledge of forestry and / or utility vegetation management concepts, methods and techniques.

Broad knowledge of current utility and energy industry, economic and social & political issues, trends and business drivers.

Expert leadership

Masters Degree or equivalent experience

PMP-Project Management Professional certification

ISA-International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist Utility Specialist certification

skills.

Demonstrates strong business acumen and strategic problem solving and analytical skills.

Advanced ability to strategically navigate processes in a heavily regulated environment.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to effectively deal with various levels of internal and external stakeholders.

Expert in influence and negotiation skills, tact and diplomacy and political acumen to navigate sensitive customer / public issues.

Exceptional independent organizational, time management, prioritization and planning skills.

Expert understanding of project and program management concepts, methods and techniques.

Demonstrates expertise in data analysis, process improvement skills and creative thinking to review compelling business cases.

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