Requisition ID # 157090

Job Category : Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level : Supervisor

Business Unit : Gas Operations

Work Type : Hybrid

• Job Location : San Ramon; Alameda; Antioch; Berkeley; Brentwood; Concord; Concord; Danville; Fremont; Livermore; Menlo Park;
• Mountain View; Napa; Oakland; Oakley; Palo Alto; Pittsburg; Pleasant Hill; Richmond; Sacramento; San Francisco; San Francisco;

San Jose; Sonoma; South San Francisco; Vallejo; Walnut Creek

Department Overview

Gas Operations is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. In its entirety, Gas Operations is responsible for all aspects of PG&E's gas distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, restoration and emergency response.

The PG&E Gas Portfolio Management Crossbore Team within Gas Operations provides management and inspection oversight over contractor performed and applicant installed work.

Portfolio Management ensures projects are constructed safely and efficiently, with clear objectives, proper authorizations, procedures and documentation, and with assigned resources to meet scope, schedule, cost and quality commitments while maintaining clear communications to all stakeholders.

Position Summary

The successful candidates will oversee a regional gas and / or electric distribution Crossbore scheduling and analytics team and ensure that all contractor performed distribution and applicant installed projects within the region are adequately staffed and that inspection and documentation meets all PG&E Standards and work procedures.

The successful candidates will need to have a strong background in distribution and applicant installed scheduling and analytics, inspection, construction management and contracting.

This role will report to the Manager of Crossbore Inspection and Field Support and work closely with other Managers and Supervisors within the Portfolio Management team on process improvement efforts.

Location is flexible within the Northern California Regions (PG&E Regions 1 & 2).

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.

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs

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 :

Bay Area Minimum : $126,000.

Bay Area Maximum : $200,000.

California Minimum : $120,000.

California Maximum : $190,000.

This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and / or alcohol screening

Responsibilities

• Oversee a regional gas & electric distribution scheduling and data analytics team and ensure that all contractor performed (2nd party) distribution and applicant (3rd party) installed projects within the region are adequately scheduled and that inspection and documentation meets all PG&E Standards and work procedures.
• Be 100% dedicated to public, employee and contractor safety. Create and foster a safe work environment by maintaining an absolute commitment to safety for self and the Team.
• Develop a technical working knowledge of all PG&E gas and electric distribution standards related to work performed.
• Support Crossbore inspection coordinators with scheduling needs, allowing them to deploy internal and external inspectors within region to ensure all regional distribution projects are adequately staffed.
• Drive project construction schedules with contractors and internal workgroups to ensure projects meet planned milestones.
• Work with workstreams and external stakeholders (applicants, developers and external contractors) to ensure that portfolio and milestone dates are accurate and all inspection and construction management needs are met on all projects within the region.
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal workgroups and external vendors to draw upon for qualified inspectors during peak work season to ensure qualified inspection resources are available and deployed to meet all inspection needs on all projects.
• Interface with Crossbore Supervisors for inspection needs and share available inspection resources with other regions to meet inspection needs across the entire company.
• Communicate all key project documentation through Oracle Unifier or ProntoForms including Request for Information (RFIs), Potential Change Orders (PCOs), Field Design Changes (FDCs) and weekly progress on each project.
• Negotiate PCOs on behalf of PG&E with contractor and advise project Managers (PM) or field engineers (FE) and internal customers on change order costs when requested.
• Approve coordinator time daily within Oracle Unifier, SAP or MyTime as applicable
• Work with other construction specialists within the region and across regions. Share responsibilities and projects in order to achieve 100% compliance to PG&E specifications and guidelines.
• Support the development and training of coordinators in the organization to ensure all inspectors meet the required qualifications, fully understand the position requirements and are prepared to represent PG&E to provide safe, reliable and affordable service.
• Assist in the development of pre-job bidding packages, scope, and execution strategy; conduct job showings and project walks.

Attend project kick off meetings, coordinate material deliveries, order material shorts, meet with governing agencies to assist with permitting issues.

Ensure accurate documentation of contractor billing, enforce timely payments, manage change orders, close projects jobs, and maintain the change of custody of inspection records.

• Speak and write clearly, concisely, and directly; provides and accepts feedback and suggestions. Leads and documents weekly construction and progress meetings with PG&E and contract work groups and maintain and publish meeting notes and field records.
• Always maintain public safety and insure approved traffic control plans are implemented as required.
• Report good catches and conduct public safety audits as required.
• 100% dedicated to safety. Create and foster a safe work environment by maintaining an absolute commitment to safety for self and the Team.

Responsible for Cal OSHA compliance for both PG&E and contract crews. Issues non-compliance notifications when they are required and offers corrective solutions to unsafe situations. Lead by example.

• Monitor daily construction activities and ensure that the construction operations meet the program’s safety, quality, cost and schedule goals.
• Represent PG&E professionally and ethically to all contacts.
• Ensure that the contractor’s plan and assigned resources are adequate to deliver the highest value to PGE and meet the above stated goals.
• Single point of contact to communicate with construction contractors. Intercede on behalf of the contractor to obtain, from Project Manager, Engineering, Contracts, or other internal PG&E teams, any information, resources, services or materials needed to maintain the construction work flow, budget and schedule.
• Responsible for communicating any engineering and design issues with PM, Job Owners, Field Engineers or Design Engineering.

Seek assistance and make decisions on any scope of work change affecting cost and schedule according to the Delegation of Authority requirements.

Assist PG&E GC field engineer to verify the content of the test data and other as-built documents for accuracy and completeness.

• Drive project close out.
• Review and process all as-Builts as per PG&E Record Information Management (RIM) Policy
• Measure and verify progress quantities for each work item performed.
• Interpret contract documents, plans and specifications and assess contractor’s requests for additional compensation and compensatory time.
• Prepare or oversee daily field reports describing work performed and resources used.
• Channel all project documents to and from contractor and ensure contractor is working to the current revised documents.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years’ field experience in gas or electric distribution construction.
• Valid California driver’s license or the ability to acquire one within 10 days of hire

Desired qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management
• 5 or more years’ experience in gas or electric distribution construction
• Working Knowledge of Oracle Unifier, ProntoForms, Microsoft Outlook / Word / Excel
• Demonstrated abilities in Cost accounting / Inspection / Contract administration
• Demonstrated knowledge of Distribution Gas Pipeline & Distribution Electric Substructure Standards and Construction
• Ability to perform cost and project scheduling
• Knowledge of PG&E Gas & Electric Distribution and Applicant Installed Standards
• Ability to interpret, create and validate project schedules.

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Last updated : 2024-05-15