Expert Gas Interconnection Manager

Requisition ID # 154398
Job Category: Customer Support / Operations
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Gas Engineering
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: San Ramon
Department Overview
Business Development & Implementation (BD&I) within Gas Strategy Execution and System Planning (GSESP) supports PG&E's True North Strategy with the continued investment in a safe and reliable system, greening the gas supply, and shaping the state's policies. The team's focus is on continuing PG&E's progress to decarbonize the company's gas supply with renewable gas while proactively pursuing gas throughput increases needed by our customers that utilize our system. These goals would not be possible without the concerted activities in developing and driving implementation of strategy and regulatory policies to enhance the foundation of our projects, processes, contracts, and agreements. As with any section of our business, there is a parallel path to enhance operational efficiency, continuous improvement, analysis, and benchmarking.
Position Summary
The Gas Transmission Interconnection Manager, Expert is responsible for all aspects of new large business commercial and industrial customer load, new gas supply, and fossil and renewable receipt points for interconnection projects to the gas system. This responsibility can include proactively developing business opportunities, supporting regulatory activities, and negotiating customer contracts.
Position:

• Execute on highly complex new interconnections including managing official applications, ensuring job cost estimates are produced and communicated to customer, completing standard form contracts, track project funding to ensure financial obligations are met and negotiating special facility agreements and/or any exceptional case agreements
• Monitor progress in engineering, design, project management, monitoring project budget and construction to ensure facilities are completed on time
• Inform and influence leadership decision making
• Operate independently with little supervision, manage moderate to highly complex projects and initiatives, accomplish objectives and effectively work both in teams and individually
• Apply project/program management methods to perform work completion
• Identify and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for project viability and execution
• Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different internal and external audiences
• Proactive outreach to build relations and execute on new business opportunities to increase throughput and renewables for the gas system to support decarbonization
• Perform assessments, present to leadership for approval and offer negotiated rates
• Identify and maintain strong working relationships with all strategic programs and partners
• Support benchmarking with other utilities/3rd parties for process improvement, best practices and change management
• Support regulatory activities by writing testimony, responding to data requests, meet with regulators and other IOUs, and/or provide content for regulatory filings
• Utilize customer service conversation skills to ensure positive interactive relationships occur
• Utilize active listening skills, open to sharing ideas and develop divergent ideas to build a consensus incorporating problem solving skills to produce out-of-the box solutions
• Support internal and external education efforts championing our gas portfolio through preparation of marketing material and presentations

Travel: Occasional (~up to 5%) to field locations, sites and/or offices.
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 (San Ramon).
Incumbent should expect to travel through PG&E Service Territory for projects, meetings, trainings, etc.
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
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Job Responsibilities
• Manages highly complex Gas Interconnections with PG&E's gas transmission system
• Ensure all steps are followed for finalizing new interconnections including obtaining official applications, ensuring job cost estimates are produced and communicated to customer, completing standard form contracts, negotiating special facility agreements and/or any exceptional case agreements and arrange for approval at the CPUC, and monitor progress in engineering, design, project management and construction to ensure facilities are completed by the time the customer needs service.
• Manage all communications between the company and the customer regarding the interconnection
• Support regulatory activities by writing testimony, responding to data requests, meeting with regulators and other IOUs, and providing content for regulatory filings
• Demonstrates broad expertise in project management
• Applies advanced knowledge to wide-ranging interconnection issues
• Develops innovative solutions and drive process improvements for interconnections
• Works with and leverages relationships with Directors and Managers within the department and across PG&E
• Provide direction and coaching to less experienced team members
Qualifications-
Minimum:

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Business, Marketing or related or equivalent work experience
• 7 years of related experience in the utility industry

Desired:

• 1 year of experience in interconnections, new business or related
• 2 years of customer service experience
• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• Valid California driver's license
• 2 years of related experience in program management, project management, and/or product management, including process improvement work
• Ability to work and interact with diverse groups of people including both internal and external parties
• Ability to devise and articulate solutions to complex problems
• Field/Technical
  • Engineer in Training (EIT) certification and/or Professional Engineering (PE) license
  • Knowledge and understanding of gas transmission and distribution
  • Knowledge and understanding of engineering principles, codes, and regulations that govern gas engineering and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities
  • Knowledge and understanding of the principles and properties of gas impacting various internal/external environments
  • Proficiency and skill with engineering information systems and applications
• Project/Program
  • PMP-Project Management Professional certification
  • PgMP-Program Management Professional certification
  • CCMP- Certified Change Management Professional certification
  • Ability to apply program management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
  • Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
  • Competency in making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and tasks with demanding time constraints
• Tariff/Contracts/Regulatory
  • Ability to compose and interpret contract language terms
  • Ability to construe tariff language terminology (a focus on Gas Rule 2,15,16, all gas rates)
  • Knowledge of PG&E's regulatory process and policies and those of the CPUC
  • Ability to present moderately complex data and findings to diverse audiences
  • Capability to analyze problems and recommend solutions despite incomplete information and limited time
• Customer Service/Communication
  • Experience serving and meeting the needs of internal and/or external customers
  • Ability to analyze, understand, and communicate information accurately
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to present complex information with ease and clarity to management
  • Ability to excel independently, build consensus, and cohesively collaborate within a team environment
  • Ability to support and develop marketing material and online presence
• Tools/Standard
  • Proficiency and skill with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
  • Creativity and innovation skills
  • Experience with Microsoft Project
  • Experience with SAP
  • Utility industry or regulatory applications

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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