Electric Incident Specialist, Principal

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Oakland, CA

32d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Electric Compliance Assurance department, part of the Electric Risk & Compliance organization, focuses on embedding compliance and risk to achieve regulatory outcomes. This department is crucial for identifying compliance challenges and risks, including through incident reporting and investigations, overseeing the Electric Operations and Power Generation Corrective Action Program (CAP), and validating organizational controls. PG&E is seeking an experienced business professional to join the Electric Incident Investigations (EII) Team as an Incident Investigator, Principal. The EII team is responsible for submitting Electric Incidents Reports (EIRs) to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), investigating electric incidents, and identifying compliance risks to determine causes and implement corrective or preventive measures. This role offers high visibility with PG&E leadership and supports various aspects of EII's scope. The ideal candidate will be organized, motivated, curious, a consensus builder, and possess a "bigger picture" understanding. The position location is flexible within PG&E's service territory and requires approximately 10-20% travel to incident sites and other locations for investigations, meetings, and site visits. This is a hybrid position, combining remote work with assigned office presence based on business needs.

Requirements

BA/BS Degree in Marketing, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or other related field or equivalent work experience
Eight (8) years of related work experience
Travel is required (approximately 10% to 20% of the time) to incident sites and other facilities throughout PG&E’s service territory for investigations, meetings, and site visits.

Nice To Haves

BA/BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Science Fields (e.g., Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
Master’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience.
Experience with electric operation systems (data systems within electric operations).
Strong organizational, prioritization and multi-tasking skills.
Advanced communication and presentation skills to deliver highly complex data and findings to Senior and Executive Management.
Expertise in project management to lead large, cross functional projects, and develop concise data findings for Senior and Executive Management.
Proven ability to prepare materials for and effectively communicate/present highly complex findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity, gain consensus on path forward on aggressive timelines.
Ability to handle multiple projects with critical deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment.
Comfortable with escalation to senior and executive leadership.
Advanced skill in Microsoft Excel/Access (complex formulas, graphing, VBA)
Certification in Root Cause Analysis (e.g., TapRooT®, Cause Mapping, or equivalent)
Professional Certified Investigator (PCI – ASIS)
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI)
Professional Engineer (P.E.) – Electrical Engineering preferred; any active PE licensure considered
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Responsibilities

Investigates and manages investigations of Electric Incidents of medium to high risk to PG&E, including working with PG&Es Legal team.
Prepares and submits summary of investigation (20-day report) and Apparent Cause Evaluations (ACEs), including identifying corrective actions and gaining consensus with senior and executive leadership to mitigate risk.
Identifies and summarizes compliance risk concerns, including forecasting potential Notices of Violation (NOVs) from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Prepares and submits responses to NOVs received by the CPUC.
Manages very complex investigations and data analysis projects with very limited supervision from initial request to presenting data results, ensuring that the project is completed within budget and on-time.
Acts as a thought leader, applying extensive data processing and data analysis expertise in the development of strategy or resolution to complex investigations and/or data sets.
Manages major and complex cross functional data projects that have broad company implications.
Manages extracting data and transferring the data from databases to various analysts to support operational analysis efforts.
Analyzes data using various advanced statistical tools to develop reports, summaries, and trends.
Acts as team lead and provides direction to less experienced employees.
Project manages investigations, including building consensus with multiple senior/executive leaders to stay on schedule.