Program Manager, Expert

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Oakland, CA

3d•$129,000 - $207,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Acts as a liaison between PG&E and our Substation Engineering Contractors. Provides planning, strategic analysis, and operational support. Facilitates, directs, and coordinates activities and special projects related to the execution of the Substation Owner's Engineering outsourced work portfolio. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location a minimum of 2 days a week or as business needs require.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent working experience
8 years of job-related working experience

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification

Responsibilities

Helps support interactions with contractors to support work plan portfolio.
Prioritizes issues and facilitates/takes corrective actions, as appropriate.
Support the organization, in analyzing costs and making recommendations on cost reduction initiatives based on data.
Analyze work processes and makes recommendations on how to integrate and improve processes.
Provide analysis for workload efficiency and making recommendations on future resource needs based on the data.
Lead special projects to resolve urgent issues.
Build relationships with all vendors and their leads.
Work with other LOBs to gather feedback and make improvements.
Maintain and Enhance guidance to Owners Engineers and Internal Engineers on dealing with Contractors.
Work closely with Sourcing and Contract Management on MSA’s and contracts.
Work with the key stake holders to provide our vendors with workload forecast to gain efficiencies.
Manage LAN ID’s and contractor Workforce.
Assess Vendor Capabilities and Strengths as well as provide feedback for improvement.
Evaluates contractor performance based on established business metrics (project/program and portfolio level).
Lead Contractor Communications Meetings