Senior Field Outreach Specialist

SEDAA • Mariposa, CA

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Local Customer Experience organization’s mission is to enable and support a positive “One PG&E” customer experience that actively contributes to a vibrant local economy. This is achieved through coordinated gas and electric operations, proactive multi-channel customer and community education, and active support for local community, customer, and economic vitality. The organization ensures the "voice of the customer" is represented in proposed initiatives, pre-deployment plans, and operational delivery, and actively supports internal and external response to post-launch customer needs. The Senior Field Outreach Specialist will be a member of the Customer Engagement team, focusing on customer communications and outreach. This position is responsible for educating and addressing customer concerns regarding System Hardening and Undergrounding projects within the client/PG&E service territory, collaborating with other Specialists and their local Regional Service Management Team. The role requires regular travel (minimum 50%) with occasional travel to San Ramon for meetings or trainings. When not in the field, work is primarily from a home office and local office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, communications, or related degree or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of customer service, program management, project management, gas/ electric construction, and/or energy efficiency sales and/or service experience
• Must possess a valid California driver’s license or ability to obtain by first day of employment

Nice To Haves

• Positive, enthusiastic, collaborative, customer-centric self-starter
• Detail-oriented and meticulous on documentation, work planning, training and safety
• Accountable, dependable, and initiative-taking to work hard with limited supervision
• 3 years of previous customer facing customer service and/or customer facing roles
• Demonstrated proficiency in achieving results by leading and influencing matrixed teams with limited leadership guidance
• Demonstrated ability to provide proactive, high quality customer service while resolving issues of a complex nature
• Advanced knowledge of assigned area of expertise
• Effective at negotiating and able to communicate effectively and comfortably at director level and below internally and with customers and third parties
• Demonstrated proficiency with intermediate levels of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other like tools
• Strong presentation and time management skills
• Experience developing executive messaging and communications

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on the System Hardening and Undergrounding Program
• Understand and review planned work and execute comprehensive customer outreach in coordination with partnering organizations to ensure ample customer communications related to visible field work
• Collect, coordinate, organize and deliver outreach plans and deliverables in a timely manner
• Utilize resources to prepare and complete outreach, including Google Earth, GIS, CC&B, SAP
• Initiate strong working relationships with work sponsored project managers (PMs)
• Function as lead to coordinate input from the Program Managers, local construction teams, Public Affairs, Land Management, Environmental Management, and others
• Take the lead to develop local tactical plans, project by project, based on in-field expertise
• Strategize and develop customized outreach plans for specific projects with input from PM and team
• Tailboard and educate internal and external project crews regarding customer concerns or issues
• Route and manage complex customer concerns, in a timely and thorough manner - on the phone or in person based on the nature of the concern
• Facilitate customer escalations including legal claims and restoration efforts as needed
• Consistently document customer communications
• Coordinate and document the completion of outreach, including mailing letters, making phone calls attending meetings, and door-to-door canvassing
• Regularly attend RSM meetings to educate and update on key projects and any customer escalations
• Develop and host Open Houses, community-based organization (CBO) presentations, and other appropriate efforts for educating customers proactively regarding programs and projects

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for travel within CLIENT’s existing reimbursement standard (with prior manager approval)
• Meal reimbursement for travel within CLIENT’s existing reimbursement standard (with prior manager approval)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior