Senior Meter Facility Engineer

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Fremont, CA

9d•$102,000 - $162,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Gas and Electric Meter Services (GEMS) Plant, within the Meter Services and Engineering department, performs quality assurance (QA) activities on new gas and electric meter assets; accuracy tests on removed gas and electric meters from service for statistical analysis; coordinates Return Material Authorizations (RMA) with suppliers for failed assets; and repairs high value meters for reuse in the field. This position provides engineering services for the Gas and Electric Meter Testing Facility (GEMS). It partners with Gas and Electric T&D Engineering department as well as with Customer Care. Supports the development of new metering standards as requested. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Fremont, CA based on business needs.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
Job-related experience, 5 years
Experience in meter operations, job-related

Nice To Haves

Safety and Team oriented
Experience in a Manufacturing/Production environment
Ability to lead equipment acceptances, runoffs, and time studies
Ability to create equipment specifications to meet safety, testing, and operations requirements
Knowledgeable in industrial equipment safety including NFPA79 and OSHA requirements
Knowledgable in Total Quality Management systems and processes
Ability to analyze data and utilize the data to make decisions
Adaptable to changing environments and ability to learn new technologies quickly
Ability to work independently and focus on attention to details
Knowledgeable of change initiative management
Knowledgeable of budgets and the budget planning process
Project Management experience
PE-Professional Engineer license
Masters Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Experience in metering, 1 year

Responsibilities

Provides direction & oversight of all engineering activities for PG&E's Meter Testing Facility (GEMS).
Works with Business Planners, and the Gas and Electric Engineering staff; ensures all GEMS metering projects, initiatives, and engineering commitments (scope, schedule, cost, quality, & deliverables) are fully met.
Works with the GEMS Leadership; adjusts in-house Quality Assurance testing, and ensures that quality assurance testing is managed and implemented in a cost-effectively manner to meet all commitments.
Provides technical oversight in Gas and Electric Metering expertise and ensures appropriate Engineering Leadership and other Engineering involvement is used to ensure technical quality in all discipline work.
Ensures that good business decisions are made at GEMS when resolving problems so that future is not compromised.
Actively promotes and supports through personal involvement and key initiatives such as Provide maintenance, Gas and Electric Standards, Work Procedures, Metering Assessment, Risk Management, Asset Management, Long & Short Term Planning, and Project Management.
Provides support to ensure compliance with existing Work Practices, CPUC requirements and interface with appropriate Agency personnel to continue development of excellent regulatory relationships.
Ensures all projects & assign maintenance activities are based upon environmentally sound design & construction plans; with all permits & agency approvals received in a timely manner, and requirements are rigorously monitored to assure full compliance, resulting in no Notice of Violations (NOVs).
Reinforces "Safety First" mindset through actively supporting safety culture changes, local & central safety committees, and personal safety accountability for self & each employee.
Ensures safety is incorporated into all designs, work with safety committees to engineer away safety hazards, ensure root-cause investigations and follow-up of injuries & near misses are performed in a timely manner.
Develops programmatic solutions for safety hazards with a Safety goal is zero injuries and zero auto accidents.
Works with the Gas and Electric T&D Engineering departments to set quality assurance targets, Testing equipment maintenance program, metrics, and develops and implements strategic and tactical planning necessary to achieve these tasks.
Develops systems and procedures for continuous improvement, and assures company and department policies and procedures are followed.