Sr. Mgr. Substation Test - Location Flexible (Sacramento/Northern Territory Preferred)
About The Position
The Substation Test Leadership is responsible to lead teams of employees directly or indirectly involved in testing and commissioning protection and control systems in the service territory as it relates to the transmission lines or T&D substations. Incumbents ensure correct maintenance and construction practices for protection and control equipment. The leadership oversee teams working on projects within a specific region or may be assigned to teams working on larger, complex projects or interconnections throughout the service territory. The leaders provide safe and reliable electric service while maintaining NERC compliance along with all regulatory bodies and all safety regulations. Leadership oversees the testing of the protection and control system, and the associated documentation to meet compliance. The leaders fully implement and hold subordinates accountable for safety best practices and adherence to the safety accountability model The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Management, or Project Management or related degree or equivalent related experience in installation and maintenance of protection and control equipment in Substation.
- 12 years of experience in the electric utility industry including 7 years’ experience in Protection and Control Testing.
- 7 years’ experience in leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business Management, or Project Management or related degree.
- Certificate of completion of Apprenticeship in the occupation of Electrical Technician
- PMP
- Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
- P.E.
- Knowledge of IBEW represented employees’ contract
- Substation, Grid Operations, Automation, Protection, Project Management
Responsibilities
- Ensures Substation Test work is completed on time, within budget and to quality expectations while adhering to safety and regulatory compliance and preparing for emergency situations.
- Manages large capital and operating expense budgets to ensure work identified in the Operating Plan is completed and unit cost targets are achieved.
- Coordinates large complex projects across multiple supervisors in system to ensure Test resources are identified to support on time completion.
- Participates in developing effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer-term goals and objectives for time bound projects or ongoing operational work. Provides data for department performance to management and adjusts based on business needs.
- Develops and manages department budget, regularly monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
