Supervisor, Substation Owners Engineering
About The Position
The Supervisor of Owners Engineering leads a team of Senior Consulting, Senior and Journey Project Engineers, Senior Design Engineers, and Engineering Assistants. The team oversees contracted engineering and design work and ensures quality design products for electric substations across all regions, delivered on time and cost efficiently. The supervisor works collaboratively with Project Management to develop a balanced engineering plan that meets project scope, schedule, and cost requirements. The role develops, tracks, and communicates performance metrics related to safety, project execution and design quality, financial project performance, and achievement of work-plan milestones. The supervisor leads the team’s adoption and proficiency with new technologies and develops and maintains contractor relationships to ensure contractors understand processes and expectations, maintain compliance, deliver quality products, and provide a safe working environment. This is a hybrid position, working from a remote office and an assigned location based on business need. A minimum of two days per week in the office is required. Job locations are Oakland and Fresno.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Finance, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
- At least 1 year of experience in engineering, with an emphasis on electrical engineering or substations.
- At least 5 years of experience in engineering or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- 2 years of leadership experience in supervision or a lead role.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Registered Electrical P.E.
- Knowledge of transmission or substation engineering, design, and construction.
- Familiarity with PG&E standards and design processes.
- Familiarity with the ESC, Local 20 labor contract.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with project scheduling tools such as Clarity, MS Project, and Primavera (P6).
Responsibilities
- Assign individual and team projects to balance project requirements with resource availability; track schedule and cost performance and ensure delivery of high-quality design products.
- Encourage teamwork, commitment, and quality work products while following the ESC contract.
- Forecast work and match it with appropriate short- and long-term resource plans; support resource needs for transformation initiatives and standards development.
- Lead an electrical or civil design engineering team supporting transmission line or substation projects throughout the service territory.
- Promote accountability through recognition, coaching, training, and development.
- Identify and recommend process changes to improve design productivity, quality, and customer focus, and support related department initiatives.
- Maintain forecasts of project resource requirements, plan internal design workload, and recommend workload for contracting.
- Support contract work through careful drawing control and design quality reviews as required.
- Provide support and solicit feedback from other departments, including Maintenance, Construction, Operations, and Project Management, regarding project matters.
- Support Transmission Asset Management initiatives by providing local asset team perspectives.
- Track actual versus estimated costs and schedules, track drawing control, improve productivity, and use Change Orders effectively.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
