Wildfire Operational Analyst

Portland General Electric • Fort Worth, TX

250d • $74,325 - $148,625

About The Position

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. The Asset & Wildfire Risk team is responsible for PGE's wildfire risk management and mitigation strategy, situational awareness, ignition management and capital planning for wildfire mitigation. As a Wildfire Operational Analyst, you will have the unique opportunity to provide cross-functional and enterprise-wide analytical support, focusing on ignitions. You will support data-driven initiatives, develop predictive analytics, and serve as a subject matter expert for operational metrics, contributing to PGE's safe and reliable power delivery. A successful candidate will have knowledge of statistics, metrics, and data visualization, coupled with skills in analytical thinking and risk management capabilities.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in business, finance, statistics, psychology or other related field or equivalent experience.
• P2 - Typically two or more years in statistics, finance, process improvement, project management or related field.
• P3 - Typically five or more years in statistics, finance, process improvement, project management or related field.
• Familiarity with wildfire mitigation or ignition investigation is a plus.
• Familiarity with electric utility reliability metrics or root cause analysis is a plus.
• Familiarity with the National Electric Safety Code is a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced knowledge of statistics, metrics and data.
• Advanced skills in using analytic tools.
• Intermediate skills using data systems specific to department.
• Intermediate skills in managing competing priorities.
• Advanced skills in synthesizing information and complex data and communicating to diverse audiences.
• Intermediate knowledge of PGE's operational practices.
• Intermediate/advanced SQL querying skills (Microsoft SQL Server and Snowflake).
• Intermediate/advanced data visualization skills (Tableau preferred, especially Tableau Mapping).
• Intermediate data analysis to support strategic decision making.
• GIS (Esri Suite) proficiency or familiarity with geospatial analysis and concepts (preferred, not required).
• Python proficiency is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provides line of business analytical support or support to multiple related areas.
• Assesses or anticipates needs and develops reports to meet business objectives choosing data appropriate to the need.
• Collaborates with others to integrate data from multiple sources or systems.
• Develops reporting format to meet user needs selecting data and visuals based on business objectives.
• Ensures data security and integrity.
• May identify and mitigate data risks.
• Proactively identifies data and analytics needed to support development of line of business metrics and long-range planning.
• Analyzes data from multiple sources to develop regular and predictive analytics and operational metrics.
• Serves as line of business data subject matter expert.
• Supports projects by anticipating data needs and providing relevant data and analysis.

Benefits

• Compensation Range: $74,325.00 - $148,625.00.
• Performance based incentive bonus.
• Total rewards package designed to reward contributions to the company.
• Support for well-being and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree