Workstream Program Specialist, Senior
About The Position
This position supports in the development, deployment, sustainment, and continuous improvement of the Program and Project Delivery System (PDS) for Gas and Electric Operations. Acts as a liaison between the workstream key stakeholders and leadership throughout the organization. In this capacity, it provides planning, strategic analysis, and operational support by facilitating, directing, and coordinating activities and special projects related to program and project delivery best practices, tools, and methods. Supports problem-solving, integrates systems, and addresses issues before they are escalated. Builds effective partnerships and promotes collaborative relationships throughout the organization. This position measures and analyzes performance and supports process improvement and lean management. This position contributes toward safety excellence goals by improving safety, reliability and affordability. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the Bay or Sacramento Area of the PG&E Service Territory.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in utility industry, or related, 5 years
- Ability to travel up to 20% visiting other offices
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
- Experience in capital program and/or project management
- Experience in utility industry, or related, 8 years
- PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
- Has demonstrated the capability to manage small to medium projects and programs of moderate complexity.
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of land acquisition, environmental permitting and contracting procedures.
- Ability to communicate effectively with audiences from senior management to construction field forces on financial, work performance and related issues.
- Proven ability to solve problems and influence others without a direct chain of command.
- Fluent in the use of industry standard project management tools and/or current company tools (e.g. Unifier, ProjectWise, SAP, P6, SharePoint).
- Understanding of logic-based scheduling
- Strong analytical skills and ability to determine root causes of work performance problems.
- Field experience with maintenance, construction and engineering
Responsibilities
- Measure, analyze and evaluate project/program performance based on established business metrics (project/program and portfolio level).
- Prioritize issues and facilitates/takes corrective actions, as appropriate.
- Work with management to support strategic planning support.
- Support the Functional Area to align with standards, procedures and best practices.
- Analyze work processes and making recommendations for process improvement where needed.
- Gather, compile and provide data, reports, and information for executive presentations and regulatory requests.
- Support close-out efforts and construction packages, as needed.
- Maintains PDS site and updates documentation.
- Supports the planning and delivery of training and development to program and project stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
