Principal Threat & Risk Engineer

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SoCalGas, the nation’s largest gas distribution utility, is dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and affordable energy to over 21 million Southern California customers. Through innovation, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to the needs of our communities we proudly uphold our mindset of “Glad to be of Service”  and  provide exceptional customer service today and ready to meet California’s energy needs with innovative solutions for tomorrow.  

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Primary Purpose
Applies superior technical expertise in engineering risk assessment principles and creative analytical ability to perform multi-dimensional systematic risk analysis in an often ambiguous and complex environment. Functions as a company expert in Risk and Threat assessment and potentially in other critical engineering disciplines. Provides increasingly integrated, data-driven and quantified safety and reliability assessments covering the full spectrum of Integrity Management Program assets including Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management Program (TIMP), Storage Integrity Program (SIMP), Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) and Risk Assessment and Facilities Integrity Management Program (FIMP). Leverages a high level of technical expertise across a broad range of engineering disciplines to enable effective likelihood of failure and consequence of failure modeling. Integrates and balances findings in consideration of the full Integrity Management System, safety, regulatory compliance, and business need. Identifies and measures the effects of Preventative & Mitigative actions on system threats. Formulates analysis outcomes and serves as a key technical advisor to senior management to drive risk differentiation that will enable optimized resource decisions and potentially new programs. Plays a critical role in regulation and program development across all Integrity Management Programs to ensure the integrity of company assets are being managed based on comprehensive threat evaluation and risk assessment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs Threat Evaluation and Risk Assessment of mature and complex Transmission Pipelines, Storage, Facilities and Gas Distribution Assets by applying engineering risk assessment principles toward increasingly integrated, data-driven, and quantified safety and reliability. Performs work with a high degree of autonomy and only high-level guidance and review of higher impact work for progress towards objectives. Aggregates results, in an often ambiguous environment and circumstances, from a broad range of technical disciplines, including but not limited to:
  • Geotechnical
  • Structural integrity/reliability theory
  • Assessment including non-d