Senior GIS Technical Specialist- Flexible Location

Requisition ID # 164650 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gas Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

 

The corrosion engineering department provides subject matter expertise and support to the entire Gas Transmission and Gas Distribution organizations.  This position would directly support the team of engineers by providing timely, accurate, and easy to use geospatial information for engineering analysis.

 

Position Summary

 

Provide GIS and database support for the implementation of risk management duties.  Responds to queries and resolves technical issues.  Leads and/or supports the preparation of annual regulatory reports.

 

There is preference for the successful candidate to be based in Oakland, but location is flexible within the PG&E Service Territory’s Bay Area region, please note hiring leader will make final decision of what are appropriate headquarters for the role based on business need.

 

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 PG&E Service Territory’s Bay Area region.

The successful candidate will likely need to come to office approximately once a week to go over progress and work out new special projects.

 

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

 

A reasonable salary range is:​

 

Bay Area Minimum:$102,000

Bay Area Maximum: $162,000

 

 

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

 

 

Job Responsibilities

•           Provide advanced user support and data integration

•           Develop and perform advanced data gathering, data integration, and quality control procedures for geospatial data, interface with data source systems to resolve complex issues; estimate impact of data issues to compliance and business commitments

•           Identify user quality control, support and data integration process improvement opportunities, gather input and agreement on new requirements and lead implementation, communication and training around process revisions/changes.

•           Lead special projects related to GIS.

•           Create and update metadata and catalog GIS layers, including documenting work flow procedures for staff using GIS, both in the office and in the field.

•           Lead efforts related to the preparation of annual reports to FERC, (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), SEC (Security and Exchange Commission), OPS (Office of Pipeline Safety) and CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission).