Chief of Staff - Electric T&D Engineering

Requisition ID # 160001 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview:

Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering is responsible for resilient and reliable design and technology development for transmission, substation, and distribution system. (Central Design & Estimating, T&S Engineering & Test and Technology Development) all report into T&D Engineering.

 

 Position Summary

The Chief of Staff position will lead strategic planning and business management processes, budgeting, communications, performance measurement, affinity and co-worker engagement, and/or continuous improvement programs for the Vice President. Oversees complex projects and key initiatives. Plans, coordinates, and shapes content for meetings, activities, and communications for the officer. Represents the officer for various strategic planning processes, communications, and programs.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA. 

 

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 between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

 

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $136,000

Bay Area Midpoint: $184,000

Bay Area Maximum: $232,000

 

 

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the Vice President – Electric T&D Engineering

 

 

Job Responsibilities

• Leads KPI development and the Lean Operating System implementation in close collaboration with the VP’s Direct Reports.  Organizes and facilitates DORs, WORs and MORs to ensure effectiveness of reviews.
• Develops and shapes content for various executive forums ensuring execution of key strategic objectives.
• Leads effort to coordinate, understand, analyze, and determine action plans to address improvement opportunity areas across the organization (e.g., benchmarking, upward feedback, Joy at Work, etc.).
• Manage coordination of employee engagement programs for organization as well as co-worker development initiatives.
• Take on ad hoc projects that may arise in order to support the organization’s needs with minimal supervision.

 

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Responsible for the development, coordination, implementation, performance measurement, and continuous improvement of strategic planning and business management processes for Electric T&D Engineering.
• Monitors and ensures all strategic planning and business management pr