Apprentice Transmission Gas System Operator

Requisition ID # 165366

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gas Operations

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: San Ramon

Department Overview

Gas Operations oversees the natural gas transmission and distribution operations. The team maintains and operates 6,700 miles of gas transmission pipeline, 43,000 miles of distribution main, 3.6 million gas services, three PG&E-owned storage facilities with 102 BCF capacity, nine compressor stations with 175K HP, and 5,000 measurement and control facilities. Gas Operations is comprised of approximately 6,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

This is an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 represented classification, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E. This job is subject to collective bargaining.

An Apprentice Gas System Operator is a shift employee who is engaged in performing Transmission Gas System Operator work as an assistant to, and under the direct supervision of a Transmission Gas System Operator. Training will consist of a formalized training program that will include SCADA training, computer training, and on-the-job training at the assigned headquarters. Oral and written examinations will be administered to monitor performance in the Apprentice Transmission Gas System Operator program. During this formal training period, the Apprentice will be required to learn and successfully demonstrate that each duty of the Transmission Gas System Operator position can be performed. Under the direction of the Gas System Operator, Apprentice Gas System Operator is responsible for remotely operating (via computer) and manually monitoring the high-pressured natural gas transmission pipeline and communicating system status.

After eighteen months and demonstration of all aspects of the training program, Apprentice Gas System Operator will be advanced to the Gas System Operator position.

This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.

Incumbents should expect to work a 12 hour rotating shift. Due to the 12 hour shifts, incumbents should expect to reside within a commutable distance of less than 90 minutes from the San Ramon Bishop Ranch headquarters in order to comply with Control Room Management federal regulations (CFR 49 192.631).

Primary headquarters will eventually relocate to Vacaville, CA.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $58.21 per hour. This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Minimum:

(scheduled or ad hoc)

Ability to reside at PG&E-owned housing close to or on remotely-located job site

Desired:

Pre-Employment Testing

PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application, and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.