Power Generation Outage Manager, Principal

Requisition ID # 164820

Job Category: Power Generation; Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Shaver Lake; Auberry

Department Overview

Power Generation operates and maintains PG&E's hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation and battery storage facilities, providing approximately 5,300 megawatts of generating capacity for our customers. Our nearly 1000 coworkers are dedicated to delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective generation to California in an environmentally responsible manner. Our hydro facilities include 62 conventional hydro powerhouses, a pumped-storage facility, 98 reservoirs, 168 dams and more than 200 miles of canals and flumes, among other water conveyances. Natural gas-fired plants in operation are Humboldt Bay Generating Station in Eureka; Colusa Generating Station in Colusa County and Gateway Generating Station in Antioch. Several utility-scale solar generation plants also are operated and maintained, as well as PG&E’s successful entry into battery energy storage, our Elkhorn Battery facility at Moss Landing in Monterey County.

Position Summary

Manages outages in Hydroelectric Powerhouses or Fossil Power Plants throughout the PG&E system.

Job Responsibilities

Works closely with key stakeholders in developing technical scope, planning, pricing, contract structure and incentives, contractor performance, and quality control.

Communicates (oral and written) recommendations and findings to high level leaders and officers.

Manages complex outages, maintenance activities and some capital projects, typically over than 6 weeks in duration and cost from 5 to 50 million.

Manages a cross-functional matrix team in developing, implementing, and updating of an outage schedule.

Performs evaluation of emergent outage work.

Works with Asset Management and Planning to reduce the amount of emergent work during an outage.

Leads outage pre-planning and coordinates all startup activities.

Provides oversight for outage scope control.

Works on unique and complex problems having broad impact that require in depth analysis and judgment to obtain results or solutions.

Ensures appropriate scope freeze deadlines and pre-outage activities.

Qualifications

Minimum:

High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

Experience in O&M-Operations and Maintenance

Experience in operations, job-related, 10 years

CA Class C License, or equivalent

Desired:

Cluster-Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

Contract and Commercial Management certification

PMP or CCM certification

#featuredjob