Senior Gas Technical Specialist

Requisition ID # 165639

Department Overview

Gas Engineering is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. Gas Engineering aids in the operations, maintenance, construction, and planning for the gas assets that transport, store, compress, regulate, measure, and deliver gas to 4.6 million customers.

The Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) is responsible for compliance with 49 CFR 192, Subpart P and supports gas distribution asset management. DIMP provides integrity management of the gas distribution system by identifying and mitigating risk for all gas distribution assets.

The DIMP Risk team is responsible for risk assessment by understanding gas distribution assets and their condition, identifying threats, and modeling the likelihood and consequences of failure. In addition to meeting compliance with 49 CFR 192, Subpart P, this team also supports gas distribution asset management, regulatory filings, and enterprise risk management.

Position Summary

The Gas Technical Specialist, Senior provides 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. Support process improvements for the DIMP Team, effectively communicate and collaborate across various teams within Gas Operations and Gas Engineering, including GIS Solutions, Gas Distribution Engineering & Design, TIMP, and IT to ensure successful deliverables. This role will be required to understand and implement technical solutions related to relevant requirements of 49 CFR 192, CPUC General Order 112-F, and other regulatory and company commitments, standards, and policies. This position will report to the Manager of the DIMP Risk team.

Occasional travel for field visits, averaging less than 5 times a year.

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 (San Ramon).

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. ​

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

Job Responsibilities

Qualifications-

Minimum Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications: Master’s degree in data science, applied sciences, statistics, engineering or similar field. Certified GIS Professional. Advanced coursework with SQL, Python, Model Builder. UPDM data model & relational database experience. Integrity Management and Risk Management experience. Project Management experience. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies: Knowledge of 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart P. Advanced Proficiency in ArcGIS 9.x or later and ArcGIS Online (AGOL). Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook/Word/Excel. Power user skillset in Oracle or SQL server databases, ability to run complex SQL Queries. Proficiency in a programming language – Shell script, Python, or Visual Basic. Competency with commonly used data science programming languages, packages, and tools such as R, NumPy, or Geopandas.