Wildfire Behavior and Planning Program Manager

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Summary

As a Wildfire Behavior and Planning Program Manager, you will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of PGE’s wildfire behavior analysis and fire planning program. In this role, you will be responsible for building and managing the systems, tools, and strategies that forecast wildfire behavior, support wildfire mitigation planning, and strengthen PGE’s operational readiness.

You will work across departments and with external partners to ensure that fire behavior modeling and fire planning are effectively integrated into PGE’s broader wildfire mitigation, emergency response, and asset protection efforts. A successful candidate will bring strong program management skills combined with technical knowledge in fire behavior analysis and forecasting, wildfire science, and mitigation planning.

This role offers the chance to directly shape PGE’s wildfire resilience strategy while helping secure the safe, reliable delivery of power in one of the most dynamic sectors of the energy industry.

Key Responsibilities

Program Ownership and Strategy

Fire Behavior Modeling and Planning

Project and Program Management

Stakeholder Collaboration and Support

Training, Tools, and Standards Development

Reporting and Documentation

Qualifications

Education

Experience

Certifications

Valid driver’s license required.

Competencies

Functional Competencies

General Competencies

Physical, Schedule/Attendance and Cognitive Demands

Physical

Cognitive Demands

Schedule/Attendance

Environment

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Office, field

Compensation Range:

$130,900.00 - $243,100.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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