Senior Incident Investigator

Department Overview

Electric Asset & Regulatory is responsible for the electric system engineering and planning, asset strategy, and risk management across transmission, distribution, and substation asset families. This centralized, risk-informed approach allows PG&E to manage electric risk, asset and system health, interconnections, and performance by using consistent standards, work methods, prioritization, and program sponsorship, while leveraging lessons learned from inspections and asset data to inform asset management decisions.

Accountable for asset planning and strategy, standards and work methods, and asset data management for Electric.

PG&E is seeking an experienced business professional to be a member of the Electric Incident Investigations (EII) Team as an Incident Investigator, Senior. The EII team is responsible for reporting Electric Incidents (EIRs) to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), investigating EIRs and areas of compliance risk to determine the cause and any corrective or preventive measures to mitigate reoccurrence.

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.

• Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $
• Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $
• Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $

• Minimum Base Salary (California) $
• Mid Base Salary (California) $
• Maximum Base Salary (California) $

This position reports to the Supervisor, Electric Incident Investigations

• Identify areas of risk, develop and implement risk controls to mitigate risk.
• Project manages investigations, including building consensus with multiple senior leaders to stay on schedule.
• Abstract or synthesize from one set of ideas or facts to another, identify causal relationships, and anticipate obstacles during the investigation.

• Communicate with peers, subordinates, leadership, and stakeholders using a variety of methods and conveying information or conclusions in a clear, direct, and non-threatening manner.

• Investigate and manage investigation of Electric Incidents of medium risk. Prepare and submit Electric Incident Reports and Apparent Cause Evaluations (ACEs), including identifying corrective actions and gaining consensus with senior leadership to mitigate risk.
• Identify and summarize compliance risk concerns including forecasting potential Notices of Violation (NOVs) from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
• Prepare and submit responses to NOVs received by the CPUC.
• Manages very complex investigations and data extracts/analysis, ensuring data accuracy.
• Analyzes data using various advances statistical tools to develop reports, summaries, and trends.
• Demonstrates and utilizes broad expertise in data processing and data analysis and applies this knowledge to a number of different issues.
• Investigate fires of medium risk to PG&E, including working with PG&E’s Legal team.
• Prepares and presents summary of findings and risk to PG&E to senior and executive leaders.

• BA/BS Degree in Marketing, Business, Computer Science, Engineering or other related field or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of related work experience

• Travel to other facilities for meetings and site visits about 10% to 20% of time
• Master's Degree in information systems, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with electric operation systems (data systems within electric operations).
• Proven ability to prepare materials for and effectively communicate/present highly complex findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity, gain consensus on path forward on aggressive timelines.
• Project management skills including ability to handle multiple projects with critical deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Maneuver through complex organizational situations effectively and without disruption.