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Req ID:  Sedaa-3743

Req Title: Technical Program Manager

Location: Oakland CA (100% ONSITE)

Pay Range: 120k to 145k annually

Description:

**ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES CURRENTLY **This is 100% onsite, but contractor can be “hybrid” since in-office is not yet a mandatory requirement. 

•  **Worker can use a personal laptop that will be registered with the BYOD program. laptop (Dell, Apple) is desired on day 1.
•  **50% travel is an estimate of travel time required by project managers to conduct project related site visits, and in-person office collaboration day. 
• Personal vehicle for job site visit 
•  **Regarding other equipment: worker will have at their designated office location (Oakland General Office) external monitors, keyboards, mouse, and computing equipment for their use. If contract worker wants this external computing equipment at their home / remote office, contract employee will have to purchase them at their own expense (Non-reimbursable). 
• In-person office day travel expenses is NOT reimbursed.**Client will NOT provide PPE, the worker (with the help of employer) can do a one-time purchase of PPE and expense that cost; boots ARE NOT included in reimbursable PPE cost.
•  **Client is NOT providing cell phones or pay for cell phone expense for contract employees, contract employee can work out cell phone needs.
•  **Mileage from their designated office to project sites / locations is approved expense that contract employee can submit expense when mileage is accrued by visiting sites and job walks. 

TOP THINGS: 

 - Electric transmission tower build experience, Substation ground up build experience, 10 plus years of project management in the utility field, SAP experience, Primavera P6 experience, and Unifier experience.

Summary:

This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, Senior Project Manager position that requires mastery of the journey level Project Manager job duties. Under general direction, exercises judgment and discretion and is responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Project duration is generally multi-year, requires significant risk management, and may include formal partnering agreements with outside firms. Assignments will have high visibility, require extensive project management skills and often require specific discipline and areas of expertise. 

 Job Responsibilities

• Determines that project objectives are achievable.
• Provides guidance to engineering on producing complex risk and alternative analyses, studies and conceptual designs for presentation to project sponsor. 
• Oversees and administrates EPC contracts in accordance with ESC 
• Work Oversight Committee 
• Negotiates third party contracts, in support of other departments when appropriate.
• Develops and champions company-wide best practices.
•  Makes presentations to PG&E Officers as appropriate.
•  Arbitrates and resolves conflicts within the project. 
• Mentors and provide guidance to less experienced project managers.
• Ability to solve problems and make good decisions.
•  Able to manage many projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively. 
• Able to work with both internal and external customers to meet their needs. 

 QualificationsMinimum: 

 • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or its equivalent in education and experience.• 8 years of PG&E (9 years outside) experience in project management, project controls, engineering, and/or construction.• Active PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP).Desired:• Knowledge and experience with electric substations, gas and electric distribution and transmission projects• Fluent in the use of Project Management tools and current company tools, such as SAP Financials and Work Management modules and Microsoft Project Scheduling Software.• Strong analytical skills.• Knows Electric Operation Project Delivery (EOPD) process and procedures.• Understands Electric Operations project lifecycles and understands defined roles and procedures of cross functional teams within that EO project lifecycle.• Knowledge and use of Excel.• Great communication and documentation skills.• Ability to lead meetings effectively.

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Req ID:  Sedaa-3755

Req Title: Project Management Analyst
Location: Oakland CA

Hybrid)

Pay Range: 70k to 805k annually

Description:

**ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES CURRENTLY 

**LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY** The role requires on-site presence Tues, Weds, Thurs. Hybrid – Remote Monday & Friday, On-Site in Oakland General Office Tues, Weds, Thurs 8-5pm

EQUIPMENT: Candidate needs to provide personal laptop (or vendor provided), Windows or Mac, for 1-3 weeks until PG&E laptop is available. For home office, Candidate needs to provide own equipment or vendor to provide.

TOP THINGS:

1) Ability to manage large amounts of detailed information from multiple sources regarding 1,000 member team – will need strong Excel skills.

2) Ability to facilitate meetings and in-person 1:1 with people from various parts of the organization to gather & manage resource changes.  Excellent verbal communication skills.

3) Ability to produce summarized tables, charts, graphs, for leadership team reporting. Analytical mind.

Project Management Office (PMO) Analyst  

PG&E’s “Propel” program is a multi-year major business and IT transformation initiative with the primary objective of moving from SAP’s ECC version to a ‘greenfield, clean-core’ SAP S/4 HANA version for Finance, Human Resources, Environmental Health Safety, Supply Chain, Work & Asset Management. The PMO works collaboratively with leaders and others across the entire Program to forecast, manage, status, and mitigate issues with cost, schedule, resources, methodology and tools supporting several hundred internal and external resources. The Program is now entering its third year and transitioning from enterprise to detail design for the first of four major deployments. It is scheduled to complete in 2031.

Key responsibilities of the PMO Analyst (focus will be Resource Management):

The Propel Program Management Office (PMO) Controls Analyst is responsible for a variety of activities around developing, maintaining, managing and reporting on resource plans to execute Propel.  This role is responsible for working with the PG&E Propel leadership team, the System Implementation (SI) partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), SAP consulting, and others to plan and manage the project staff - current focus is on Release 1 and then will be for subsequent releases 2-4.  There are over 1,000 positions being tracked as part of Propel which are being sourced by approximately 10 different internal and external companies.

• Resource Management:  Manage the project’s staffing plan estimates through engaging various teams to confirm existing members, forecast the type of resources needed, record changes up or down, clarify timing, and use change control processes if those plans change significantly.  May be involved with collaborating with Contract Management team to validate adherence to staffing contracts.

• Partner with the Portfolio On-Boarding/Off-Boarding Team: Provide on-boarding/off-boarding forecasts on a regular basis to help manage workloads.  Develop summarized status reporting of on-boarding requests for resources currently in progress.

• Resource Reporting:  Work with Team leaders to report current and forecasted staffing levels at a leadership team level.  

• Collaborate with Financial Team: Provide detailed analysis of resource changes for accurate financial forecasting of Propel’s spend on a monthly basis.

• Data Analysis: Utilize various data sources to analyze and report data as needed.

• Meeting Facilitation: Schedule and facilitate resource management meetings using various materials to communicate and gather resource statuses to the various Propel teams.

• Support PMO Director as needed – Given dynamic nature of SAP implementations, support any number of asks of the PMO from the leadership and others as required.

 Proficiency/Required Skills:

•  Written and Oral Communication Skills – Ability to works effectively with personnel at all levels, summarize complex topics, engage with people from a variety of parts of the organization.

• Excel – managing multiple, large spreadsheets. Using filters, hide/unhide, freeze panes, producing graphs.  

•  MS-Office suite: PowerPoint, Outlook, Calendar, TEAMS, Excel and Word.

Work Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in similar role in a Program Management Office – ideally  

   on large Software programs and/or SAP Project.

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Req ID:  Sedaa-3710

Req Title: Program Manager, Senior

Location: San Ramon, CA (Hybrid)

Pay Range: 120k to 140k annually

Description:

**ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN BAY AREA/WORK LOCATION-SAN RAMON. ASSIGNMENT IS MOSTLY REMOTE HOWEVER SOME INSTANCES WILL NEED TO BE ON-SITE FOR COLLABORATION SESSIONS. MOSTLY THESE WILL BE HELD IN BAY AREA HOWEVER MAY BE AS FAR AS ROCKLIN, CA. Bay Area office Locations. Periodically though rare to Sacramento.

TOP THINGS LOOKING FOR:

1. Strong Leadership, Planning  and Communication Skills

2. Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving Abilities

3. Adaptability and resourcefulness

Responsibilities:

• Completes moderate to complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions plan and goals.
• Works independently on most issues.
• Provides direction on overall program plan and goals.
• Responsible for most/all deliverables within the program implementation plan.
• Initiates assigned pilots or process improvements from start to finish.
• Collaborate cross functionally to solve problems gather information and host working sessions
• Communicates findings and recommendations to various levels of management.
• Develops budget forecasts, conducts analysis in support of identifying budget variances and develops       solutions to address.
• Develops new and ad-hoc reports, summarizes findings and recommendations and provides business insight.

Education:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience

Experience:

• 6 years of related experience or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Desired

• Advanced knowledge of Program/Project Management
• Ability to communicate findings and recommendations to various levels of management.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects with demanding time constraints.
• Knowledge and understanding of business drivers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage or direct teams
• Ability to work within a Regulatory environment
• Ability to assess and recommend solutions for assigned projects
• Knowledge of energy industry applications to local level customers, including energy issues, customer energy efficiency applications, and general customer information.

Desired

• Primarily office environment with extensive use of personal computers, telephone conversations, conference calls and in person meetings.
• Travel may be required.

Technical Proficiency:

• Project/Program Management Methodologies, Consulting Skills, Project Management skills, Lean, Proficient in Operational Monitoring & Analysis, Advocacy and Persuasion, Presentation Skills