Job Category : Business Operations / Strategy; Maintenance / Construction / Operations; Project / Program Management
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Electric Operations
Job Location : San Ramon
Department Overview
PG&E's Electric Business Operations team is responsible for providing direction and coordination across Electric Transmission, Distribution and Asset Management. Aligning operations and our people with the Electric T&D execution organizations we serve facilitates better planning, execution and overall service delivery. This is accomplished via five distinct but interconnected teams:
T&D Investment Planning
T&D Integrated Planning
T&D Work and Resource Portfolio
Regulatory strategy
End to End Order management
EO performance Management
Work Tracking and Data Visualization
The Electric T&D Business Operations organization is led by a Sr Director who reports directly to the Vice President of Electric Asset and Risk Management. The Business Operations organization is responsible for driving partnerships across key departments within Electric T&D and lines of business across the Company to design and drive the strategic planning rhythm. The Business Operations organization owns and directs several processes including Electric T&D Integrated Planning, Regulatory Filings, and the facilitation of the annual expense and capital budget.
This high-profile team provides a great place for energized and talented employees to make a contribution, be recognized and ignite their career.
Position Summary
The Expert Workforce Strategy Analyst will lead and support various workforce related initiatives for Electric Operations. This includes conducting deep-dive analyses of workforce initiatives based on an annual prioritization process with each Electric Operations line of business, workforce headcount for both internal and external resources, supporting relevant affordability/efficiency initiatives, and ad-hoc support of workforce development and/or initiatives being driven by the Workforce Strategy team. This position has high executive visibility and will engage with Electric T&D leadership, including VPs, Directors, and Mgrs. The Expert Analyst will also work with the Manager of Business Strategy on strategic initiatives including the integrated planning deliverables for Electric Operations 5yr plan and 2 yr executable plan, PCC planning as well as provide support for the Electric Operations leadership team meetings.
Qualifications
Minimum:
6 years of relevant work experience with steady progression of responsibilities including skills in process mapping, data analysis and financial analysis.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, business administration or comparable quantitative field or equivalent related work experience. If no degree has been achieved, successful candidate must possess 10 years of relative working experience.
Desired:
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Products
Ability to identify, prioritize, and manage multiple deliverables simultaneously
Experience working in Electric Operations and/or a resource management function.
Utility, energy or regulatory industry experience.
Broad understanding of the utility or energy industry drivers, issues and trends.
Strong knowledge of long-term strategic business planning theories, concepts, practices, methods and techniques.
Strong data analysis, benchmarking, monitoring and business/financial analysis skills including knowledge of varied analytical methods.
Strong analytical problem solving and decision making skills to develop comprehensive solutions.
Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Adaptable to changing business conditions and ambiguity.
Effectively gains buy-in from leaders inside and outside of the department. Solid knowledge of workforce planning concepts, methods, practices and techniques.
Results oriented: willing to set aggressive, but realistic goals and to hold others accountable for their performance
Responsibilities
Partner with Electric Integrated Planning team and Business Finance to assist in the annual development of the 5 year Operating Plan, 2 year Execution Plan, by providing analysis that support organizational size and skill sets required to successfully execute the business plan and meet business objectives
Leads the governance of workforce/Headcount planning and strategy for both internal and Non-Employee workers to address workforce trends and potential issues identified from analytics
Acts as a single point of contact for (assigned) LOB leadership for all workforce related initiatives
Work with all leadership levels across EO to gather and analyze operational and financial information and draws conclusions and forecasts for workforce strategy, including contingency plans and/or course correction actions as necessary to present to Senior leaders.
Performs analysis on highly complex data sets that have cross-functional impact. Incorporates workforce changes into resource/cost models.
Develops and maintains workforce planning models. Incorporates actual and projected internal workforce changes and external labor market factors into models. Creates standardized dashboard analytics for Electric Operations leadership.
Analyzes cost structure including cost benchmarks.
Evaluates internal / external labor costs for work allocation.
Researches and recommends metrics that would best enable positive business outcomes.