Job Abstract

Requisition ID # 157177 

Job Category: Government and Regulatory Relations 

Job Level: Supervisor

Business Unit: Electric Operations

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Vegetation Management Data Response (VMDR) team partners with other members of Vegetation Management (VM) as well as stakeholders across PG&E to support VM in providing clear, consistent, and accurate data responses to Regulators and other external entities.

Position Summary

The VMDR Regulatory Support Supervisor reports to the Senior Manager of Performance Improvement. The role involves working with a cross-functioning team to supervise a team of Regulatory Analysts supporting PG&E’s regulatory compliance activities and commitments in VM. The Supervisor will support processes that are accurate, updated, and scalable to meet ongoing/ad-hoc data requests and reporting commitments. The supervisor will collaborate with other members of the performance improvement team to implement ongoing process improvements and mentor and support the VMDR team.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location based on business needs. The Headquarters location is the Oakland General Office. The successful candidate will need to report to Oakland at least once a week. 

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, particular skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, 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.

A reasonable salary range is:?

Bay Area Minimum: $102,000

Bay Area Maximum: $152,000

&/OR?

California Minimum: $97,000

California Maximum: $144,000

This job can also participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily direction to staff to maintain and enhance the organization’s support tools and procedures, line of business compliance efforts, and line of business records and information management.
• Ensures efficient and effective document services and coordination support for regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission.
• Provides coordination support for new cases requiring a case coordinator.
• Guides case managers through the various case management phases and regulatory processes.
• Monitors coordinators’ and analysts’ workload and case schedules. Prioritizes work and provides additional support when required.
• Oversees creating and maintaining department manuals, procedural guides, training, shared online sites, drives, or tools. Ensures internal client needs are met, and information is up to date.
• Prepares or assists in preparing and maintaining various management reports, such as department metrics, case workload, and assignments, case categories, accounting information, compliance requirements, and industry regulatory developments.
• Ensures support for all CPUC filings follows the department’s regulatory processes and procedures, the CPUC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, and related records and compliance requirements.
• Ensures resources and support activities are aligned with the filing calendar.
• Ensures timely and quality document services support and production for all filings, including standardized templates and formatting, electronic and hard copy production, electronic posting, and hard copy delivery of required documents.
• Partners with business process owners and systems/tools users to define requirements, provide support, ensure security, coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), and consult stakeholders on new technologies or features contributing to process efficiencies.
• Develops and defines processes. Continually monitors and measures department processes, identifying opportunities for improved efficiencies. Makes recommendations to the Manager and internal clients/stakeholders.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Direct reports may include case coordinators, document processors, and analysts.
• Supervise staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA/BS in Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Public Policy, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent related experience.
• Five years of related experience in Regulatory Affairs, or equivalent, emphasizing leadership, case management, communication, testimony preparation, and report writing/editing.

Desired:

• Prior regulatory experience
• Competency in continuous improvement
• Competency in developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Competency in making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Competency in providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles
• Knowledge of regulatory and Litigation processes as needed to perform at the job level
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products - for example Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access - as needed to perform at the job level
• Knowledge of VM processes, procedures, methodologies, and regulatory issues as needed to perform at the job level
• Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
• Knowledge and understanding of the data request process
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and decision-making skills

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