Power Generation Outage Manager

Shaver Lake, California

PG&E Corporation
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Requisition ID 164820

Job Category: Power Generation; Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Shaver Lake; Auberry




Department Overview


Power Generation operates and maintains PG&E's hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation and battery storage facilities, providing approximately 5,300 megawatts of generating capacity for our customers. Our nearly 1000 coworkers are dedicated to delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective generation to California in an environmentally responsible manner. Our hydro facilities include 62 conventional hydro powerhouses, a pumped-storage facility, 98 reservoirs, 168 dams and more than 200 miles of canals and flumes, among other water conveyances. Natural gas-fired plants in operation are Humboldt Bay Generating Station in Eureka; Colusa Generating Station in Colusa County and Gateway Generating Station in Antioch. Several utility-scale solar generation plants also are operated and maintained, as well as PG&E's successful entry into battery energy storage, our Elkhorn Battery facility at Moss Landing in Monterey County.


Position Summary


Manages outages in Hydroelectric Powerhouses or Fossil Power Plants throughout the PG&E system.


Job Responsibilities


  • Works closely with key stakeholders in developing technical scope, planning, pricing, contract structure and incentives, contractor performance, and quality control.
  • Communicates (oral and written) recommendations and findings to high level leaders and officers.
  • Manages complex outages, maintenance activities and some capital projects, typically over than 6 weeks in duration and cost from 5 to 50 million.
  • Manages a cross-functional matrix team in developing, implementing, and updating of an outage schedule.
  • Performs evaluation of emergent outage work.
  • Works with Asset Management and Planning to reduce the amount of emergent work during an outage.
  • Leads outage pre-planning and coordinates all startup activities.
  • Provides oversight for outage scope control.
  • Works on unique and complex problems having broad impact that require in depth analysis and judgment to obtain results or solutions.
  • Ensures appropriate scope freeze deadlines and pre-outage activities.


Qualifications

Minimum:


  • High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
  • Experience in O&M-Operations and Maintenance
  • Experience in operations, job-related, 10 years
  • CA Class C License, or equivalent

Desired:


  • Cluster-Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • Contract and Commercial Management certification
  • PMP or CCM certification


Date Posted: 03 May 2025
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