Manager, Technical Training Gas Operations- PG&E Academy

Department Overview

The Technical Training department with in PG&E Academy has access to two of PG&E's top training facilities to delivery classroom and physical training to its employees. The Livermore Training Center is a 35 acre, state of the art training facility designed to accommodate electrical overhead and underground Transmission and Distribution construction training. It is also home to our Commercial Driving School, Crain Operator and Backhoe school. Our most recent addition is PG&E's Employee Qualification Center. This 10 acre addition will include an extension of our transmission line as well as infrastructure to support Mark and Locate and Leak Survey training, a vendor area and a helipad to support the helicopter Long Line training.

Built in 1987, San Ramon Valley Conference Center provides 40 conference rooms, 119 guestrooms, exceptional dining and ample outdoor space to accommodate a variety of events such as telecommunication and computer skills development. It also houses workshops for welding and power system operations.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for ensuring PG&E Academy's technical training delivery programs align to gas operations, maintenance and construction requirements as well as with all State/Federal regulations, Union contracts, Company standards and work procedures, and PG&E Academy Standards, tools, and templates for delivery of technical training at the highest level of safety and performance standards and public safety. The Manager will lead a PG&E Academy team of learning professionals in the daily activities associated with high quality, consistent training delivery. Responsibilities will include both strategic and tactical functions such as internal consulting, planning, organizing, budgeting, staffing and project management. Additional responsibilities will include coaching, mentoring, team member skill enhancement and personal development.

Responsibilities


Communicate with leadership on business priorities and technical details of gas systems and operations
Continuous improvement of business operations by documenting and refining business processes, and formalizing policy and guidelines
Develop staff for leadership positions as well as developing employees to perform work safely
Continuous upgrading of supporting infrastructure
Build and maintain a tier 1 premier survey team
Develop implementation and sustainment plans for strategic business priorities and existing programs
Maintain visibility into operational spend and manage to budget targets
Create business cases to support and sustain programs
Drive toward the vision and goals of leadership
Place emphasis on employee communications
Develop and report out on operational metrics
Build strong alliances with key business leaders to achieve goals
Integrate Human Performance and Leadership development into technical training
Drive accountability with teams

Minimum:


Associates degree or equivalent work experience required
Minimum of 10 years experience in gas operations maintenance or construction for both transmission and distribution
Minimum of 10 years of experience leading teams
Minimum of 1 year experience working in a training environment or delivering training to teams


Desired


Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree or advanced degree
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
Minimum of 4 years of experience in a performance consulting and process improvement role
Demonstrated knowledge of HRI Systems (SAP), Microsoft Office Suite, and Project Management tools (MS Project or @Task)

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an AA/EEO employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce.