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Pacific Gas and Electric Company · 13 hours ago

Expert, Quality Operations Specialist - Location Flexible

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking an experienced business professional to join the Electric Compliance Controls Validation Team. The role involves developing quality management plans for process improvements, ensuring compliance quality control measures are implemented, and working closely with PG&E leadership.

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Responsibilities

Develop/refine the process to identify external regulatory requirements, benchmark internally and externally, validate process controls, and summarize findings
Develop controls or metrics to assist in monitoring and evaluating the success of compliance controls
Develops and leads team to perform business process analysis and business process reengineering. Prepare and present summary of findings and risk to PG&E to senior and executive leaders
Develop strategy and action plans, working with Directors and Officers. Coach stakeholders to develop appropriate corrective action plans that contain effective solutions to prevent recurrence
Review failure data and make recommendations to improve process performance, applying broad company and industry knowledge
May coach and provide direction to less experienced team members
Works effectively in a matrixed organization, working with directors and managers across organizations to provide expert opinion and influence decisions
May develop/refine process to determine and prioritize processes to evaluate regulatory controls

Qualification

Utility operations experienceRegulatory oversight experienceCausal evaluation methodsProcess improvement knowledgeCertified Internal Auditor (CIA)Lean Six Sigma CertificationCertified Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)Leadership trainingEffective communication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent
7 years of progressive experience in utility operations or in other highly regulated industry
2 years of experience with causal evaluation methods and investigations in the utility industry
Travel throughout the service territory 70% of the time

Preferred

Master's Degree or equivalent experience
Experience in regulatory oversight, audit readiness, and leadership
Familiarity with California and Federal regulatory programs related to Electric Operations
Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and engineering program processes and procedures
Proven ability to prepare materials for and effectively communicate/present findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity, gain consensus on path forward
Working knowledge of process instrumentation and controls and/or structured process improvement or process reengineering
Ability to interview personnel at all levels to validate process and controls
Knowledge of work methods and procedures in order to accurately identify risks and areas for improvement
Ability to work independently and be effective in team settings
Leadership or facilitation training (e.g., crucial conversations and facilitative leadership)
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or equivalent
Completion of professional auditor training
Causal Evaluation Certification (e.g., Barrier Analysis, Fault Tree, 5-Whys, HFACS)
Certification in Causal Evaluation (e.g., Conger/Elsie, Tonex, Cocrane (Firebird), Apollo, ASQ, TapRooT®, ISO9000, Sologic, Cause Mapping, or equivalent)
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)

Company

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States.

H1B Sponsorship

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (42)
2024 (32)
2023 (14)
2022 (22)
2021 (16)
2020 (18)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$30.29B
Key Investors
DOE Loan Programs OfficeUS Department of Energy
2024-12-17Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2024-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $2.35B
2024-09-24Grant· $34.5M

Leadership Team

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Patricia Poppe
Chief Executive Officer, PG&E Corporation
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Sumeet Singh
Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and EVP, Energy Delivery
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