Pacific Gas and Electric Company · 12 hours ago
Senior Business System Specialist - Location Flexible
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$102K/yr - $162K/yr
4+ years expPacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Senior Business System Specialist with hands-on experience in Asset Performance Management solutions within the utility industry. This role involves collaborating with Electric Operations and IT teams to enhance asset data management, maintenance processes, and operational workflows to drive reliability and risk reduction.
EnergyEnergy EfficiencyNatural ResourcesOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Primarily responsible for administration and support of APM solution used by substation operations for construction, maintenance, and inspection
Partner with Electric Operations stakeholders to understand field construction and maintenance workflows and translate them into system requirements and usable solutions
Lead requirements gathering sessions (workshops, interviews, process mapping), document current/future state, and drive alignment across IT and Operations
Own end-to-end requirements artifacts: business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, data needs, and test scenarios
Coordinate with technical teams and vendors on solution design, integrations, and data flows (including alignment with SAP where applicable)
Support change management: stakeholder communications, training needs, release readiness, and operational adoption
Help prioritize backlog/work based on business value, risk reduction, reliability impact, and operational feasibility
Provide ongoing production support mindset: issue triage, root cause coordination, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
BA/BS in Business, Engineering, Computer Science/Information Systems, etc. or equivalent work experience
4 years of job related experience in Business, IT or Engineering fields
Participation in projects of medium to high complexity
Continuous education in IT and business specific areas
Preferred
APM experience in the utility industry (electric preferred): exposure to asset health, predictive analytics, reliability programs, or maintenance optimization in an operational environment
Good understanding of systems used by field employees supporting construction and maintenance (work management, mobile/field tools, inspections, work orders, etc.)
Strong knowledge of electric utility assets and operations processes (substation and/or distribution/transmission assets; maintenance, inspection, corrective work, outages, compliance workflows)
Proven experience leading requirements sessions and facilitating discussions across IT, operations, and leadership stakeholders
Ability to translate operational needs into clear, testable requirements and drive decisions through ambiguity
Strong communication skills: can explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and operational realities to technical teams
SAP experience (EAM/PM, work management, master data concepts, notifications/work orders, integrations) strongly preferred
Experience working with APM platforms (any vendor) and integrating with enterprise systems (SAP, GIS, data lake/warehouse, historian/SCADA, reporting tools)
Utility field deployment/adoption experience (training, change management, go-live support)
Familiarity with asset health indices, risk frameworks, or reliability metrics in electric operations
Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$30.29BKey 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
Patricia Poppe
Chief Executive Officer, PG&E Corporation
Sumeet Singh
Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and EVP, Energy Delivery
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