EOC Distribution Branch, Principal

Requisition ID # 158690 

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Position Summary

The Emergency Management Specialist participates in designing, developing, and maintaining Emergency Preparedness plans, processes, standards, and programs. Incumbents manage the tools to support key operational programs to effectively support emergency response efforts across the organization including internal and external facing websites and software applications and are responsible for providing emergency training exercises and drills to internal coworkers in various departments involved in emergency planning and business continuity. Responsibilities also include the coordination of preparedness activities with internal and external partners to support an effective readiness posture to identified hazards and ensuring assigned employee groups perform effectively in emergency situations and operate the transmission or distribution grid in a reliable manner.

• This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

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, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, 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.

Bay Minimum: $128,000
Bay Maximum: $218,000

&/OR

CA Minimum: $122,000
CA Maximum: $207,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

Job Responsibilities

• Manages the planning, development, and implementation of functional area support for emergency incident restoration and recovery efforts, including the associated tools and software such as Distribution SCADA load shed, Circuit Block Identifier (CBI), Electric Emergency Program Automated Communication System (EEPACS).
• May serve on permanent emergency management team to support the activation and operation of one or more centralized or regional emergency operations centers or teams during an actual emergency.  Leads activation and operation of the Emergency Operations Center.
• Participates in annual functional Company exercise design and execution.  Reviews and updates plan template format and content and train team-mates and clients in use of templates.  Supports evaluation of the effectiveness of disaster recovery planning and recovery strategies.  Gathers and utilizes information from post-event critiques and ensures action items are completed and enforced. Analyzes trends and recommends improvements to senior leadership.
• Supports the project team to plan, schedule and conduct a wide range of complex Emergency Preparedness drills and oversees the scenario development portion of the exercise.  Supports training in programmatic areas and assists in delivering Incident Command System (ICS) training.  Liaisons between departments and functions within key departments and the Company to align emergency response plans.
• Develops and presents specific emergency management strategies which are aligned with the True North Strategy (TNS) for approval and implementation across functional areas Implements policies, procedures, and systems required for maintaining and enhancing functional area specific emergency management to include preparation, prevention, response, and recovery.  
• Implements emergency preparedness training and provides ongoing support and consultation to coworkers in relation to Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity. 
• Identifies risks and/or vulnerabilities of hazards related to emergency planning, response, and preparedness. Partners with cross-functional teams to address associated risks effectively and in line with the TNS.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates functional area emergency preparedness and Business Continuity plans, processes, procedures and roles, operations guides and manuals.  Engages coworkers to maintain accuracy of emergency processes and procedures as business needs change. Ensures alignment and compliance with enterprise BCP initiatives, emergency plans and annual exercises.
• May represent the company in contacts with other utilities, various industry boards, committees, regulatory agencies, governmental bodies, and other private organizations.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or equivalent experience
• 9 years of utility related industry, or emergency planning, preparedness, and response experience.

Desired:

• Emergency Operations Center (EOC) training
• Experience as a Distribution Branch Director 
• Familiarity with utility electric distribution systems 
• Incident Command System (ICS) certification
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) certification
• Business Continuity Planning (BCP) certification, or similar

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