Safety & Infrastructure Protection Technician- Various Locations

Requisition ID # 159818 

Job Category: Environmental Management / Safety 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Jackson; Burney; Clearlake; Garberville; Hollister; Livermore; Mariposa; Santa Rosa; Willows

Department Overview

PG&E Safety & Infrastructure Protection (SIP) Teams provide direct defense of utility infrastructure, conduct safety and prevention, mitigation, and maintenance activities on company properties or rights of way, year-round. In addition, SIP Teams provide safety standby services to PG&E employees performing high-risk work activities. A SIP team is staffed by a SIP Crew Lead and a SIP Technician who operate a PG&E vehicle that meets the minimum capabilities of a Type 6 wildland fire engine. Both the SIP Crew Lead and SIP Technician are represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). PG&E has 48 teams located throughout our service territory in high fire-threat areas.

Position Summary

SIP Technicians perform a variety of tasks under the general leadership of a SIP Team Crew Lead. Typical work includes providing emergency first aid at PG&E work sites, conducting PG&E safety inspections, asset protection standby (during “hot work”) at PG&E work sites, mixing and applying retardant to protect PG&E infrastructure, medical response standby services, and other duties as assigned.

Available positions are possible at the following locations: Garberville, Clearlake, Burney, Willows, Santa Rosa, Jackson, Livermore, Hollister, and Mariposa.  These locations may be subject to change due to business needs, but available locations will be in the PG&E service territory.

The position is a General Construction position and individuals must be able to travel and transfer to a new headquarters upon request at any time; throughout the entire PG&E service territory with no guarantees as to how long you will be away from home. This is subject to change based on business needs.

This classification is represented by IBEW Local 1245, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $34.53 per hour.  This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.  

This position is a DOT (Department of Transportation) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.

Job Responsibilities

Primary Duties:

• Provide emergency first aid and medical standby at PG&E work sites
• Conduct safety inspections including defensible space inspections and fuel hazard assessment at PG&E facilities
• Support PG&E asset protection efforts including mixing and applying retardant
• Accompany vegetation management crews during wildfire recovery to suppress incidental ignitions per the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) approval
• Asset protection at PG&E-owned facilities and may accompany crews, as needed and during wildfires, as permitted by the AHJ
• Mop up of fire-damaged PG&E assets as authorized by the AHJ
• May perform PG&E emergency standby duties, as needed by a “competent person” (pursuant to RC 23487) in coordination with the AHJ or Incident Commander
• Supports monitoring of weather conditions during potential Public Safety Power Shutoff events
• May provide continuing medical and technical training and build safety awareness of crews (e.g. tailboards and work observations, confined space)
• Maintain EMT/CPR/AED skills and certification
• Maintain a status of being physically fit; per the negotiated standard, to include annual testing
• Maintain all required training as agreed to by the parties
• Participate in emergency drills including coordination with the AHJ
• Required to maintain a Class C license
• Required to participate in the Employer Pull Notice Program (EPN) with DMV
• Other duties as agreed upon by the parties in support of PG&E Field Operations
• Perform Defensible Space mitigation work around PG&E assets.
• Conduct Live Fuel Moisture Sampling

 Secondary Duties:

• Guides for out of area/mutual aid crews during major events
• Debris Clean up after a major event
• Patrol duties to observe and report out on facilities.
• OEC and Base Camp support
• May support local spill response and clean-up efforts
• Facility Inspections, including but not limited to walk arounds
• May perform fire extinguisher inspections
• May assist in the development of fire response playbooks
• May provide medical and safety training
• Exterior Substation Patrols – to include installation and corrections for encroachments (e.g. vegetation removal, animal abatement, inspection of facility locks; crushed rock around fence exterior perimeters; install/replace visual barriers on fencing, visual inspection of cameras lights.
• Provide labor support to crews at the direction of a Crew Foreman

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must possess a high school diploma or GED
• Must possess a valid California Class C driver’s license by day one of employment
• Ability to work in types of weather conditions
• Ability to drive safety in all weather and road conditions
• Ability to work extended hours, nights, weekends and holidays
• EMT-Emergency Medical Technician 1 certification (must be a license issued by a California LEMSA)
• Incident Command System 100 and 200 certifications or equivalent
• Basic fire safety training which may include Cal Fire Basic Academy, National Wildfire Coordinating Group Firefighter 2 Certification, California State Fire Marshall Firefighter 1 Academy, National Fire Protection Association Firefighter 1 Certification, military firefighter training or equivalent.
• If the Company acquires fire apparatus that requires specific licensing, the Company reserves the right to require incumbents to acquire said licensing at Company expense.
• Ability to pass company-required physical abilities assessment upon employment offer (Post Offer Physical Assessment – POPA)
• Ability to obtain other motor vehicle licensing as required by the company based on business need
• Internal PG&E employees: Must have qualified on the Work Orientation Inventory/Physical Driving (WOI_PT) prior to application.
• External and Hiring Hall Candidates: Must qualify on the Work Orientation Inventory/Physical Driving (WOI_PT) prior to interviewing

 Desired:

• Three (3) years of fire protection related experience OR
• Cal-JAC journey certificate in firefighter EMT or firefighter paramedic
• Associate degree in Fire Science, Natural Resources, Forestry, Business or other closely related field
• Local government/wildland agency experience
• National Wildfire Coordinating Group L-180 Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service Certification
• S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior certification
• Emergency Medical Technician EMT Paramedic certification
• State Fire Marshal company officer certifications

Pre-Employment Testing

PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application, and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.

• Post-Offer Physical Assessment for Safety & Infrastructure Protection Jobs
• Work Orientation Inventory-Physical/Technical Driving