Senior Gas Technical Specialist

Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: June 24, 2025

Job Description:

Requisition ID 165639 Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Gas Engineering Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: San Ramon Department Overview Gas Engineering is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable flow of natural gas to our customers. Gas Engineering aids in the operations, maintenance, construction, and planning for the gas assets that transport, store, compress, regulate, measure, and deliver gas to 4.6 million customers. The Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) is responsible for compliance with 49 CFR 192, Subpart P and supports gas distribution asset management. DIMP provides integrity management of the gas distribution system by identifying and mitigating risk for all gas distribution assets. The DIMP Risk team is responsible for risk assessment by understanding gas distribution assets and their condition, identifying threats, and modeling the likelihood and consequences of failure. In addition to meeting compliance with 49 CFR 192, Subpart P, this team also supports gas distribution asset management, regulatory filings, and enterprise risk management. Position Summary The Gas Technical Specialist, Senior provides GIS and database support for the implementation of risk management duties. Responds to queries and resolves technical issues. Leads and/or supports the preparation of annual regulatory reports. Support process improvements for the DIMP Team, effectively communicate and collaborate across various teams within Gas Operations and Gas Engineering, including GIS Solutions, Gas Distribution Engineering & Design, TIMP, and IT to ensure successful deliverables. This role will be required to understand and implement technical solutions related to relevant requirements of 49 CFR 192, CPUC General Order 112-F, and other regulatory and company commitments, standards, and policies. This position will report to the Manager of the DIMP Risk team. Occasional travel for field visits, averaging less than 5 times a year. 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 (San Ramon). 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. ? A reasonable salary range is: ? Bay Area Minimum:$102,000 Bay Area Maximum:$162,000 This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. Job Responsibilities • Provide advanced user support and data integration, with expertise in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, AGOL, SQL, Python, Model Builder, MS Excel, database management, project management, and process development • Develop and perform advanced data gathering, data integration, and quality control procedures for geospatial data, interface with data source systems to resolve complex issues; estimate impact of data issues to compliance and business commitments • Identify user quality control, support and data integration process improvement opportunities, gather input and agreement on new requirements and lead implementation, communication and training around process revisions/changes. • Lead special projects related to GIS. Develop reporting, progress tracking, and metrics sharing for executive summaries. • Create and update metadata and catalog GIS layers, including documenting work flow procedures for staff using GIS, both in the office and in the field. • Lead efforts related to the preparation of annual reports to FERC, (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), SEC (Security and Exchange Commission), OPS (Office of Pipeline Safety) and CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission). • Support advanced enterprise GIS data modeling and data capture initiatives, develop and review software functionality requirements. • Lead GIS software, hardware and database projects and initiatives. • Work collaboratively with other work groups and vendors, troubleshoot issues, produce technical communication. • Lead projects and efforts related to opportunities for improvement in the way work is done, share expertise and lessons learned. • Demonstrate by personal action a 100% commitment to employee and public safety. • Coach and mentor other GIS Technical Specialists. Qualifications- Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant experience. • 5 years of experience with GIS applications. • 3 years of experience in the utility industry. • 3 years of experience in ArcGIS 9.x or later. Desired Qualifications: Master’s degree in data science, applied sciences, statistics, engineering or similar field. Certified GIS Professional. Advanced coursework with SQL, Python, Model Builder. UPDM data model & relational database experience. Integrity Management and Risk Management experience. Project Management experience. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and (Technical) Competencies: Knowledge of 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart P. Advanced Proficiency in ArcGIS 9.x or later and ArcGIS Online (AGOL). Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook/Word/Excel. Power user skillset in Oracle or SQL server databases, ability to run complex SQL Queries. Proficiency in a programming language – Shell script, Python, or Visual Basic. Competency with commonly used data science programming languages, packages, and tools such as R, NumPy, or Geopandas.

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