Senior Gas Quality Control Specialist

Requisition ID # 172852 

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno; Bakersfield; Merced; Modesto

Department Overview

Gas Operations oversees the natural gas transmission and distribution operations. The team maintains and operates 6,700 miles of gas transmission pipeline, 43,000 miles of distribution main, 3.6 million gas services, three PG&E-owned storage facilities with 102 BCF capacity, nine compressor stations with 175K HP, and 5,000 measurement and control facilities. Gas Operations is comprised of approximately 6,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

Prepares, conducts, and evaluates assessments for Engineering, Construction & Operations in accordance with gas work procedures, policies, and design standards. May be involved in functions related to supporting and communicating assessment findings. Conducts quality assessments both independently and as a team member. Compiles and reports out quality assessment results to other interested parties and verifies Operator Qualifications of assessed employees and instrument calibration records.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need.

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: $​105,000

Bay Area Maximum: $​169,000

&/OR​

California Minimum: $​100,000

California Maximum: $161,000

Job Responsibilities

• Applies advanced knowledge to collect, verify and analyze information relative to Gas Quality Management objectives, scope and criteria, including information relative to interfaces between functions, activities, and processes.
• Instrumental in the development of Gas Quality Management work procedures and documents, scorecards and related documents due to expertise.
• Evaluates assessment results to determine procedural adherence, process gaps and trends, including identification of opportunities for improvement.
• Regularly conducts and schedules Gas Quality Management assessment entrance and close out meetings as well as follow up activities.
• Contributes as a Subject Matter Expert regarding Work Procedures and Standards & Policies pertaining to areas of specialization: For example: Corrosion, Leak Survey, Damage Prevention, Construction, Distribution, Transmission, Gas Field Services, and Gas Pipeline Operations & Maintenance
• Communicates audit progress, assessment results, and corrective action activities to various levels of management.
• Gathers information from assessments and submits appropriate reports.
• Supports enterprise quality, compliance and continuous improvement efforts and initiatives.
• Conducts review of regulations, standards, procedures, records, data and other documents relevant to quality efforts.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma

• 5 years of relevant experience at journeyman status or 5 years equivalent experience in gas infrastructure or quality control.
• 1 year of gas quality control specialist experience.
• Valid CA driver’s license
• 70% Field - 30% Office

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience in field work, gas operations
• Experience at PG&E, job-related
• Experience in GPOM and/or Corrosion
• ASQ-American Society for Quality Improvement Specialist certification
• ASQ-American Society for Quality CQA-Certified Quality Auditor certification