Department Overview

Land and Environmental is focused on protecting and managing PG&E’s land rights and rights-of-way (ROW), environmental permitting, and compliance by engaging our employees to better understand our clients’ businesses and provide superior customer service. Aligning our operations and team with the client organizations we support with: planning, execution, and overall service delivery.

The Land and Environmental Management, Wildfire Rapid Review team is responsible for providing land and environmental support to the Company’s approximate 140,000 miles of electric distribution lines, with a specific focus on the approximate 25,000 misidentified as within extreme and elevated wildfire risk areas. We establish goals related to safety, customer service, affordability, land management, and environmental compliance that require a collaborative, cross-functional effort of employees across the company. Together, we will become the leading corporate services organization and the leading utility in U.S.

Position Summary

This is a Journey-level Terrestrial Biologist position that works under the general direction of more senior biologists and/or project managers. The Journey-Level Terrestrial Biologist is responsible for small-to-moderate size projects consistent with a technical background. The Journey-Level Terrestrial Biologist participates in interdisciplinary teams utilizing intermediate-level knowledge of principles related to job responsibilities, utility operations, PG&E’s environmental management goals and objectives, and business processes. The position is expected to use independent judgment; enhanced verbal and written communication skills and have the ability to work with minimal supervision. The Journey-Level Terrestrial Biologist possesses an intermediate-level knowledge and understanding of local standards, ordinances, state, and federal laws that pertain to technical job responsibilities and can demonstrate successful management of multiple small to moderate-sized Company projects.

In this role, people and other resources are managed indirectly as part of a project team. The Journey-Level Terrestrial Biologist is responsible for the development and implementation of assigned projects and may spend a portion of time participating in or directing technical work in the field. The position requires a working knowledge of industry practices, standards, and equipment; Responsibilities may include Privileged and Confidential work.

Assignments typically require standard solutions but may include an increased level of innovation on a periodic basis. Under limited general direction, independently plans work to meet assigned objectives; progress is reviewed periodically for technical accuracy and adequacy in process and upon completion.

This position will be located in San Francisco, CA. Travel is estimated to be about % of the time throughout PG&E’s service territory.

This is an ESC represented exempt classification currently subject to collective bargaining.
Job Responsibilities

Some direction and supervision are required. The need for supervision is expected to decrease with increased time-in-grade. Job duties will include but are not limited to:

Safety:

*Performs all work in accordance with PG&E safety goals and practices
*Completes all required safety training
*Promotes safety awareness
*Conducts work in accordance with all safety procedures

Project Planning and Workload Management:

*Ensures that work scope, schedule, and cost are accurately defined and approved by the business partner before work proceeds on the project.
*Actively plan, estimate, and manage the biological work for specific projects
*Provides timely input to project schedules identifying known or likely requirements for seasonal bio-fieldwork and seasonal work constraints due to environmental issues
*Plans and schedules all surveys, monitoring, and compliance work to meet regulatory requirements
*Ensures that Project workload (including in-house and contract labor) is tracked and that targets (both schedule and budget) are met.
*Ensure the proper coordination, staff utilization, and satisfactory completion of all assigned work

Project Communication:

*Ensure that consistent cost and schedule updates are provided to project leads for each project supported
*Ensure that business partners are aware of potential cost over /underruns and any project deliverable schedule delays are identified as early in the project planning and implementation process as possible

Relationship Management:

*Works closely with senior staff and other technical disciplines to develop appropriate permitting/licensing and mitigation strategies
*Represent the company in agency/stakeholder interactions and negotiations to best meet the goals and objectives of PG&E while maintaining compliance with all state and federal guidelines and laws
*Develops and/or reviews agency or public meeting presentations for projects you are assigned and ensure that the presentation is factually accurate and based on sound scientific principles
*Assists in project communications and negotiations with regulatory agencies and other stakeholders on sensitive biological issues

Technical Project Management:

*As a member of a multidisciplinary project team, develops scope, schedule, and budget as the technical lead for the biological work component
*Assists in the development of strategic permitting and licensing guidance for business partners and contractors
*Develops project biological study plans and evaluate for cost-effectiveness
*Manages and provides technical oversight to contractors
*Plans and manages project studies and assessments associated with specific biological work scopes associated with licensing and permitting projects
*Helps develop technical responses to agency/NGO comments or requests for data

Technical Quality Assurance:

*Ensures that all technical work (contractor or self-generated) meets the current standards required by regulatory agencies
*Supports technical consistency across lines of the business, unit, and multiple projects

Cost/ Schedule Management:

*Manages cost commitments within the project budget
*Ensures project budgets are estimated and submitted as required by business partners.
*Provides technical and administrative oversight for contracted work
*Ensures that all schedule and deliverable commitments are met on or before the planned due date

Contractor Selection:

*Develops technical scope of work and requests for proposals
*Conducts proposal evaluations and select the successful bidder
*Supports company strategic sourcing and diversity supplier initiatives

Qualifications

Minimum:
*BS/BA degree in Natural Resources, Botany, Biology, Ecology, or related sciences with direct application to current job responsibilities.
*4 years of relevant industry or resource agency experience
* Must possess a valid California Driver’s License

Desired:
*Possesses intermediate-level knowledge of principles related to job responsibilities
*Possesses an intermediate-level knowledge and understanding of local standards and ordinances, as well as state, and federal laws that pertain to terrestrial resources
*Possesses an intermediate-level knowledge and understanding of local standards and ordinances, as well as state, and federal laws that pertain to terrestrial resources
*Effectively manages small to medium-sized projects or tasks (scope, schedule, and budget). Effectively manages multiple assignments concurrently. Prepares reports and provides recommendations to business partners based on an analytical approach.
*Demonstrated process and procedures improvement
* Problem-solving and uses independent judgment in applying appropriate principles and techniques in a broad range of situations to arrive at optimum solutions from the standpoint of practicality and cost-effectiveness
*Monitors and identifies potential variances from assigned budgets