Emergency Management Specialist, Principal

Responsibilities

• Leverages expertise from various key departments to identify continuous process improvement opportunities.
• Prepares revisions to the Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for 88 PG&E owned dams and water control structures.
• Establishes training seminars and coordinates EAP drills, tabletop, and functional exercises.
• Coordinates preparedness activities with internal and external partners to support an effective readiness posture.
• Manages the planning, development, and implementation of functional area support for emergency incident response, restoration, and recovery efforts associated with PG&E dams.
• Liaises between departments and functions within key departments and the Company to align emergency response plans.
• Supports emergency activations and operations for dam safety emergencies and emergency centers/teams during actual emergencies.
• Interfaces at all levels of leadership regarding dam safety emergency response actions.
• Identifies risks and/or vulnerabilities of hazards related to emergency planning, response, and preparedness for PG&E dams.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to address associated risks effectively and in line with the True North Strategy (TNS).
• Gathers and utilizes information from post-event critiques and ensures action items are completed and enforced.
• Analyzes trends and recommends improvements to senior leadership.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates Power Generation emergency action plans, processes, procedures and roles, operations guides and manuals.
• Maintains and enhances the EAP program to include preparation, prevention, response, and recovery.
• Plans, facilitates, and schedules regular EAP training exercises as team leader.
• Determines the target audience, oversees training scheduling and communication, monitors training attendance, conducts debriefing sessions after each exercise to assess effectiveness, and identifies areas for improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Emergency Management or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 9 years of utility related industry, or emergency planning, preparedness, and response experience
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Civil Engineering preferred
• 5+ years experience in Hydroelectric industry with focus on dams and water control structures
• Utility industry experience
• Emergency Operations Center (EOC) training
• Extensive knowledge of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations for dam safety and emergency action plans
• Extensive knowledge of inundation mapping, dam breach modeling, California Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) and California Government Code section 8589.5 requirements
• Incident Command System (ICS) certification
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) certification
• Business Continuity Planning (BCP) certification, or similar