Engineering Branch Supervisor (

About the role

The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) is seeking an Engineering Branch Supervisor (Program and Project Supervisor) to develop cutting-edge policy and oversee implementation of electrical corporations' efforts to reduce utility-ignited wildfires.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, delegate, and direct the activities of Engineering Branch staff
• Direct technical work to ensure it conforms with applicable rules and regulations and is timely scheduled and completed
• Evaluate work performance
• Provide training for staff development with regards to tracking, reporting, analyzing, and investigating utility WMPs
• Review and evaluate, or oversee the evaluation of, technical sections of electric utilities' WMPs, including those related to wildfire risk modeling and electrical infrastructure design, operation, and maintenance

Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of wildfire risk and safety
• Knowledge of utility grid operations, emergency management, wildfire risk reduction and / or public safety power shutoffs

Qualifications

• One year of experience at the level of Senior Utilities Engineer in the California state service
• OR One year of experience in California state service performing economic, engineering, financial or statistical analysis related to the regulation of a gas, electric, communications or water utility in a class at the level of Public Utilities Regulatory Program Specialist II
• OR Experience: Broad, extensive (more than five years) and progressively responsible technical experience with a gas, electric, communications, or water utility, or with an allied industry involving familiarity with the operation of one of these utilities or with a utility regulatory agency. At least two years of this experience shall have been in a responsible administrative capacity.
• Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in engineering, economics, public policy, accounting, statistics or other related fields.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of wildfire risk and safety
• Knowledge of utility grid operations, emergency management, wildfire risk reduction and / or public safety power shutoffs

Pay

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