Senior Manager Engineering Services

Senior Manager Engineering Services of Standard, Maintenance and System Health

At Portland General Electric, we're committed to delivering safe, reliable, and sustainable energy to our community—and we need strong leaders to help us get there. As a Senior Manager Engineering Services of Standard, Maintenance and System Health, you will provide leadership to managers and professional associates as well as be accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams. In this role, you will develop departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities and decision making will be guided by department/district objectives.

Key Job Information: Senior Manager Engineering Services 6946 Grade 10 Career Level: M3

Key Responsibilities:

• General Management: Oversees multiple departments that provide engineering support and services to utility operations and support PGE's service delivery and reliability.
• Engineering Operations: Oversees departmental operations; provides leadership to a professional workforce through multiple direct report managers. Ensures all departments and functions operate in alignment with federal, state and local regulations, standards, laws, regulations and company policies and strategies. Fosters a safe and healthy culture, holds managers and employees accountable for working safely, consistently and fairly, enforcing all safety, health and work rules. Ensures that all managers implement all aspects of managerial accountabilities and foster a culture and environment in line with PGE's values. Ensures that employees develop an operational understanding of PGE's strategic direction; departmental vision, values and goals; customer focus; and the impact of departmental functions and activities on customers and PGE's bottom line.
• Manage Strategy: Develops strategies for establishing highest-level functional priorities and ensuring achievement of major corporate objectives; interprets corporate policies and direction statements to carry out intent of senior management. Establishes partnerships with other departments/functional areas to develop and implement plans in response to changing markets, competitive pressures and customer expectations.
• Manage External/Internal Relationships: Communicates engineering plans, budgets and recommendations; works proactively with peer managers/directors and peer utilities to leverage best practices; works strategically with peer managers/directors to ensure the most effective use of resources, including resource sharing to offset outside labor costs; works with FERC Compliance, Environmental Services and Utility Operations to develop a strategy to meet regulatory requirements; provides expert testimony and represents the company's position related to functional area.
• Functional Leadership: Exercises comprehensive functional and industry knowledge in specialized areas; identifies and resolves complex multidimensional business problems; exercises delegated authority over planning, direction and timely execution for a functional area or program; establishes and maintains contacts with management levels within and outside the company and at government agencies and with industry experts in accomplishing function or program objectives.
• Financial Management: Sets strategy and develops plans, policies and processes for the accounting, budgeting and, where applicable, charging of department resources and services, including the definition of cost models and charging models; sets, negotiates, approves and manages all financial budgets and targets, ensuring that there is adequate funding for department objectives and plans.
• Resourcing: Oversees workforce planning and resource strategy across multiple departments, ensuring that there is adequate skilled resource to meet planned service delivery or department objectives; ensures integration with strategic human resource plans; responsible for recruitment, development and demand forecasts for multiple departments.
• Professional Development: Determines organizational development needs in line with business needs and strategic direction of departments; generates development strategies to achieve required change; monitors progress and evaluates business benefits achieved.

Education/Experience/Certifications:

• Education: Requires a bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or civil engineering or other related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Typically 12 or more years in utility design, operations or related fields, including significant project management experience. Management experience preferred.
• Certifications, Licenses and Training: Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred.
• Valid Driver's License required

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities):

• Expert knowledge of engineering and economic principles and concepts.
• Expert knowledge of the principles, concepts and methods used in utility engineering, construction and maintenance.
• Expert knowledge of industry and technology trends.
• Expert knowledge of company QA/QC process and procedures.
• Expert knowledge of PGE's system, rules and regulations, and applicable codes relating to functional area (e.g., NEC, NESC, NERC, FERC).
• Expert knowledge of project management principles, process and procedures for project controls and estimates.
• Advanced knowledge of PGE tariff, rules, policies and practices.
• Advanced knowledge of construction feasibility.
• Advanced knowledge of procurement and contract administration, accounting and budgeting.

General Competencies:

• Expert analytical thinking skills.
• Expert business acumen.
• Expert business process interrelationship skills.
• Expert customer focus skills.
• Expert decision-making skills.
• Expert knowledge of the utility industry.
• Expert organization and prioritization skills.
• Expert problem-solving skills.
• Expert written/oral communication skills.
• Advanced conflict management skills
• Advanced influence skills
• Advanced negotiation skills
• Advanced organization management skills.
• Advanced presentation and facilitation skills
• Advanced resource management skills.
• Advanced risk management skills.

Leader Practices:

• Drives Vision and Purpose
• Business Insight
• Strategic Mindset
• Develops Talent
• Manages Ambiguity

Physical Capabilities:

• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently
• Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Occasionally
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Lifting/pushing/pulling: Up to 10 lb
• Carrying: Up to 10 lb
• Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces)
• Stairs (over 10 steps)

Environment - Indoor/Outdoor:

• Office
• Plant
• Field

PGE supports hybrid flexible work arrangements; and will have a combination of in-the-office and working offsite. However, these arrangements may change due to business needs or changes in responsibility.

Compensation Range: $148,750.00 - $276,250.00 Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future.

Join us today and power your potential! Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric. PGE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where employees feel connected, valued, and empowered to thrive. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.