GIS Technical Specialist
Company: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Requisition ID# 156818Job Category: Maintenance / Construction /
OperationsJob Level: Individual ContributorBusiness Unit: Gas
EngineeringWork Type: HybridJob Location: San RamonDepartment
OverviewGas Operations is focused on ensuring the safe and reliable
flow of natural gas to our customers. It is responsible for all
aspects of PG&E's gas distribution and transmission operations,
including planning, engineering, maintenance, operations,
construction, restoration and emergency response. This position is
located within the Transmission Integrity Management Program
(TIMP), which is responsible for maintaining and operating 6,700
miles of gas transmission pipelines throughout northern and central
California.The Gas Asset Risk Mitigation Strategy (ARMS) team is
responsible for supporting safety programs that reduces risk of
threats to gas transmission pipelines. The mission of the team is
to advance pipeline safety, pipeline integrity, and system
reliability through proactive risk-informed decision-making. This
position is located within the Transmission Integrity Management
Program (TIMP), which is responsible for maintaining and operating
6,700 miles of gas transmission pipelines throughout northern and
central California.Position SummaryThis career level Technical
Specialist position will assist in maintaining geospatial data
repositories as well as creating visualizations for reporting. The
successful candidate will work directly with the expert Technical
Specialist to support programs that deals with cross-functional
teams and to ensure proper data collection and management of
program data, manage program inquiries, as well as deliver
effective communication. Duties may include but are not limited
to-
- Works independently under limited direction and guidance
- Respond to requests for GIS queries or maps for special
projects
- Assist with gathering, integration, and quality control
procedures for geospatial data with large impact and risk to LOB or
function
- Assist with managing delivery of GIS-related data development
projects, gather input and agreement on new requirements,
implementation, communication, training, and documentation
efforts.
- Work with IT support teams to resolve day-to-day production
issues and quickly respond to issues to minimize the business
interruptions.
- Work on cross-functional projects with other work groups and
vendors, troubleshoot issues, produce technical communication,
- Develop metrics and process improvement programs for GIS-
related work processes.Minimal travel - travel to field sites for
training and team building about 5 times a year.Hybrid work with
regular (monthly) in-person attendance in the Bishop Ranch office
or the San Ramon Valley Conference Center.This position is hybrid,
working from your remote office and your assigned work location
(San Ramon, CA) 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:$93,000Bay Area Maximum:$139,000This job is also
eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive
compensation programs.Job Responsibilities
- Provide user support with GIS tools / functionality
- Provide GIS support and data integration.
- Gather, integrate, and convert data from various sources into
ArcGIS databases
- Develop and perform data gathering, data integration and
quality control procedures for geospatial data, interface with data
source systems to resolve issues
- Respond to requests for GIS queries or maps for special
projects.
- Create and update metadata and catalog GIS layers, including
documenting work flow procedures for staff using GIS, both in the
office and in the field.
- Develop and refresh GIS data for PG&E's external GIS web
sites and public outreach programs
- Support the preparation of annual reports to FERC, (Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission), SEC (Security and Exchange
Commission), OPS (Office of Pipeline Safety) and CPUC (California
Public Utilities Commission).
- Support enterprise GIS data modeling and data capture
initiatives as well as software functionality review.
- Assess and coordinate GIS software and hardware needs of the
department, evaluate new GIS software and databases
- Work collaboratively with other work groups and vendors,
troubleshoot issues, produce technical communication
- Continually identify opportunities for improvement in the way
work is done, share expertise and lessons learned
- Demonstrate by personal action a 100% commitment to employee
and public safety.
- Accurately identify Safety Critical Elements.
- Provide integrity assurance input to the Integrity Management
Program group.Qualifications-Minimum:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience
- 3 years of experience with GIS applications
- 1 year of experience in ArcGIS 9.x or later.
Desired:
- Bachelor's Degree, in engineering, geography, cartography,
planning, computer science or related field
- ArcGIS Online (AGOL) development and maintenance
- Proficiency in a programming language - Shell script, Python,
or Visual Basic
- Utility or Pipeline industry experience.
- Integrity Management experience.
- Knowledge of 49 CFR Part 192
- Experience with statistical sampling and data analytics
- Communication, presentation and teamwork skills
- Proficiency in team leadership and project management
- Certified GIS Professional
Keywords: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon , GIS Technical Specialist, IT / Software / Systems , San Ramon, California
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