Manager, Distribution Inspections and Maintenance Strategy
Company: PG&E Corporation
Location: Danville
Posted on: March 25, 2026
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Job Description:
Requisition ID 171153 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job
Level: Manager/Principal Business Unit: Strategy & Growth Work
Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon;
Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach;
Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota;
Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney;
Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola;
Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord;
Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville;
Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield;
Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno;
Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley;
Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt;
Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore;
Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake;
Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville;
Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto;
Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing;
Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale;
Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo
Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo
Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter
Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond;
Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain;
Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco;
San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael;
San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella;
Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San
Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock;
Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville;
West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek;
Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City Department Overview
Welcome to Electric Asset Management (EAM). We are responsible for
electric system asset strategy, standards and procedures and risk
management across Transmission, Distribution, and Substation asset
families. Within EAM, the Distribution group delivers risk?informed
strategic planning and uses inspection insights and asset data to
drive informed maintenance and investment decisions. The
Distribution Asset Risk Management (ARM) team—comprising Asset
Failure Analysis (AFA), Asset Insights, and Inspections &
Maintenance Strategy (I&M)—focuses on developing and
continuously improving how PG&E monitors and maintains its
assets to support a resilient, reliable grid and helps keep our
communities safe. This Manager role will be responsible for leading
the I&M Team. Position Summary As a leader in Electric Asset
Management, our goal is to ensure our distribution assets deliver
safe, reliable, and sustainable energy through strategic asset
planning and management. Within this team, the Inspections and
Maintenance strategy plays a critical role in optimizing the
management of over 2.3 million distribution wood poles and over
80,000 circuit miles of primary conductor. The team oversees the
short-term and long-term I&M strategies, as well as advancing
continuous improvement to ensure inspection procedures and
technology are updated to incorporate insights from technical
testing, failure analysis and Subject Matter Expertise input. The
successful candidate will interface with various external
regulatory entities to provide updates on various I&M programs
and commitments. There are several compelling initiatives in play
that will require a competent, passionate, mission-driven leader to
navigate the I&M team through development and delivery:
Megabundling Expansion: We are strategically pivoting to
circuit-based inspections, to grow the success seen in our
“Megabundling” maintenance tag work. This is projected to increase
our “eyes on risk”, while saving hundreds of millions of dollars
over the next 5 years. Drone based GO165 Certification: In 2026, we
will execute an aerial inspection (vs ground) effectiveness pilot,
with the intention of approving drone-based data collection to meet
criteria required for GO165 detailed inspections. Asset Health
Monitoring: With the development of innovative new sensors and
A.I./LLMs, we are reimagining the traditional maintenance approach,
and assessing opportunities to implement additional touchpoints
and/or “continuous monitoring” on some of our assets in order to
safely extend life, and redeploy resources to more surgically
target known risk. This position is hybrid, working from your
remote office and your assigned work location based on business
need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E
Service Territory. 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: $?144,000 Bay Area
Maximum: $?244,000 &/OR? California Minimum: $?137,000
California Maximum: $232,000 Job Responsibilities Strategically
develops and oversees inspection and tag maintenance workplans, for
detailed GO165, infrared, and intrusive Pole Test and Treat
programs, as well as special projects for emergent issues. Supports
the development and reporting for the annual Wildfire Mitigation
Plan (WMP) and some General Rate Case (GRC) chapters. Report-outs
to leaders in EAM in WORs and MORs, and to the Executive Leadership
Team (ELT). Partners with Regulatory and Compliance staff to ensure
compliance with all regulatory requirements and support regulatory
activities by supplying information for filings, data requests, and
meeting with regulators. Develops, owns and/or implements policies,
standards, and procedures. Develops long term strategy for
distribution infrastructure while ensuring it is consistent,
developed in concert with stakeholders (e.g. Risk Management,
Distribution Compliance), and aligned with company objectives.
Creates data-based decision support tools to identify
sustainability issues and inform asset strategy planning. Develops
and manages department budgets, regularly monitoring expenses
against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget
items and/or variances. Oversees the strategy and operations of
assigned distribution asset programs. Ensures program work is
scheduled, prioritized, completed on time and within budget while
monitoring and remaining complaint with all regulatory
requirements. Interfaces with key stakeholders as necessary.
Manages Supervisors and Professional employees. Manages staff to
accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection,
training and development, performance management, rewards, and
recognition. Qualifications Minimum: Bachelors Degree in
Engineering or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Experience in project life cycle, job-related Experience in
engineering, job-related, 8 years OR Experience in operations,
job-related, 8 years OR Experience in business, job-related, 8
years Desired: Experience in cycle time planning, distribution
assets, 15 years Masters Degree in job-related discipline or
equivalent experience. Proven track record of developing
data-driven strategies and managing cross-functional teams to
deliver large-scale infrastructure projects. Demonstrated success
in managing teams. Working knowledge of Electric Distribution
inspections, construction, and/or maintenance. Familiarity with
CPUC General Orders 95 and 165.
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