Expert Lean Specialist - Bay Region

PG&E
United States, California, Oakland
Jan 29, 2025
Requisition ID# 160803 Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Gas Operations Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Concord; Pleasant Hill; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Mateo; San Ramon; Vallejo; Walnut Creek Department Overview The Lean Operations team at PG&E establishes the strategy and approach to ensure the continued development, improvement, and ownership of the PG&E company-wide lean methodology. Specifically, this position will support the team tasked with implementing the Lean Operating System across Electric and Gas. The goals for the team are: Develop and support leadership engagement at all levels of Operations, including union leadership on the Lean Operating System (Lean). Implement the 5 Lean plays across all areas of Electric and Gas Operations. Establish standards and controls to ensure quality and consistency. Lead the expansion of 5S activities across Operations. Develop and implement the full Lean yard concept in the five regions and develop plan to expand. Organize and support the cross-functional problem solving in 19 Divisions. Engage and support frontline workers, and unlock the power of coworker engagement with Lean, PSEMS and Breakthrough Thinking. Align Lean implementation approach with Enterprise Lean Office. Position Summary Supports the Lean journey through role modeling and an ability to influence change. Executes on the vision for the organization, aligns the regional teams and functional areas with PG&E's Lean vision, and provides ongoing coaching to facilitate and sustain Lean deployment. Monitors the health and progress of their regional and/or functional area by leveraging Lean resources to drive the most impact. Continuously builds Lean skills through training and hands-on experience. Directly supports frontline coworkers to operate with higher levels of safety, quality and affordability. The assigned work location will be headquartered in Santa Rosa, Chico, Fresno, Oakland, or San Jose. This role will support one of the following Regions; North Coast, North Valley and Sierra, Bay Area, South Bay and Central Coast, or Central Valley. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location 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 thejob posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, geographic location, and internal equity.Although we estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors. A reasonable salary range is: Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $118,000.00 Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $153,000.00 Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $188,000.00 Minimum Base Salary (California) $112,000.00 Mid Base Salary (California) $145,000.00 Maximum Base Salary (California) $179,000.00 Job Responsibilities Supports Lean deployment and sustainability across frontline coworkers in Electric and Gas Operations. Facilitates trainings for regional and/or functional area Lean team (e.g., Lunch and Learns, Bootcamps) Supports regional and functional area to deploy core Lean tools (e.g., operating reviews, standard work). Spends significant portion of time with regional and/or functional area team problem solving content, conducting observations, and providing coaching. Conducts Lean assessments and regional and/or functional area team to monitor Lean maturity. Has strong level of Lean knowledge to be able to leverage best practices and all available resources. Ability to work independently, be self- disciplined and self- motivated Competency in planning and prioritizing work, drive projects end to end Competency in solving problems, sometimes in ambiguous situations, and escalating as needed Conduct process confirmations of huddles and other core Lean tools to ensure quality (F1-F4 level), observe Lean behaviors, andcoachleaders Travel 25% - 50% Qualifications Minimum: Bachelors Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience Job-related experience, 6 years CA Class C License, or equivalent Desired: Understand PG&E's Lean Management System and how to connect such to the day-to-day work, including the culture of PG&E Experience with change management Experience deploying the core lean tools Competency in coaching people, especially leaders, to adopt and embrace lean tools, mindsets, and behaviors Skill in facilitating trainings, following up with reviews and coaching Ability to work independently, be self- disciplined and self- motivated Ability to role model lean behaviors and mindsets Ability to operate with can-do mindset and positivity to influence others (including leaders) and drive impact #featuredjob