Benefits for regular employees include CALPERS retirement, medical/dental insurance, paid life insurance, retirement health saving account, deferred compensation plan with employer match, paid time off, incentive pay, tuition reimbursement, wellness activities, employee assistance program, and employee development courses.
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Internal Number: 506
The City of Pittsburg, CA is seeking an experienced and dynamic Power Company Manager to support the Executive Director and Director of Community and Economic Development in managing and directing the Pittsburg Power Company and Island Energy. This role is responsible for overseeing daily operations, developing strategic goals, managing contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving business development opportunities. The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader with strong knowledge of energy utilities, regulatory compliance, contract management, and business development. They should possess excellent leadership, problem-solving, and financial management skills, with the ability to drive innovation and operational efficiency. This is an at-will position that provides complex staff assistance to the Executive Director or designee.
Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in the following:
Extensive experience in energy utility operations, public power, or municipal energy systems.
Proven ability to manage contracts, budgets, compliance programs, and large-scale projects.
Strong leadership and personnel management skills, with experience in staff supervision and development.
Knowledge of government regulations and industry best practices in energy utilities.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
Ability to communicate complex information to diverse stakeholders, including government officials, industry leaders, and the public.
Familiarity with PHMSA-DOT regulations and compliance programs.
About Pittsburg Power Company The Pittsburg Power Company (PPC) is a California municipal Joint Powers Agency (“JPA”) established in1997 between the City of Pittsburg and the City’s Redevelopment Agency. PPC operates and does business in two separate locations: 1. Within the City of Pittsburg, developing and supporting projects that will retain existing businesses and attract new business developments. PPC has partnered with private enterprises to develop over $2 billion of energy and industrial projects in Pittsburg since its creation in 1996. 2. PPC manages the electric distribution and natural gas utility systems on Mare Island, Vallejo. PPC acquired the electric and gas utility distribution franchise from the US Navy in 1997. Since inception, PPC has performed these utility distribution services on Mare Island under the common name “Island Energy”. Currently, PPC is advancing several energy project developments within the City of Pittsburg, including supplying utility services to a data center project. PPC staff continues to support the evaluation of renewable and alternative energy projects such as solar and fuel cells to lower City of Pittsburg’s facilities annual electricity costs.
Service Levels Include:
Develop opportunities between PPC, Island Energy, the City, the community, businesses, and industries on potential business interest in energy development projects.
Pursue service delivery of new electric load within the City of Pittsburg through strategic transmission and distribution systems interconnects.
Review new business opportunities that become available to PPC through legislative changes and/or technical advances in the gas and electric industry.
Collaborate between and with various power and related energy agencies, regulatory groups, and other public and private organizations.
Modernization of the electric distribution system on Mare Island, including the completion and implementation of digitized ArcGIS mapping and preparing for SCADA monitoring implementation.
Continue providing effective and reliable electric and gas utility services to Mare Island commercial and residential customers.
Any combination of education, experience, and training that would provide the best qualified candidates. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Education: Possession of the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business administration, public administration, economics, engineering, urban and regional planning, or another field of study applicable to the responsibilities and requirements of this job class. Possession of a master’s degree is desirable.
Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in utility programs or services, including three years of administrative and management responsibility.
The City of Pittsburg is a culturally rich and diverse community of over 72,000 residents and expected to grow to 90,000 in the next 20 years. Pittsburg is located in Northern California in the Bay Area Region and is perfectly situated for easy access to the greater Bay Area, San Francisco, Napa Valley, Sacramento, and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Lake Tahoe. Pittsburg City Hall is also conveniently located a short walk from the Pittsburg Center Station for the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), making a commute from cities throughout the Bay Area very easy. Pittsburg has waterfront homes, a performing arts theater, a variety of seasonal events, an extensive park system, a large public-school system, and a variety of shopping centers. It also offers extensive recreational facilities, including one of the California Delta's largest and most modern marinas. With its commitment to a quality community environment, Pittsburg is an ideal city in which to live, work and recreate.
The City of Pittsburg is a full-service city following the council-manager form of government. We have about 300 full time employees and about 350 employees total (depending on th...e season). Pittsburg is currently organized into the following departments: City Management, Community Development (Building, Engineering, and Planning), Community Services (Housing Authority, Pittsburg Power Company, and the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency), Economic Development and Recreation, Human Resources, Finance, Police, and Public Works (Operations/Maintenance, Utilities, Facilities, Parks, and Water Treatment).
