Climate Adaptation Advisor (Hybrid Schedule)

Job Description

Primary Purpose
Responsible for the strategy, coordination, and execution of all aspects of Climate Adaptation initiatives, including CPUC compliance, in close coordination with key stakeholders and business units across SDG&E. Develop project requirements, facilitates team meetings, tracks project invoicing, and provides public facing presentations when required. The primary area of focus is climate change adaptation innovation and strategy alignment, which includes wildfire mitigation program advice, cross departmental coordination, community collaboration, and climate change impact analysis including complex climate modeling or interpretation of models. The Climate Adaptation Advisor will serve as subject matter expert across all climate change impacted business units, including regular executive level engagement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Advise on wildfire mitigation, customer resilience, and climate adaptation project activities in close collaboration with project managers, management, and leadership. Initiate relevant communications, plan development, contract revisions with supply management, and project status updates with respect to the approved budget. Independently exercises critical decision making with regard to project activities with significant company impact and climate change risk mitigation.
• Project execution responsibilities include communication plan execution, vendor coordination, training, and occasional field work.
• Project governance responsibilities include coordinating requirement gathering, invoice processing ,dispute resolution, and project/initiative documentation.
• Position will act as a subject matter expert in climate change adaptation and will be expected to present at various internal and external meetings, including after hours events. Participate in staffing outreach events; support seminars, education and training as needed. Serve as liaison between SDG&E's sustainability team to ensure broader organizational alignment.
• Respond to and support after hours incident response activities in person or remotely, whichever the incident requires. Maintain active status as an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) responder for any incident involving adverse weather conditions or wildfires.
• Perform other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Climate Adaptation, Atmospheric Sciences, Project Management, Business, Communications or equivalent experience. Required
• Master's Degree Climate Adaptation, Atmospheric Sciences, Project Management, Business or related field Preferred

Experience

• 3 years Related experience in climate analysis, atmospheric sciences, project management, energy management, business management, or program specific work. Required
• Formal education or equivalent work experience in project coordination. Preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and oral communication skills. Advanced Required
• Proactive, flexible, and attentive to detail in collaborating with others, dealing with issues, and prioritizing workload. Intermediate Required
• Successful track record in meeting aggressive project deadlines in a highly stressful environment. Intermediate Required
• Self-starter and ability to independently exercise critical thinking while weighing company risk. Advanced Required
• Ability to work effectively individually or in a team environment. Intermediate Required
• Competency in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint. Intermediate Required
• Familiar with project management and coordination principles, procedures, and concepts. Intermediate Preferred

Other Qualifications

• Occasional travel may be required.
• 24 hour response availability may be required.
• Textio - 2/15/23

Total Rewards Philosophy

Note: SDG E strives to ensure that employees are paid equitably and competitively. Starting salaries may vary based on factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, and education.

SDG E offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond base salary. This position is eligible for an annual performance-based incentive (bonus) as well as other merit-based recognition. Company benefits include health and welfare (medical, dental, vision), employer contributions to retirement benefits, life insurance, paid time off, as well as other company offerings such as tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and employee assistance programs.