At SDG&E, we are committed to the community we call home, delivering clean, safe and reliable energy to better the lives of the people we serve in San Diego and southern Orange counties. Our commitment means 40% of the energy that SDG&E delivers to customers comes from renewable sources, exceeding California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. We are modernizing natural gas pipelines; accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles; supporting numerous non-profit partners; and, investing in innovative technologies to ensure safe and reliable operation of the region’s infrastructure for generations to come. Learn more about our commitment to delivering clean, safe and reliable energy HERE.
Our highly trained and responsive employees with their diverse skills, talents and ideas are the reason we can deliver on our commitment and are building America’s best energy company. They are also the reason why we have been recognized with the industry’s most coveted awards. Our employees undertake challenging work, and receive highly competitive compensation and benefits. As one of the region’s largest employers, we’re always searching for talented and bright people to join our team. After all, it takes the best to build the best. Learn more about benefits HERE.
Diversity and inclusion are core values of SDG&E. Empowering our employees to be their whole selves at work is our competitive advantage. This is where new ideas come from and meaningful collaboration gets an authentic start. By bringing together people with different perspectives, diverse backgrounds and real commitment to their own individuality, we have built a stronger business. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion HERE.
Primary Purpose:
Provide a high-level of cultural resource environmental guidance and support to internal clients, peers, project teams and executive management to protect cultural resources and meet compliance and operational objectives. Cultural resources (i.e., pieces of pottery, stone tools, bones, human remains, rock drawings, historic buildings) may be found during company projects that involve trenching, grading, ground disturbance, replacing equipment on a line or during vegetation management work. Review and assess projects for potential impacts and permitting. Advocate the company position with government agencies to provide flexibility to company operations while meeting environmental compliance requirements. Routinely analyze and interpret existing and proposed legislation and regulatory requirements affecting company operations in collaboration with the law department when needed. Develop strategies to mitigate the impact to company operations. Develop compliance programs, procedures, trainings and presentations to support business objectives to ensure compliant operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conducts analysis of potential cultural resources impacts to existing and proposed company operations. Acts independently managing multiple jobs/projects concurrently providing technical support for environmental impacts to projects, development of permits, reports and related environmental standards and technical training materials. Identifies, provides justification for and implement short and long term strategic solutions for existing processes. As needed, develop new processes.
- Provides a high level of technical expertise on cultural resource management compliance requirements to support peers, internal business partners and executive management involved in company projects. Develops strategies (i.e., develop scope of work; financial forecast, manage consultants) to minimize impacts to SDG&E’s project work schedule and financial goals. Develops and provides relevant training to support compliant operations.
- Reviews, conducts research, interprets, monitors and prepares an analysis of existing and/or proposed federal, state and local regulations and pending legislation in collaboration with the law department when necessary on issues related to cultural and archeology compliance to prevent lost revenues, unfavorable regulatory decisions or operational delays.
- Collaborates and negotiates directly with regulatory, jurisdictional and permitting agencies (i.e., Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of Defense (DoD), US Forest Service, California Public Utilities Commission, California State Parks and Local Municipalities) and Native American Tribes on projects, permits, and various types of plans, reports, agency inspections, and other compliance issues as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).