Jobs at Portland General Electric

Manage vegetation near electrical facilities to ensure transmission resiliency. Perform scoping, safety and contractor audits, scheduling, vendor management, and coordination with engineering and agencies. Oversee pruning practices, herbicide applications, compliance with regulations, and emergency/restore coordination. Prioritize risks, track project progress, and serve as subject-matter expert for forestry projects.

Lead preparation and review of SEC, FERC, and OPUC financial filings; ensure GAAP and SOX compliance; perform technical accounting research; support financial systems, testing, and ESG reporting; provide expert accounting guidance and analysis.

Provide temporary support for inspection, operation, construction, and maintenance of project equipment and facilities (excluding electrical repairs). Duties include road repair support, operating vehicles and non-heavy equipment, housekeeping, and other assigned tasks. Position is limited duration (approximately 2–3 months), Monday–Thursday 10-hour shifts. Must pass medical, drug, physical fitness exams and regulatory background checks.

Develops, tests, and supports Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance (IGA) solutions. Implements SailPoint IIQ, lifecycle automation (joiner/mover/leaver), access certifications, SSO integrations, and Java/JavaScript code. Handles incident/problem management, systems design, integration, and application support; may lead technical work and mentor colleagues.

Support full contract lifecycle for energy trading and settlements: draft, review, analyze, negotiate, and manage NDAs, MSAs, SOWs. Identify and mitigate contractual and financial risk, ensure regulatory and SOX compliance, maintain contract policies and scoring matrices, support audits, and improve data management and reporting. Partner with trading, legal, procurement, finance, and risk teams.

The Counsel II role involves providing legal guidance on employment issues, managing litigation, conducting investigations, and ensuring compliance with laws, particularly in the energy sector.

Design, govern, and advise on secure, resilient cloud architectures (primarily AWS, with Azure support) for mission-critical utility systems. Lead cloud migration and modernization, apply security-by-design and compliance controls, define reference architectures and guardrails, use IaC for deployments, optimize cost and reliability, support incident response, mentor teams, and consult on technology selection and proofs-of-concept.

The Meteorologist will create operational forecasts focusing on fire weather, support predictive modeling, manage weather tools, and provide weather analysis to enhance wildfire risk assessments.

Lead development and maintenance of economic life-cycle risk models and business-case analyses to inform reliability-focused capital investment and maintenance decisions. Provide SME support, perform complex cost-benefit and portfolio analyses, contribute to regulatory filings, and collaborate with engineering, operations, and stakeholders to quantify benefits and prioritize investments.

Lead tax strategy and compliance for a utility, including renewable energy tax credit qualification, ASC 740 tax provision preparation, multi-jurisdictional tax return compliance, technical research on legislation, advising stakeholders, managing audits, and partnering with finance and systems teams to ensure accurate tax data and reporting.

Designs, implements, and measures talent management and culture programs (onboarding, performance reviews, promotions, engagement surveys). Leads program execution, change enablement, communications, and manager training. Partners with stakeholders to drive adoption, anticipate workforce needs, and improve employee outcomes.

Lead interpretation and implementation of NERC/FERC reliability and cybersecurity requirements into operational standards, monitor and evaluate compliance controls, lead audits and remediation, provide technical guidance and training to operations, and drive enterprise compliance improvements.