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Position Summary

Join our team at PGE as a Physical Security Safeguard Manager - a vital role focused on protecting our most valuable members and assets. In this dynamic position, you will coordinate resources to mitigate risks and ensure strict adherence to policies and procedures. Your responsibilities will include conducting detailed surveys, planning future site visits, and managing the logistics of securing various sites and events. This role involves overseeing every aspect of the physical environment, which includes controlling access points, monitoring movement, and managing site surroundings. You will also be responsible for thorough emergency preparedness and contingency planning.

In addition to these responsibilities, you will manage the secure transportation of our key members, stepping in as the primary driver when necessary. Collaboration is at the heart of this role, as you'll work closely with internal teams, security contractors, and law enforcement agencies to implement robust security protocols.

If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional with a passion for creating safe and efficient environments, we invite you to bring your expertise to our security team. Your contributions will be crucial in upholding our commitment to excellence in safety and security at PGE.

Key Responsibilities

Security Staff Management: Collaborates with other security supervisors to manages a team of security professionals responsible for protecting the organization’s employees and physical assets through investigations and enforcement of security policies and practices; provides technical management for the team, ensuring that objectives are met and all relevant standards/procedures are followed; ensures that operational problems are identified and resolved; ensures that operational procedures and working practices are current and fit for the purpose. Oversees executive protection and relevant policy changes.

Security Leadership: Manages the design and implementation of security and protection practices. Manages incidence response. Ensures collaboration with appropriate state, local and federal authorities. Manages the implementation of process improvements and best practices.

Internal and External Relations: May represent the company in formal security briefings, deliberations, conferences or negotiations to influence security policies, objectives and regulations so that security systems may be applied to greater advantage.

Financial Management: Monitors and manages expenditures, ensuring that all financial targets are met, and examines any areas where budgets/expenditures vary from plan; assists with the definition and operation of effective financial controls and decision making.

Resourcing: Oversees resourcing decisions and planning for team; partners with HR in the definition of jobs, recruitment, evaluation and selection processes.

Professional Development: Reviews organizational development needs and training strategies to determine required learning and development outcomes for the team; provides guidance in the creation of development plans; monitors ongoing progress, provides coaching and mentoring and provides feedback; completes annual performance management reviews.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Certifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, criminal justice, or other related field or equivalent experience. Experience - preferred ten or more years in law enforcement or a related field with at least five years in leadership, formal or informal.

Must be able to obtain an Armed Professional certification through the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). Must be able to obtain a Supervisor Manager certification through DPSST, within the first 3 months of employment.

Valid driver’s license required.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies to promote effective security operations for the protection of personnel, property, assets and/or material

• Knowledge of the NERC CIP reliability standards, regulations and requirements Intermediate skills in administering a security management system, including physical access control protocols.

• Advanced knowledge of law enforcement practices and methodologies as applied to security-related activities.

General Competencies:

• Advanced analytical thinking skills.

• Expert decision-making skills.

• Expert diplomacy skills - Advanced enterprise/business awareness skills.

• Advanced organization and prioritization skills.

• Expert influence skills - Intermediate organization management skills.

• Advanced skills in problem solving - Intermediate resource management skills.

• Advanced written and oral communication skills.

Leader Practices:

• Drives Results

• Plans and Aligns

• Decision Quality

• Drives Engagement

• Courage

Physical, Schedule/Attendance and Cognitive Demands

Cognitive Level: Substantial

Cognitive: Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions, (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).

• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

• Ability to follow accuracy standards

• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization

• Demonstrates sound memory

• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance:

• Ability to work long hours

• Ability to work a variable schedule

• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather

• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

• Ability to work on-call schedule

Physical Capabilities:

• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)

• Driving/travel/commute: Overnight inside/outside the service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)

• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

• Lifting/pushing/pulling: More than 50 lbs.

• Carrying: More than 50 lbs.

• Unstable surfaces requiring balance (i.e., moving equipment, boats) (check all that apply):

• Elevated areas (i.e., catwalks, roofs and high buildings)

• Confined spaces

• Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces)

• Stairs (over 10 steps)

• Ladders (over 10 rungs)

Environment: Office, Plant, Field

Compensation Range:

$119,840.00 - $222,560.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here (https://portlandgeneral.com/hrcs5511) .

Join us today and power your potential!

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PGE is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

PGE does not discriminate on the basis of disability. We recognize individuals have a variety of abilities to offer and we believe there is much to value and celebrate by incorporating different abilities into the work we do. One very important way we live this out is in our application and interview process. We work hard to support individuals who may need an accommodation to fully participate in these processes. If you feel you may need an accommodation, or would like to request one, please notify the Talent Acquisition Specialist (Recruiter) associated with the job posting. You may also make this request by contacting talentacquisition@pgn.com or by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) team is also available for support. You can contact them at dei@pgn.com .

To be considered for this position, please complete the following employment application by the posting close date. Posting closes at midnight (Pacific Time) on the closing date below. If no date is listed, job is open until filled.

March 16, 2025