Director Safety, Environmental & Real Estate Services

Title: Director Safety, Environmental & Real Estate Services Department: Safety, Environmental & Real Estate Services Location: Sacramento, CA, US, 95817-1899 Category: Health and Safety Minimum Pay Rate: $190,340.80 Maximum Pay Rate: $265,116.80 Civil Service Status: Non-Civil Service Apply by Date: Posting Type: Open This posting will remain open until a sufficient quantity of qualified applicants have been received but may close at any time without notice after 11/17/2025. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to ensure they are considered. This position is a non-Civil Service (at-will) position. By accepting this non-civil service classification, you are releasing civil service rights and becoming an at-will employee with no return rights to your prior position. SMUD is pleased to announce the pursuit of our next Director, Safety, Environmental & Real Estate Services. We are seeking a strong leader who has a proven track record of delivering results, collaborating within the organization, and building strong partnerships. This position is responsible for exercising strategic leadership and direction and sits on the Senior Leadership Team within the Energy Delivery & Operations (ED&O) business unit. As a senior leader, the successful candidate is responsible for ensuring SMUD values, strategic initiatives, and desired culture are integrated into the Safety, Environmental & Real Estate Services work, group functions, operations, and services. Your success in this position translates into delivering energy to our customers in a safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible manner. Purpose Provide leadership and direction for the planning, development, and implementation of shared programs for Safety, Environmental, and Real Estate Services to ensure legal and regulatory compliance with all applicable codes and regulations and provide proactive counsel and service to business units. Nature and Scope This is a department level senior management position. It is distinguished from other director positions by its emphasis on safety, environmental, and real estate functions. This position provides ongoing direction and management to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the functional areas, and they are aligned and coordinated with other business units/departments. The role is required to attend, present and/or lead at Board, executive, team, customer, community, and one-on-one meetings; in person, as needed. Duties and Responsibilities + Overall: + Directs the work of three work groups (Safety, Environmental, and Real Estate Services); maintains staffing levels and work quality to meet defined objectives; interprets and executes SMUD policies and procedures; recommends modifications to operating policies; oversees and evaluates work; owns hiring decisions and responsibility for training, coaching, mentoring, and developing team members; advises workgroups on tasks and operations as required to solve complex problems; ensures staff safety and prevention of personal injury and equipment loss; and takes responsibility for financial planning and annual goal setting to ensure project and operational schedules are met. + Presents to the SMUD Board of Directors and Executive Team on safety, environmental, and real estate projects, strategic directive updates, and compliance projects. + Ensures operating objectives in areas of responsibility are met within expected timing, budgetary, quantity, accuracy, safety, and quality standards. + Provides consultative services by reviewing and assessing current and proposed legislation, litigation, arbitration, and regulations or regulatory changes for awareness of impending changes and assessment of SMUD compliance; provides advice, counsel and recommendations to executive management, directors, managers, supervisors, and employees concerning compliance with governmental regulations and codes; serves as a subject matter expert in litigation, arbitration and regulatory hearings; represents SMUD and its interests on inter-utility, industry, governmental, and public committees and task forces and at policy-making boards; obtains and provides SMUDu2019s position on proposed rule changes; provides status updates on rule changes to staff, department management, Legal, and Executive Management as required; and recommends changes in policies, procedures, construction, operating methods or procedures to ensure on-going compliance with rule changes. + Health and Safety Services: + Directs and promotes a

Created: 2025-12-05