California Water Service
Job Description:
California Water Service Group (Cal Water) invites you to build a meaningful career with the third largest publicly traded water utility in the United States. Guided by our mission to be the leading provider of water and wastewater services, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the customers, communities, and employees we serve. Our culture is grounded in core values—integrity, quality, service, value, health and safety, respect and collaboration, and corporate citizenship—and is reflected in our recognition as a Top Workplace®, a Great Place to Work®, and a J.D. Power leader in customer satisfaction for multiple years. Join Cal Water and be part of a purpose driven organization where your work makes a lasting impact.
The Capital Budget Manager is responsible for the annual capital budget process of all Cal Water districts and subsidiaries. Typical responsibilities include preparation, forecasting and administering of all annual capital budgets for each business unit, reviewing and approving all specific capital funding projects and non-specific work orders, and providing strategic oversight of the Company’s cost estimating program. The position reports to the Director of Capital Planning and Budgeting and is located in San Jose, Torrance, Chico or Bakersfield, CA offices.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Serves as the company’s technical lead responsible for maintaining, updating, forcasting, and improving company budget standards and processes·
Assists in the development of long-range vision, mission, and strategic planning processes for the Capital Planning team·
Oversees the capital budgeting process, including oversight of project information into the budgeting software. Responsibilities also include assembling, presenting and managing the Company’s capital budgets, including annual subsidiary group budgets and three-year budgets for California General Rate Case (GRC) filings·
Supports 3 Year budgets of over $1.2B, yearly budgets around $450M, and GRC project approvals of over 1,200 projects every 3 years·
Manages staff, including prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance reviews, and overseeing training and development, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations·
Coordinates training workshop and events by staff to districts and departments on PowerPlan and budgeting process·
Partners with districts and departments to review, prepare, update, and maintain the annual Company-approved capital and rate case budgets for each business unit·
Primary Budget Administrator of PowerPlan, including reviewing and approving all specific capital funding projects and non-specific work orders with capital budget cost components, communicating and training budget program changes, and supporting program upgrades·
Oversees, reviews, and approves non-specific work orders and blanket work orders. Provides forecasts and recommendations to management on how to best manage those programs, and identifies ways to reduce non-specific spending
Oversees the Company's capital cost estimating program, including estimating standards, methodologies, consultant coordination, cost databases, cost catalog governance, and quality assurance of capital project estimates used for budgeting and GRC filings.
Supports the continued growth of the cost estimating program with each GRC, including providing High Level Costs for the 9 year list of district capital projects, and GRC Cost Catalog cost updating·
Responds to data requests from the California Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates) & CPUC during GRC proceedings and prepares rebuttals as necessary for capital budgets and projects·
Supports the Rates department as needed and provides all budget information as needed for General Rate Case submittal·
Serves as the primary capital budget representative in supporting the Rates team in the GRC Settlement process including creation, updating, and communication of the Master…