Job Description

 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:

To provide strategic internal consulting services and analytical and technical expertise in the areas of organizational effectiveness, employee motivation and morale, employee retention, personnel selection strategies, job analysis, job design/redesign, job evaluation, performance measurement, statistical analysis and skills assessment across business units.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects that require significant client contact, project planning and coordination and supervision of other staff.
• Independently plan and conduct applied research projects, including appropriate research methods and sampling plan, job and needs analysis, data collection strategies, statistical techniques and project documentation.
• Use a needs assessment model to solve critical organizational problems.
• Perform statistical analyses and makes recommendations on complex issues such as determining appropriate survey sampling strategies, selection system design, mitigating adverse impact and selecting test cut scores.
• Conduct evaluation of a variety of HR programs, including employee attitudes and morale, employee retention, testing, skills gap interventions and training interventions.
• Provide expert counsel and testimony regarding professional testing standards and legal constraints.
• Develop assessment, testing and scoring techniques to evaluate employee competencies.
• Make oral and written presentation to management staff.
• Provide training to both internal staff members and client staff on test administration including paper and pencil tests, physical ability tests, assessment exercises and structured interviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business or other social science, or equivalent education and experience.
• 2 years of related experience.
• Requires exceptional innovation and conceptual thinking skills to analyze complex problems and propose solutions, often involving both technical and operational constraints.
• Possesses strong team and client focus, must earn the trust and respect of client subject matter experts, must demonstrate leadership skills to effectively manage projects and client relationships.
• Requires strong mathematical, statistical, and analytic skills to apply and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics.
• Must be skilled in communicating with others, both verbally and in writing.
• Must be capable of communicating complex technical information to business audience.
• Professional level knowledge of human resources, job analysis, survey techniques, test validation techniques, assessment methodology and needs analysis.
• Competency and computer tools for data analysis, report preparation presentations and data handling required.
• Position requires advanced level of knowledge of state and federal regulations regarding testing.
• Knowledge of professional testing standards.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of employee and candidate information.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business or other social science.
• Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology membership is preferred.
• Experience in applied research role in industry or public sector employment setting.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: HR, human resources, and Research.

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