(16 TH DATA REQUEST FROM SCGC & TURN) Date Requested: September 28, 2015 Date Responded: October 12, 2015

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1 QUESTION 16.1: Regarding the response to SCGC-TURN-12, Q and Q , Excel workbook attachment entitled Q and Q SEU field employees redacted where FTEs are identified as being Jacobs Engineering employees as of June 2014: Q and SEU Field employees r How many of the positions filled by these FTEs require senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience in order to complete the duties and requirements of the position? Please use the spreadsheet identified above to indicate which positions require the senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience For each of the positions identified in the previous question, please indicate the discipline required (area of emphasis), for example, gas pipeline, valves, compressed natural gas, etc., as described in the response to SCGC-TURN-14, Q , which states: The primary reasons applicants were not retained for senior level (10 20 years experience) were: 1) the actual senior level experience in the disciplines being sought (gas pipeline, valves, Compressed Natural Gas) was not commensurate with the salary level the applicants were seeking; 2) Candidate salary requirements were higher than current SoCalGas/SDG&E senior level salaries; and 3) candidates did not possess the full spectrum of technical expertise expected for a senior-level position What steps has SoCalGas/SDG&E taken to assure that each of the Jacobs Engineering employees filling these positions have senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience including the full spectrum of technical expertise expected for a senior-level position? 1

2 How many of the positions filled by the FTEs require gas utility engineering knowledge and experience that is at some level below the senior level? Please use the spreadsheet identified above to indicate which positions require the less than senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience Please describe the level of gas utility engineering knowledge and experience that is required for each of these positions For each of the positions identified in the previous question, please indicate the discipline required (area of emphasis), for example, gas pipeline, valves, compressed natural gas, etc., as described in the response to SCGC-TURN-14, Q , as quoted in Q What steps has SoCalGas/SDG&E taken to assure that each of the Jacobs Engineering employees filling these positions have the level of gas utility engineering knowledge and experience that is required by the positions described in Q through Q ? How many of the positions filled by the FTEs require expertise other than gas utility engineering? Please use the spreadsheet identified above to indicate which positions require expertise other than gas utility engineering Please describe the level of expertise other than gas utility engineering that is required for each of these positions For each of the positions identified in the previous question, please indicate the expertise required What steps has SoCalGas/SDG&E taken to assure that each of the Jacobs Engineering employees filling these positions have the level of expertise knowledge and experience that is required by the positions described in Q through Q ? 2

3 RESPONSE 16.1: For 12 of the Jacobs positions identified on the referenced spreadsheet, senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience is preferred For a list of positions where senior gas utility engineering knowledge and experience is preferred, please refer to attachment Q and Sr. Level FTEs Redacted.pdf, column: Role for a list of senior gas engineering positons For the discipline requirements of the 12 positions identified in response to question , please refer to attachment Q and Sr. Level FTEs Redacted.pdf, column: Expertise Jacobs provides candidate resumes to SoCalGas and SDG&E for review. The individuals are then interviewed by SoCalGas and SDG&E PSEP leadership to determine whether they possess the requisite skills and experience. SoCalGas and SDG&E then approve the individual as having senior level gas utility engineering knowledge and experience including the full spectrum of technical expertise expected for a senior-level position For 23 of the Jacobs positions identified on the referenced spreadsheet, less than senior gas utility engineering level would be acceptable For a list of positions where less than senior gas utility engineering level would be acceptable, please refer to attachment Q and Less than Sr. Level FTEs Redacted.pdf, column: Role For the preferred level of gas utility engineering knowledge and experience for the 23 positions identified in response to question , 3

4 please refer to attachment Q and Less than Sr. Level FTEs Redacted.pdf, column: Level of Experience For the preferred expertise of the 23 positions identified in response to question , please refer to attachment Q and Less than Sr. Level FTEs Redacted.pdf, column: Expertise Jacobs provides candidate resumes to SoCalGas and SDG&E for review and approval. As necessary, SoCalGas and SDG&E Project Managers may interview candidates to further assess their experience, expertise, and qualifications of the Jacobs positions identified on the attached spreadsheet, require expertise other than gas utility engineering For a list of positions with expertise other than gas utility engineering, please refer to attachment Q and Exp other than Gas Util Engr Redacted.pdf, column: Role For the preferred level of expertise of the 98.7 positions identified in response to question , please refer to attachment Q and Exp other than Gas Util Engr Redacted.pdf, column: Level of Experience For experience levels of the 98.7 positions identified in response to question , please refer to attachment Q and Exp other than Gas Util Engr Redacted.pdf, column: Expertise Jacobs provides candidate resumes to SoCalGas and SDG&E for review and approval. As necessary, SoCalGas and SDG&E Managers may interview candidates to further assess their experience, expertise, and qualifications. Manager/Senior-level candidates are interviewed and approved by SoCalGas and SDG&E. 4

5 QUESTION 16.2: With respect to the response to SCGC-TURN-14, Q , which states: SoCalGas/SDG&E received approximately 200 applicants for the high-level engineer and project manager positions. The bulk of these applicants met the very basic engineering or project management requirements but had little or no direct utility/natural gas experience required to do the job How many high level gas utility engineering positions had SoCalGas/SDG&E identified at the time it was advertising for candidates? How many project manager positions had SoCalGas/SDG&E identified at the time it was advertising for candidates? Had SoCalGas/SDG&E identified gas utility engineering positions requiring less than senior level knowledge and experience? If the answer to the previous question is yes, please state the number of positions identified by SoCalGas/SDG&E When were the 200 applications identified in the response to Q obtained? Were these 200 applications in addition to or inclusive of the applicants provided by the recruiting firms? RESPONSE 16.2: high level gas utility engineering positons were identified by SoCalGas/SDG&E at the time it was advertising for candidates project manager positons were identified by SoCalGas/SDG&E at the time it was advertising for candidates Yes. 5

6 gas utility engineering positions requiring less than senior level knowledge and experience were identified by SoCalGas/SDG&E at the time it was advertising for candidates February, The 200 applications were inclusive of the applicants provided by the recruiting firms. 6

7 QUESTION 16.3: With respect to the response to SCGC-TURN-14, Q and Q14.6.3, with the attached Excel workbook entitled, Q and Q backfilling: Q and backfilling.xlsx Apart from the positions that include the word engineer in the title, did the duties and responsibilities for any other positions in the list of backfilled positions require engineering knowledge and experience? If the answer to the previous question is yes, please identify each position that corresponds to the affirmative answer What level of engineering knowledge and experience was required by the candidates that filled the positions identified in the response to the previous question? What level of engineering knowledge and experience was required by the candidate that filled each of the positions that included the word engineer in the title? RESPONSE 16.3: Yes Additional positions requiring engineering knowledge and experience from the above-referenced attachment, SCGC-TURN DR 14 (Q and Q backfilling), include: reference Team Lead (Line 12) and Portfolio Manager (Lines 35,38,40) Senior-level experience Less than senior-level experience. 7