Join Southern California Edison (SCE) in a pivotal role shaping how our Transmission & Distribution organization plans, funds, and executes its operational work. As a Distribution Project Controls Senior Advisor, you will be responsible for balancing affordability, reliability, and performance delivery by integrating Capital and O&M operating plans, ensuring financial and operational strategies are fully aligned to support a resilient, future-ready grid.
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain cost tracking tools and templates to facilitate consistent and efficient cost management practices across projects.
- Evaluate and implement cost management best practices and process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of cost engineering processes.
- Advise leadership on cost engineering methods and procedures and prepare developmental assignments for engineers.
- Lead the evaluation of projects' time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls to enable successful delivery.
- Provide input during project planning and design phases to optimize project cost-effectiveness, value engineering, and risk mitigation.
- Prepare specific budgets in accordance with prescribed standards and procedures.
- Facilitate internal and contractor compliance with all cost-related and contractual requirements.
- Ensure site project cost controls policies and procedures, consistent with department policies, are implemented and monitored throughout the project duration.
- Ensure the protection of all company physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other highly sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
What We're Looking For
- Ten or more years of experience in engineering cost controls, estimating, planning, and risk assessment for major construction projects.
Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, information systems, statistics business, finance, computer systems, or a related technical discipline.
- Master’s degree or higher in computer science, information systems, statistics business, finance, computer systems, or a related technical discipline.
- Seven or more years of experience in the Electric Utility industry, with deep knowledge of Transmission & Distribution operations, cost structures, and performance drivers.
- Seven or more years of experience leading annual and long-term operational planning for O&M, Capital, and Department Overhead (DOH), including development and refinement of cost-per-unit methodologies.
- Extensive experience overseeing complex cost reporting, variance analysis, monthly budget and forecast reviews, and ad hoc performance assessments to inform executive decision-making.
- Demonstrated expertise in architecting and designing data integration, analytics, and data engineering solutions, including extraction, transformation, and analysis of large, complex data sets.
- Five or more years of experience developing analytical and reporting tools using Power BI, SAS, SQL, Microsoft Access, SAP, and other business intelligence or statistical platforms.
- Proven ability to communicate complex analyses and strategic insights to executive leadership, facilitate senior-level discussions, and advise on risks, opportunities, and performance outcomes.
- Experience with governance and project controls, including work breakdown structures (WBS), jurisdictional cost allocations, cost monitoring systems, and spend/volume tracking.
- Demonstrated success mentoring and developing staff, fostering professional growth, and building high-performing teams.
Technical Stack
- Power BI
- SAS
- SQL
- Microsoft Access
- SAP
Work Mode
This is a remote position. Candidates must be located in California.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
