Southern California Edison is hiring a New Business Planning, Senior Specialist to join our mission of fueling clean energy innovation. In this role, you'll support regulatory requirements by designing distribution system plans, managing large projects from inception to completion, and ensuring the reliability and compliance of our electrical grid.
What You'll Do
- Conduct long-term grid import planning analyses and transmission interconnection assessments.
- Manage various large design projects from inception to construction completion, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, and deadlines.
- Develop and design plans, identify necessary resources, and provide cost estimates and options for constructing distribution facilities.
- Make decisions that directly impact project scope, timing, and budget.
- Perform field inspections to gather planning data and verify project compliance.
- Assess regional distribution system capabilities and compliance with planning criteria.
- Conduct power flow studies, build power flow models, and prepare economic analyses for short- and long-term system plans.
- Ensure distribution system performance meets reliability targets and analyze outages for cause, trends, and duration.
- Coordinate with other internal personnel and organizations to ensure policy and procedural compliance.
- Stay updated on industry practices and customer needs, interacting with a diverse customer base to provide successful project outcomes.
- Provide training and support, and assess and manage workload as necessary.
- Ensure the protection of physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and manage sensitive customer data with the highest standards of integrity.
What We're Looking For
- Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Line Construction, or an Engineering discipline.
- A valid Class C Driver’s License.
Nice to Have
- Thorough knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
- Experience with CAD-based design.
- Experience determining scope of work, method of service, and construction methods for overhead and underground facilities.
- Experience preparing distribution work orders or construction plans.
- Experience analyzing and/or designing engineered civil drawings.
- Experience managing multiple and/or sensitive projects under tight time constraints with minimal supervision.
- Experience serving as a project leader for design projects and planning, influencing, and communicating conditions and corrective actions.
- Ability to drive, traverse uneven surfaces, occasionally lift up to 40 lbs., sit/stand for extended periods, and work in various weather conditions.
Work Mode
This position follows a hybrid work model, requiring onsite work at our Pomona Innovation Village, California location.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
