The Planning, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) is responsible for overseeing and preparing complex electrical designs for internal teams. This role involves leading planning associates and designers, managing large-scale design projects, and supporting the development of the electrical distribution system to meet reliability and sustainability goals.
Responsibilities
- Conducts long-term grid import planning analyses and transmission interconnection assessments and projects.
- Manages various large design projects from inception to construction completion with follow-through on policies, procedures, rules, rates, completion dates, and ensuring compliance of electrical designs.
- Supports the company's electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of distribution facilities.
- Makes decisions that have a direct impact on project, course, timing, scope, and budget.
- Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the planning and development review process and to verify that planning development projects comply with approved plans.
- Assesses the capabilities of the regional distribution system and its compliance with the planning criteria.
- Conducts power flow studies, builds power flow models, and prepares economic analyses to develop short- and long-term distribution system plans.
- Ensures the distribution system performance meets reliability targets and that outages are analyzed for cause, trends and duration.
- Coordinates activities with other internal personnel and/or organizations to ensure compliance and appropriate follow-through of policies, procedures, rules, rates, and completion dates applicable to his/her assigned projects.
- Stays up to date of current industry practices, standards and customer needs.
- Interacts with a diverse customer base on meeting electrical design needs and is responsible for providing successful outcomes for the customer and SCE on assigned or requested projects.
- Provides training and support, assessing and managing the workload when necessary.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Requirements
- Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or Engineering discipline.
- Possess a valid Class C Driver’s License.
Nice to Have
- Thorough knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
- Experience with AutoCAD, Auto Desk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA (or other pole loading programs).
- Experience managing multiple projects and /or sensitive projects and functioning effectively under tight time constraints, shifting priorities and making critical decisions with minimal supervision.
Tech Stack
AutoCAD, Auto Desk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA, Pole loading programs
Benefits
- Hybrid work mode with option to work remotely part-time.
- Option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
- Access to Candidate Resource page with information on benefits, perks, resources, testing, and hiring process.
- Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and protected veteran status.
- Accommodations available for individuals with disabilities during application or interview process.
Compensation
Not specified. Equity: Not specified. Not specified
Work Arrangement
hybrid — Rialto, CA — Employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Work mode can be changed based on business needs.
Team
Team size: Not specified. Structure: Works with design contract partners, mentors and leads planning Associates and Designers.. Reports to: Not explicitly mentioned
- Committed to clean energy and reducing carbon emissions.
- Focused on innovation and changing the energy industry.
- Emphasis on safety, reliability, and customer service.
- Proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
- Supports diversity and inclusion through Fair Chance hiring practices.
Additional Information
- Employees are required to work and reside in the state of
