New Business Planning, Senior Specialist

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Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a New Business Planning, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support the regulatory requirements of Southern California Edison’s electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources, providing cost estimates and options for the construction of distribution facilities. Also, you will interact with a diverse customer base on meeting electrical design needs and be responsible for providing successful outcomes for the customer on assigned or requested projects. As a New Business Planning, Senior Specialist , your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for engineering and design in relation to SCE Telecomm Facilities.
  • Provides information and data regarding future growth and budgetary planning.
  • Develops cost estimates and prepares work orders or construction plans on major projects, several smaller projects, and issuing construction packages to the system for construction.
  • Handles permitting, environmental requirements, compliance, and construction activities inclusive of Traffic Control/Pedestrian Control, Encroachment, Street use, Excavation, Railroad, Flood Control, CHP, Caltrans, BLM, National Forest, and all associated stakeholders (i.e. TYCC OCC including Caiso and ISO).
  • Leads, monitors and follows up on construction activities and outages inclusive of standards and safe work practices related to overhead and underground construction safety.
  • Supports operational emergencies and dispatches crews and resources to restore services as needed.
  • Maintains a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
  • 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-haves

  • 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 on projects.
  • Experience analyzing and/or designing engineered civil drawings.
  • Experience managing multiple and/or sensitive projects and functioning effectively under tight time constraints, shifting priorities and making critical decisions with minimal supervision.
  • Experience serving as a project leader for the design and implementation of design projects, as well as planning, influencing, anticipating, and communicating conditions, trends and corrective actions in operational areas.
  • Able to drive, traverse on uneven surfaces, occasionally lift up to 40 lbs., sit/stand for extended periods of time, work in various weather conditions.
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