District Planning Specialist

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a District Planning Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role you’ll serve as a key liaison between customers and internal teams, ensuring projects are planned, designed, and executed successfully from initiation through completion. This position is responsible for identifying customer project needs, developing constructable work orders, and coordinating project activities throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines strong customer service, technical planning, and project management skills to deliver safe, efficient, and timely solutions that support operational and customer goals.

As a District Planning Specialist
, your work helps 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?

• Develop and prepare construction plans, drawings, and/or circuit maps; develop and design electrical distribution plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and follow‑through on policies, procedures, rules, rates, completion dates, and ensuring compliance of electrical designs. Perform calculations relevant to design with latest SCE standards and/or request studies through Engineering when necessary.
• Interact 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.
• Participate in small to medium‑size residential, commercial, and industrial projects; assist in determining scope of work, method of service, and construction methods for distribution overhead and underground facilities; manage work orders/projects and maintain an understanding of industry practices and standards.
• Provide technical support to licensing and certification proceedings related to new distribution/transmission lines and substation sites.
• Stay up to date on current industry practices, standards, and customer needs.
• Identify environmental requirements and coordinate required project components with other departments, customers, governmental bodies, and external sources.
• Support project drawings and budget by monitoring internal and external customer timelines and expectations.
• Manage multiple projects with project management principles, tools, and techniques effectively under tight time constraints, shifting priorities, and making critical decisions with minimal supervision. Manage project risks, resolve issues, and address escalations impacting project scope, timeline, and budget (work order pricing).
• Perform field inspections to gather data relevant to the planning and development review process and to verify that planning development projects comply with approved plans.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring protection of all its physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other highly sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• One 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.

• Basic understanding of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience with design tools such as CAD, GIS, or similar systems.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience in customer service, project coordination, or similar support roles.
• Training or education applying technical information (engineering, pole loading, drafting, construction, mapping, math, science, IT).
• Ability to read or create simple distribution or technical drawings.
• Ability to adapt to competing priorities while maintaining accuracy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams (clients, peers, management, agencies).
• Completion of a Planner Utility Certification Program.
• Experience…