District Planning, Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a District Planning Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. You will provide mentorship and training in the Antelope Valley District Planning Department, and assist with the approval of simple and complex distribution work orders.

As a District Planning Advisor 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?

• Supports the company's electrical Transmission, Sub Transmission, and Distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of said facilities
• Coordinates tasks with other internal staff to ensure projects were completed correctly and on time, while meeting industry design standards and safety regulations
• Oversees the environmental permitting and planning efforts of government, internal, and privately owned infrastructure projects
• Provides direction and support, assessing and managing the workload and performance of the team, providing training when necessary. Reviews design contractor job packets and also checks peer designs
• Identifies system and field risks and evaluates risk reduction benefit of proposed mitigation projects
• Provides design engineering, cost estimates, and project management activities for overhead and underground, transmission, sub‑ transmission, and distribution systems. Will manage these elements from project inception to project closing. Ensures project operating dates and or compliance due dates are actively monitored and met. Monitors, forecasts, schedules and stays within allocated division budget
• Leads the review of planning and system performance studies for compliance with prevailing standards and criteria
• Leads environmental planning and permitting work with a multi‑disciplinary team throughout the life cycle of a project. Serve as the single point of contact for Operations through the Construction phase of your projects. Provide support to Operations for maintenance related projects
• Creates and maintains integral system circuit mapping for both overhead and underground facilities
• 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. Manage the digital and geospatial records of transmission, sub‑ transmission, and distribution assets to ensure accuracy and timely reporting to other internal groups and outside agencies
• 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

• Five or more years of experience performing electrical utility distribution service planning
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License

• 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
• Able to drive, traverse on uneven surfaces, occasionally lift up to 40 lbs, sit and stand for extended periods of time, work in various weather conditions

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details…