New Business Planning Senior Specialist

Position Summary

Become a New Business Planning Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you’ll support the regulatory requirements of SCE’s electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources, providing cost estimates, and offering options for the construction of distribution facilities. You will also interact with a diverse customer base to meet electrical design needs and provide successful outcomes for customers on assigned or requested projects.

As a New Business Planning Senior 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?

• Conduct long‑term grid import planning analyses and transmission interconnection assessments and projects.
• Manage large design projects from inception to construction completion, ensuring compliance of electrical designs with policies, procedures, rules, rates, and completion dates.
• Make decisions that directly impact project course, timing, scope, and budget.
• Perform field inspections to gather data for the planning and development review process and verify that projects comply with approved plans.
• Assess the capabilities of the regional distribution system and its compliance with planning criteria.
• Conduct power flow studies, build power flow models, and prepare economic analyses to develop short‑ and long‑term distribution system plans.
• Ensure the distribution system performance meets reliability targets and analyze outages for cause, trends, and duration.
• Coordinate activities with other internal personnel and organizations to ensure compliance and appropriate follow‑through of applicable policies, procedures, rules, rates, and completion dates.
• Stay up to date with current industry practices, standards, and customer needs; interact with a diverse customer base on meeting electrical design needs and provide successful outcomes for customers and SCE on assigned projects.
• Provide training and support, assessing and managing workload when necessary.
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets and properly manage private customer data and other highly sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or an Engineering discipline.
• Valid Class C driver’s license.

• Proven ability to apply engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience determining scope of work, method of service, and overhead/underground construction methods.
• Proficiency with wind/pole loading applications, drafting systems, GIS, or related design systems (e.g., SPIDA Calc, Autodesk AUD, cGIS, SAP, or equivalents).
• Experience preparing work orders, construction plans, or project packages.
• Ability to manage multiple technical or customer projects under shifting priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams, including clients, peers, management, and agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Leadership or mentorship experience.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience managing customer or stakeholder interactions in a technical, construction, or utility environment, including providing clear information, addressing inquiries, and coordinating solutions.

• Work mode is hybrid. Employees will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on remaining days. Employees are required to work and reside in California.
• Primary work location is the Wildomar Service Center, with potential extended time at alternate locations.
• The position requires up to 25% travel and field visits throughout the SCE service territory.
• Option for a 9/80 alternate work schedule or 40‑hour/5‑day week.
• No relocation assistance.
• Applicants may be invited to complete testing via email; candidates who have…