Civil Engineering (Land Development) Manager

Southern California Edison (SCE); Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Civil Engineering (Land Development) Manager to lead the civil engineering team responsible for land development and site civil support for transmission lines, substations, rights-of-way, access roads, and related facilities.

The team’s work includes grading and drainage, hydrology and stormwater compliance, roadway and access design, erosion control, utility coordination, agency permitting, geotechnical interfaces, constructability support, and civil

Qualifications

• Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising engineering work.
• Experience in land development, grading, drainage, hydrology, stormwater, erosion control, or utility coordination.

Responsibilities

• Leads engineering and business initiatives to develop grid strategies and design approaches across the company’s infrastructure.
• Develops and maintains a project portfolio management system to prioritize projects, allocate resources, and monitor performance.
• Evaluates new technologies and methodologies to enhance project efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with external partners, vendors, and contractors to support project delivery and innovation.
• Coaches engineering teams on professional development opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge.
• Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy, technology and safety program for future vision and employee/contractor well-being.
• Manages engineering teams providing emergent and routine trouble-shooting support for plant needs; coordinates with contract engineers for quality and milestones.
• Leads design and implementation of equipment modifications to improve safety, reliability, and throughput.
• Develops goals for the engineering team and translates executive goals into actionable tasks.
• Protects company assets and sensitive information with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project Leadership

Stakeholder Collaboration

Mentoring Engineers

Hydrology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

California PE license

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

GIS

Hydraulic Analysis Tools

Job description

Join the Clean Energy RevolutionBecome a

Join the Clean Energy RevolutionBecome a Civil Engineering (Land Development) Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and help deliver the site infrastructure needed to expand, modernize, and maintain California’s electric grid. In this role, you will lead the civil engineering team responsible for land development and site civil support for transmission lines, substations, rights-of-way, access roads, and related facilities. The team’s work includes grading and drainage, hydrology and stormwater compliance, roadway and access design, erosion control, utility coordination, agency permitting, geotechnical interfaces, constructability support, and civil support during construction and emergency response. You will set priorities across a diverse portfolio, develop engineers, manage consultant support, and partner with Project Management, Environmental, Real Properties, Construction, Operations, Transmission Engineering, and Substation Engineering. The successful candidate will combine people leadership with practical site-development judgment and the ability to deliver safe, constructible, cost-effective solutions across SCE’s service territory.

Responsibilities

• Leads a select set of engineering and business initiatives to develop grid strategies, determine how the grid is planned, designed, operated, and maintained to operationalize company's strategy.
• Develops and maintains a project portfolio management system to prioritize projects, allocate resources, and monitor performance.
• Evaluates new technologies and methodologies to enhance project efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability, designing and implementing improvement projects and new systems to support site initiatives and improve operational efficiency.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with external partners, vendors, and contractors to support project delivery and innovation.
• Coaches engineering teams on professional development opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge.
• Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy, technology and safety program to ensure company advancement toward future vision and the well-being of employees and contractors involved in engineering projects.
• Manages the engineering team that provides emergent and routine trouble-shooting support for plant technical needs. Manages various contract engineers and works with those individuals to ensure consistency and quality in design, delivery milestone dates, and cost.
• Leads the design and implementation of new equipment and cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety, reliability, and throughput.
• Develops goals for engineering team and assigns projects/roles to employees that translate Sr. Manager levels goals into actionable tasks.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising engineering work.
• Experience in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• California Professional Engineer (PE) license in Civil Engineering, or the ability to obtain one through comity.
• Experience leading and developing civil engineering teams, including establishing engineering standards, improving work processes, and mentoring engineers
• Civil land-development or site-development experience involving grading, drainage, hydrology, stormwater, erosion control, access roads, paving, or utility coordination.
• Experience supporting electric utility transmission, substation, distribution, rights-of-way, or other large infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing engineering consultants, contract resources, scopes of work, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and quality expectations.
• Experience coordinating with California agencies and permitting authorities, including knowledge of CEQA, stormwater compliance, and environmental permitting requirements.
• Experience using or overseeing work performed with AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS applications, hydrologic or hydraulic analysis tools, and related civil engineering software.

Additional Information

• 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 of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA.
• Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
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