Construction Senior Specialist - Project Management Support

Southern California Edison (SCE); Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Career growth opportunities

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

A leading utility company in California is seeking a Construction Senior Specialist - Project Management Support to contribute to the Clean Energy Revolution. This role involves supporting activities in the Charge Ready Program, handling project management tasks, and ensuring compliance with policies. The ideal candidate has extensive project support experience and proficiency in several software tools. The position offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility in the work environment.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of Project Support experience.

Responsibilities

• Supports pre-construction/construction planning processes.
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Assists project manager with project-related tasks.
• Establishes and applies project procedures to ensure compliance.
• Utilizes project management tools to maintain schedules.
• Crafts and maintains project documentation.
• Develops presentations for management review.
• Independently manages complex project management activities.

Skills

Knowledge of Ariba for order processing

Experience with Microsoft Excel

Experience with Power BI

Knowledge of SAP

Ability to maintain spreadsheets in Excel

Familiarity with pivot tables

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft SharePoint

WorkIT

Job description

Overview

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Construction Senior Specialist - Project Management Support at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support activities within the Clean Energy space, specifically the Charge Ready Program, for the design, permitting and execution of work to install Electric Vehicle chargers. This work targets reducing the carbon footprint of vehicles and their associated air quality impacts. You will perform pre-site selection activities, coordination with design teams for both SCE and the customer, and support contractors to complete the ultimate end point install of EV chargers.

As a Construction Senior Specialist - Project Management Support, 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

• Supports the pre-construction/construction planning processes by crafting and supervising action items and leading project team member adherence; functions as a subject matter expert for tool/system of record to help maintain the integrity of the data stored, assist with access and training, and provide other assistance as needed.
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams which often consist of 30 or more members.
• Assists the project manager with all project-related support tasks, such as preparation of progress reports, tracking of project achievements, metrics, schedules, and budgets. Provides status to project manager leadership and stakeholders. Recommends and implements various project management methodologies to adapt to changing priorities.
• Establishes, presents, and applies project procedures, directives, and bulletins to ensure compliance with SCE's policies and procedures.
• Utilizes project management tools and systems, including Microsoft Project, to maintain sophisticated project schedules.
• Crafts and maintains project documentation, including version control, distribution, document storage/retention in sophisticated document libraries and access control; conducts in-depth analysis of project data, identifies risks/issues, and provides actionable status reports.
• Develops presentations and other project documentation for review by departmental and organizational management and executive committees for approval to proceed through the project gates and stages.
• Independently manages certain project management activities for complex projects with variable interdependencies and tight deadlines; leads change management processes including change orders and relevant construction modifications; stores and distributes construction drawings, submittals, safety plans and ensures version control; communicates and supports site procedures, safety protocols, and construction codes.
• 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 Project Support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Ariba for both processing and billing of orders
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Microsoft SharePoint, and WorkIT
• Knowledge of SAP including navigation and transaction codes for project related functions
• Understanding of the cancellation and close out process as it relates to project Work Orders
• Ability to prepare and maintain spreadsheets in Excel for tracking of work orders, construction, or tasking
• Understand the use of Systems of Record to report or export data to assist project managers and management in tracking
• Familiarity with pivot tables and their use for reporting to management on milestones and progress

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.
• 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.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

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.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [phone].