Dam Safety Engineer 1

Southern California Edison; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Dam Safety Engineer 1 to support field inspections and maintenance of dams and appurtenant structures in California. You will prepare regulatory reports, analyze instrumentation data, and serve as a subject matter expert on FERC and DSOD requirements.

The role includes training engineers and field staff, with a hybrid work mode and California residency. The position emphasizes safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across federal and state standards,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or scientific/technical/math field.
• Experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Performs field inspections/construction support for dams and appurtenant structures to ensure compliance with FERC and DSOD regulations.
• Prepares critical dam safety regulatory reports and briefings for internal and regulatory needs; meets with regulatory agency representatives.
• Develops, implements, and leads maintenance strategies for individual dams; evaluates dam safety instrumentation data and recommends action levels.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on dam safety topics and provides guidance on FERC and DSOD regulations.
• Provides dam safety training to engineers, hydrographers, civil crew members, operators, managers, and others as needed.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or scientific/technical/math field

Job description

Become a Dam Safety Engineer 1 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll work with our dedicated Dam Safety Team to protect the Company and the Public by ensuring the safety of SCE’s dams. You will provide field and construction support to ensure that dam safety maintenance and capital projects meet Federal and California regulatory requirements, including all needed work authorizations. You will have direct responsibility for making key decisions in the field independently and if needed provide immediate direction to field personnel on dam safety issues.

Key Focus of Role

• Field Inspections/ Construction Support – You will work independently to perform field inspections/ construction support for dams and appurtenant structures to ensure compliance with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and California Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), and to investigate and evaluate emergent dam safety issues.
• Dam Safety Reports and Briefings – You will prepare critical dam safety regulatory reports and briefings to meet internal and regulatory needs, as well as meet with regulatory agency representatives.
• Maintenance Strategies – You will work with planning units and field personnel to develop, implement and lead effective maintenance strategies for individual dams. Evaluate dam safety instrumentation data and provide recommendations for appropriate threshold and action levels.
• Dam Safety Subject Matter Expert – You will act as a subject matter expert on a range of dam safety topics and provides guidance on (FERC) and California (DSOD) regulations.
• Dam Safety Training – You will provide dam safety training to engineers, hydrographers, civil crew members, operators, managers, and others, as needed.

As a Dam Safety Engineer 1, 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

• Prepares technical engineering evaluations and supports the inspections of equipment and operations. Assists in the review and applications of new technologies to improve quality of service to customers.
• Maintains records and documentation on relevant engineering procedures and preventative/ demand
• Maintenance.
• Assists with engineering projects using existing procedures to investigate, evaluate and assist in producing technically correct and cost-effective designs and solutions.
• Supports the document lifecycle within assigned projects according to defined organizational processes.
• Provides operational support to improve customer satisfaction and reliability performance; monitors the trending of electrical system health.
• Assists with Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Apparent Cause Analysis (ACA), and miscellaneous investigations to troubleshoot problems, making changes to correct them.
• Observes all safety policies during the execution of required tasks and ensures safety standards are met, and safe working practices are adhered to.
• 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

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
• Experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Dams and/or Hydropower projects.
• Experience with geology, risk assessment, and hydrologic/hydraulic modeling.
• Experience with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and California Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) dam safety and inspection regulations.
• Experience with applicable civil engineering codes, standards and best practices.
• Experience and ability to independently review and validate design calculations, drawings, specifications and work plans for civil construction projects.
• Professional Engineering License.

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.

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.

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