Design / Drafting, Associate Specialist

Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison in California seeks a Design / Drafting Associate Specialist to create precise CAD designs and technical documentation for utility distribution projects, collaborating with planners, engineers, and customers while applying geospatial data to move designs from concept to construction.

This hybrid role supports safe, reliable energy delivery, with opportunities to contribute to load flow analyses, CAD tool calculations, and documentation for proposals.

Qualifications

• 1+ year CAD drafting experience or CAD certificate/coursework.
• Experience with electrical utility design preferred.
• AutoCAD experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create accurate CAD drawings, diagrams, maps, and plans for utility distribution and telecommunications systems using CAD software.
• Produce visualization deliverables (plans, profiles, schematics, renderings) to support design review and construction.
• Incorporate geospatial data from surveys into drawings and models.
• Perform load flow, short circuit, and power quality analyses to validate designs.
• Assist with work order costing, labor estimates, and form completion; update service requests.
• Review planners' redlines for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and revise design sketches for proposals and authorizations; ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
• Perform engineering calculations in AUD (cable pulling, voltage drop, flicker, etc.).
• Support design efforts on smaller projects (residential/small commercial).

Skills

CAD drafting

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Design / Drafting, Associate Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll create precise CAD-based designs and technical documentation that enable safe, efficient power delivery for residential and commercial projects. You’ll collaborate with planners, engineers, and customers while applying engineering analysis and geospatial data to bring designs from concept to construction. This role is exciting because your work directly supports reliable energy, advances cleaner air and carbon reduction, and gives you the chance to blend technical design with real-world project impact that powers entire communities.

As a Design / Drafting, Associate Specialist, 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

• Creates accurate and detailed design drawings, diagrams, maps, and plans for utility distribution and telecommunication systems using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software for routine/simple designs using correct mapping symbols, callouts, decals, and proper tie downs, using CAD, AUD, etc.
• Assists with creating visualization deliverables including detailed plans, profiles, schematics, renderings, animations, and documentation to support design review and construction.
• Leverages specifics from geographic surveys, photogrammetry, and geospatial data into drawings and models.
• Completes load flow, short circuit, and power quality analyses to validate electrical system designs.
• Assist with work order costing, labor estimates and supplemental form completion. Update online service requests.
• Checks planners redlines for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepares and revises design sketches for proposals and authorizations based on field information. Evaluates electrical clearance requirements and ensures designs adhere to all applicable standards and regulations.
• Completes engineering functions and calculations in AUD (i.e., cable pulling, voltage drop, flicker, etc.).
• Supports design efforts on smaller scale projects such as residential or small commercial design.
• 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

• One or more years of experience in CAD drafting or completion of a CAD certificate (or equivalent CAD coursework).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electric utility design.
• Experience with AutoCAD.
• AutoCAD Certification.

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 andreside 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.
• Visit our Candidate Resourcepage to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• 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.
• This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.
• As of July 1, 2025, this position falls within the representation of ESC Local 20. As the company and the union work towards a collective bargaining agreement, please note that the conditions of employment listed on this job posting may be impacted depending on the results of bargaining

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 [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.