Engineer 1, Energy Efficiency

Southern California Edison (SCE); Irwindale (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) invites engineers to join the Energy Efficiency group as an Engineer 1, Energy Efficiency. You will support multi-million-dollar EE programs, develop measure packages, and help optimize installation processes while ensuring safety and data integrity.

Hybrid work arrangement in California, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and focus on reducing carbon emissions through innovative energy efficiency solutions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Prepares technical engineering evaluations and supports inspections of equipment and operations.
• Maintains records and documentation on engineering procedures and preventative/demand maintenance.
• Assists with engineering projects using existing procedures to develop 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.

Skills

Data analysis

Automation tools

Python/SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Power Query

Power Automate

Alteryx

Python

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Snowflake

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become an Engineer 1, Energy Efficiency at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support SCE’s portfolio of Energy Efficiency (EE) programs. These programs have multi-million-dollar budgets and incentivize to adopt energy efficient measures (e.g., heat pumps) or behaviors to deliver energy savings. Within these programs, a set of EE projects, known as Deemed projects, require the creation of the measure package that optimizes the installation process and sets the energy savings, which is then used to calculate savings in all future projects involving that measure. You will play a critical role as key support for senior engineers, completing key tasks such as revising measure packages based on feedback, operationalizing requirements, and providing oversight over data and installation procedures. You will have accountability and ownership over discretely defined deliverables and need strong cross-functional collaboration skills, proficient technical capabilities in workpaper writing, and a desire to learn business sense to operationalize requirements. Incident Management Team Expected Participation: Employees are expected to support emergency response and/or business continuity efforts, including readiness to serve on an Incident Management Team (IMT) when needed. Employees will participate in an on-call rotation (approximately every four to six weeks), to support IMT activations during emergency events. IMT assignments may differ from an individual’s regular responsibilities. As an Engineer 1, Energy Efficiency 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

• FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) / EIT (Engineering in Training) designation
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience using data analysis and automation tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, Alteryx, Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Snowflake
• Basic programming or scripting experience in Python, SQL, VBA, or similar technologies.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, or data visualizations to support business decision-making using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.

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.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page 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.
• 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 [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.