Hybrid District Planning Lead for Clean Energy Grid

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

Job summary

Southern California Edison in Blythe is seeking a District Planning Advisor to mentor the Blythe District Planning Department, assist with approval of distribution work orders, and support planning across transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution systems.

The role emphasizes leadership in planning studies, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Engineering, and Environmental teams.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or Engineering.
• Valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Supports the company's electrical Transmission, Sub Transmission, and Distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of said facilities.
• Coordinates tasks with other internal staff to ensure projects were completed correctly and on time, while meeting industry design standards and safety regulations.
• Oversees the environmental permitting and planning efforts of government, internal, and privately owned infrastructure projects.
• Provides direction and support, assessing and managing the workload and performance of the team, providing training when necessary. Reviews design contractor job packets and also checks peer designs.
• Identifies system and field risks and evaluates risk reduction benefit of proposed mitigation projects. Provides design engineering, cost estimates, and project management activities for overhead and underground, transmission, sub- transmission, and distribution systems. Manages these elements from project inception to project closing. Ensures project operating dates and/or compliance due dates are actively monitored and met. Monitors, forecasts, schedules and stays within allocated division budget.
• Leads the review of planning and system performance studies for compliance with prevailing standards and criteria.
• Leads environmental planning and permitting work with a multi-disciplinary team throughout the life cycle of a project. Serves as the single point of contact for Operations through the Construction phase of your projects. Provides support to Operations for maintenance related projects.
• Creates and maintains integral system circuit mapping for both overhead and underground facilities
• Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the planning and development review process and to verify that planning development projects comply with approved plans. Manages the digital and geospacial records of our Transmission, Sub Transmission, and Distribution assets to ensure accuracy and timely reporting to other internal groups and outside agencies.
• 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.

Job description

Southern California Edison in Blythe is seeking a District Planning Advisor to mentor the Blythe District Planning Department, assist with approval of distribution work orders, and support planning across transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution systems.

The role emphasizes leadership in planning studies, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Engineering, and Environmental teams.