Hybrid Grid Planning Senior Specialist

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

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Senior Planning Specialist to support regulatory requirements and design plans for the electrical distribution system. You will identify resources, provide cost estimates, and present options for distribution facility construction, while coordinating with diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

The role includes conducting power flow studies and economic analyses, maintaining reliability targets, and mentoring team members.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design or related engineering.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Conducts long-term grid import planning analyses and transmission interconnection assessments and projects. Manages various large design projects from inception to construction completion with follow-through on policies, procedures, rules, rates, completion dates, and ensuring compliance of electrical designs.
• Supports the company's electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of distribution facilities.
• Makes decisions that have a direct impact on project, course, timing, scope, and budget.
• 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.
• Assesses the capabilities of the regional distribution system and its compliance with the planning criteria.
• Conducts power flow studies, builds power flow models, and prepares economic analyses to develop short- and long-term distribution system plans.
• Ensures the distribution system performance meets reliability targets and that outages are analyzed for cause, trends and duration.
• Coordinates activities with other internal personnel and/or organizations to ensure compliance and appropriate follow-through of policies, procedures, rules, rates, and completion dates applicable to his/her assigned projects.
• Stays up to date of current industry practices, standards and customer needs. Interacts with a diverse customer base on meeting electrical design needs and is responsible for providing successful outcomes for the customer and SCE on assigned or requested projects.
• Provides training and support, assessing and managing the workload when necessary.

Skills

Electrical utility design

Project coordination

Communication skills

Leadership or mentorship

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Tools

SPIDA Calc

Autodesk AUD

GIS

SAP

cGIS

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Senior Planning Specialist to support regulatory requirements and design plans for the electrical distribution system. You will identify resources, provide cost estimates, and present options for distribution facility construction, while coordinating with diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

The role includes conducting power flow studies and economic analyses, maintaining reliability targets, and mentoring team members.