Land Management, Manager

Southern California Edison (SCE); Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Land Management Manager to lead a team responsible for securing, managing, and protecting land rights supporting the grid infrastructure. You will drive compliance, coordinate with the Law Department, and shape land-use decisions for reliability and growth.

The role emphasizes leadership, data integrity of land records, and proficiency with GIS. Hybrid work is offered, with CA residency expected.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising right of way or real property transactions and real estate acquisitions.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Manages daily operations of the team handling post-acquisition lifecycle of land assets, ensuring stewardship and compliance.
• Directs activities to maintain land records, track lease/permit expirations, and ensure data integrity.
• Oversees reviews to address encroachments or violations, coordinating with the Law Department as needed.
• Serves as SME on land management requirements, long-term use constraints, and property analysis using GIS/mapping tools.
• Implements improvements to land management procedures and workflows.
• Hires, trains, mentors, and manages team performance, ensuring accurate documentation and archiving.

Skills

Right of way

Real property transactions

Real estate acquisitions

Leadership

GIS

Mapping tools

Land records systems

Property management databases

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business, Land Use Planning, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Public Administration

Tools

GIS

Mapping applications

Land records systems

Property management databases

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Land Management, Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job you’ll lead a team responsible for securing, managing, and protecting the land rights that support SCE’s transmission, distribution, and infrastructure operations. The role drives complex projects, stakeholder partnerships, regulatory compliance, and strategic land use decisions that directly impact the reliability and growth of the electric grid. This is an exciting opportunity to solve challenging land-related issues, influence major infrastructure initiatives, and help enable California’s clean energy future.

As a Land Management, Manager, 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

• Manages the daily operations of the team responsible for the post-acquisition lifecycle of all land assets, ensuring continuous stewardship and compliance.
• Directs team activities related to maintaining robust land records, accurately tracking lease/permit expirations, and managing the data integrity.
• Oversees regular reviews and field checks to identify and address third-party encroachments or violations of existing land use agreements, acting as the first point of escalation for complex disputes and coordinating with the Law Department as needed.
• Serves as the team’s subject matter expert (SME), ensuring staff effectively advise internal customers on land management requirements, long-term use constraints, and property analysis utilizing GIS and mapping tools.
• Manages the identification, creation, and implementation of improvements to land management operational procedures and workflows.
• Hires, trains, mentors, and manages the performance of team members, ensuring all land rights information is accurately documented, tracked, and archived.
• 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

• Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising right of way or real property transactions and real estate acquisitions.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business, Land Use Planning, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of experience in land management, right-of-way, real estate, utility property management, or related fields.
• Experience leading teams and managing performance in a utility, infrastructure, energy, transportation, or government environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of easements, leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, and real property transactions.
• Experience negotiating complex land agreements with public agencies, private landowners, and other external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of utility operations and the land rights required to support transmission, distribution, generation, and grid modernization projects.
• Experience interpreting legal descriptions, title reports, surveys, and property-related documents.
• Proficiency using GIS, mapping applications, land records systems, and property management databases.
• Proven ability to lead process improvements, manage competing priorities, and drive operational excellence.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with experience presenting recommendations to senior leadership.

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.

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