Planning Manager

Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.; Pasadena (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Planning Manager to lead a safety-first, high-performance planning team in Pasadena, CA. The role focuses on improving operations, driving efficiency, and fostering inclusion while ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction.

The successful candidate will oversee design activities, manage staff performance, and coordinate with peers to balance workload and achieve department goals. The position requires up to 60% travel and a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience supervising electrical utility design, transmission, or line construction.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• Knowledge of construction/design standards and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and approves work orders and ensures design, construction, and safety standards are met.
• Supervises projects to balance workload and meet design targets.
• Leads design activities and coordinates resources to meet department goals.
• Manages performance, development, and disciplinary actions for staff.
• Uses reporting tools (Project Tracker, Power BI) to monitor budgets and performance.
• Supports new processes/automation and proactive scheduling of design tasks.
• Oversees training, development, compensation, and discipline of personnel.
• Enforces safety, compliance, and appropriate work behaviors.
• Protects sensitive data and maintains confidentiality.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook 365

DM

CSRP

GeoView

Click Schedule

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Planning, Managerat Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead a safety-first culture focusing on employee well-being and compliance, lead with a continuous improvement mindset to drive operational efficiency and performance metrics and nurture an inclusive work environment to promote diverse perspectives and employee engagement.

As a Planning, 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

• Reviews and approves work orders for accuracy and develops/revises business plans as appropriate, ensuring that all design, construction, and safety standards are met.
• Supervises incoming projects to guarantee work is assigned to balance workload level between the design staff, and to meet design execution targets.
• Leads and coordinates design activities and contract resources to meet department goals while working with peer hub managers and organizations to maintain workload levels across the department.
• Manages employee performance and development by conducting performance planning reviews, mentoring employees, and carrying out disciplinary actions when necessary.
• Reviews employee and hub performance related to approved budgets, objectives, core activities, quality, cost efficiency, and client responsiveness using various reporting means such as Project Tracker, Power BI, and similar reporting interfaces to help make informed decisions as well as provide regular performance report outs to Senior Leadership and the organization.
• Supports and monitors the implementation of new work processes and methods, technology, and automation (e.g., proactive scheduling of design tasks), while meeting ongoing project demands.
• Manages the selection, training and development, performance management, compensation, and discipline of subordinate personnel.
• Establishes and enforces expectations related to safety, procedure compliance, corrective actions, and appropriate work behaviors.
• 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 electrical utility distribution, transmission or telecom design or line construction.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of construction standards, transmission and distribution design standards, or G.O. 95/128 standards.
• Experience preparing and reviewing work orders or construction plans on projects using construction, engineering, and design practices and procedures.
• Experience developing strategic plans to support customer happiness, workflow processes, allocation of resources and department operations.
• Experience selecting and developing employees to fill talent gaps including knowledge of human resource policies, procedures, principles, and laws including discipline, training and development, salary administration, selection of personnel, affrimative action, and equal opportunity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook 365, and programs such as DM, CSRP, GeoView, and Click Schedule.

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 ourCandidate Resourcepage to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• The primary work location for this position is Pasadena, CA. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work location.
• Position will require up to 60% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.
• 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.

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.