Quality Control / Inspection Specialist

Southern California Edison; Yucca Valley (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is hiring a Quality Control / Inspection Specialist to perform on-site inspections of residential tract and developer substructures, maintain records, and review inspector reports. The role centers on Planning phase activities within the IPSEC lifecycle to help ensure safety, quality and timely project execution.

This hybrid California position requires a minimum of three years in QC/inspection and a valid Class C driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in quality control/inspection.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Perform on-site inspections of new residential tract and developer substructure installations; maintain inspection records and review inspector reports.
• Help execute all inspection activities in a timely, efficient manner while preserving customer satisfaction.
• Measure locations of Edison facilities, record deviations, create as-built drawings and communicate status of construction and inspection activities.
• Verify materials meet specifications, codes, standards and regulatory guides related to Edison requirements.
• Monitor contractor crews for safe, productive and quality work practices; interface with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead preconstruction meetings to discuss quality issues with subcontractors and superintendents.
• Ensure warranty corrections are completed; inspect work for safety and quality.
• Create and maintain a safety-conscious work environment following Edison protocols.
• Review, authorize, validate and track work scopes and scope changes at field level.
• Coordinate project changes with internal/external customers per design and policy.

Skills

Quality control/inspection

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Stress management

Team collaboration

Negotiation

Customer interaction

Tools

Microsoft Windows

Outlook

Internet Explorer

Word

Excel

Blueprint reading

Electrical panel familiarity

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Quality Control / Inspection Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll focus on activities conducted during the Planning phase of the work order IPSEC lifecycle: Initiate, Plan, Schedule, Execute, and Close. These activities include duct and trench inspections, mandrelling, and structure inspections. As a Quality Control / Inspection Specialist, 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

• Perform on-site inspections of new residential tract and developer substructure installations. Maintains inspection records, and reviews inspector reports.
• Helps execute all activities related to inspections in a timely and highly efficient manner without sacrificing customer satisfaction.
• Measure and recording the location of Edison facilities, accounting for deviations, creating as-built drawings and communicating status of construction and inspection activities as the need arises.
• Verifies that materials are inspected and maintained in accordance with applicable specifications, codes, standards, and regulatory guides. Verify compliance with Edison standards, applicable construction requirements, industry standards and local governing agency standards.
• Monitor contractor crews for safe, productive and quality work practices. Interface with internal personnel and outside agencies; making decisions in the field which may impact the work order closings.
• Manages preconstruction meetings to discuss issues that affect quality with new and existing subcontractors and the superintendent at the start of each new phase of the work.
• Ensure warranty corrections are completed; inspecting work for safety and quality.
• Create and maintain a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
• Review, authorize, validate and track assigned work scopes and scope changes at the field level.
• Coordinate changes to projects in accordance with work order design and/or department policies and procedures with both internal and external customers.
• 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

• Three years of experience in quality control/inspection.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic computer skills including experience with Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, and Excel.
• Construction, blueprint reading
• Electrical panel familiarization
• Experience applying time management skills to planning and prioritizing a heavy workload.
• Experience with safe work practices, basic electrical theory, construction/maintenance standards (i.e., GO95 and GO128), and the electric distribution system.
• Experience working both independently and in a team environment to meet shared goals and objectives.
• Experience interfacing and collaborating with internal and external customers.
• Ability to create and maintain a safety conscious work environment.
• Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning

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.
• Position will require up to 75% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
• 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.