Senior EV Charging Construction Lead (Hybrid)

Southern California Edison (SCE); Ventura (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) seeks a Charge Ready Senior Construction Specialist in California to support pre-construction and construction planning for EV charging projects. You will lead project teams, manage schedules, budgets, and documentation, and ensure compliance with SCE policies and safety standards.

The role requires 5+ years of project support experience, strong MS Project/Excel/SharePoint skills, and the ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of Project Support experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Microsoft SharePoint, and WorkIT.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects/assignments concurrently with minimal oversight under tight timelines.
• 3+ years of experience supporting utility, infrastructure, construction, engineering, or transportation electrification projects.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong customer and stakeholder relationships, coordinate across cross-functional teams, manage risk, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Familiarity with service planning principles, overhead/underground construction standards, and collaborating with clients, peers, and management to develop solutions and ensure partner buy-in.
• Familiarity with SCE utility operations, EV charging infrastructure, permitting requirements, service orders, and contractor management.
• Knowledge of project lifecycle management throughout IPSEC phases.

Responsibilities

• Supports the pre-construction/construction planning processes by crafting and supervising action items and leading project team member adherence; function as a subject matter expert for tool/system of record to help maintain the integrity of the data stored, assist with access and training, and provide other assistance as needed.
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams which often consist of 30 or more members.
• Assists the project manager with all project-related support tasks, such as preparation of progress reports, tracking of project achievements, metrics, schedules, and budgets. Provide status to project manager leadership and stakeholders. Recommends and implements various project management methodologies to adapt to changing priorities.
• Establishes, presents, and applies project procedures, directives, and bulletins to ensure compliance with SCE's policies and procedures.
• Utilizes project management tools and systems, including Microsoft Project, to maintain sophisticated project schedules.
• Crafts and maintains project documentation, including version control, distribution, document storage/retention in sophisticated document libraries and access control; conducts in-depth analysis of project data, identifies risks/issues, and provides actionable status reports.
• Develops presentations and other project documentation for review by departmental and organizational management and executive committees for approval to proceed through the project gates and stages.
• Independently manages certain project management activities for complex projects with variable interdependencies and tight deadlines; lead change management processes including change orders and relevant construction modifications; stores and distributes construction drawings, submittals, safety plans and ensure version control; communicates and supports site procedures, safety protocols, and construction codes.
• 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.

Skills

Project support

Cross-functional work

Independent worker

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) seeks a Charge Ready Senior Construction Specialist in California to support pre-construction and construction planning for EV charging projects. You will lead project teams, manage schedules, budgets, and documentation, and ensure compliance with SCE policies and safety standards.

The role requires 5+ years of project support experience, strong MS Project/Excel/SharePoint skills, and the ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams.