Senior Grid Planning & Analysis Specialist

Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.; Alhambra (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Technical Sr. Planning Specialist to support the regulatory requirements of its electrical distribution system by developing plans, identifying resources, and providing cost estimates for distribution facilities in California.

As a Senior Planning Specialist, you will conduct long-term grid planning analyses, coordinate with internal teams, and ensure projects meet reliability targets while managing budgets and schedules across diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or Engineering discipline.
• 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.
• 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

Engineering principles

Team collaboration

Leadership

Strong communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SPIDA Calc

Autodesk AUD

GIS

SAP

Job description

Southern California Edison is seeking a Technical Sr. Planning Specialist to support the regulatory requirements of its electrical distribution system by developing plans, identifying resources, and providing cost estimates for distribution facilities in California.

As a Senior Planning Specialist, you will conduct long-term grid planning analyses, coordinate with internal teams, and ensure projects meet reliability targets while managing budgets and schedules across diverse stakeholders.