Substation Engineer 3

Edisonrefertalent; Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and safety regulations compliance

Flexible work arrangements

Opportunity to impact clean energy

Job summary

Edisonrefertalent is seeking a Substation Engineer 3 to join Southern California Edison in Pomona, CA. This role involves conducting QA reviews of electrical designs, resolving technical issues, and ensuring compliance with design standards.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, at least five years of experience in engineering roles, and excellent knowledge of AutoCAD. This hybrid position allows for flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in engineering within operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Ensures technical issues and problems are resolved in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Conducts life cycle assessments for utility infrastructure materials and processes.
• Supports audits and inspections; ensures compliance with relevant regulations.

Skills

Technical issue resolution

Engineering design and standards

Risk assessment and mitigation

Cross-functional technical support

Quality Assurance (QA)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Substation Engineer 3 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll conduct Quality Assurance (QA) reviews of substation electrical designs (up to 500kV), resolve technical issues, and support design standards to improve consistency and efficiency while collaborating with engineers, designers, and stakeholders. Provide cross‑functional technical support, ensure compliance and operational readiness, promote a strong safety culture, and utilize standard engineering tools such as AutoCAD to support ongoing and emergent project needs.

As a Substation Engineer 3, 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

• Ensures technical issues and problems are resolved in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner utilizing available resources.
• Supervises, leads, and coordinates work with full-time and contract employees in the execution of new technical strategies, equipment or standards.
• Conducts life cycle assessments for utility infrastructure materials and processes; improves preventive maintenance procedures to decrease overall downtime.
• Conducts risk assessments and implements risk mitigation strategies to ensure the safety and reliability of engineering projects.
• Supports audits and inspections; ensures compliance with relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Provides engineering and technical expertise and guidance for the identification, analysis and resolution of high‑impact, complex and/or cross‑functional problems in engineering.
• Ensures the engineering facility design basis is controlled and design basis documentation is maintained. Conducts engineering and related studies with full technical responsibility for planning and coordinating high‑impact complex projects.
• Provides support and technical training to junior engineering levels.
• 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

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
• Five or more years of experience in engineering within operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of experience in substation engineering and design
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering
• PE License
• General knowledge and experience with guides, standards, codes, and methods to perform complex assignments

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.
• The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA.
• Position will require up to10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un‑escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.

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.