Design/Drafting Specialist

Southern California Edison • Santa Ana, CA

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Design/Drafting Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support critical infrastructure projects and shape innovative engineering solutions. Also, you'll collaborate with planners, lead complex CAD-based design, and help drive continuous improvement in processes, technology, and safety. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who enjoys solving technical challenges and making a meaningful impact. As a Design/Drafting 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?

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience in preparing and maintaining detailed design drawings, schematics or specifications using either computer-aided design or computer-aided engineering software.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Autodesk Utility Design (AUD).
• Experience in creation of basemaps and understanding of utility as-built information.
• Experience working in a distribution planning discipline.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces directly with engineering teams to collaborate on project scope requirements, alternatives analysis, and improvement.
• Performs complex designs with scaled work order maps using AUD and prepares pricing, contracts and easements using DM.
• Determines CAD usage and application as well as file structuring and setup on projects.
• Provides support in improvements in design, operation, maintenance and safety for assigned systems and equipment.
• Draws physical, schematic, and wiring diagrams using Substation standards and symbols.
• Develop single line diagrams with little or no planner assistance.
• Assign projects to SCE Contractors, validate labor hours, and review the quality of the deliverables.
• Prepares scaled work order physical, schematic, and wiring diagram using Computer Aided Design software (CAD) and/or Design Manager (DM).
• Consults with Substation Engineers to prepare engineering drawings and modifications as required.
• Supports design efforts on larger-scale residential and commercial projects.
• Provides training and mentorship to junior designers.
• Conducts regular meetings with designers on company standards and issues and assists planners on job walks to capture work being performed.
• Provides direct SME support to process and technology projects in terms of process documentation, Testing, Training and post development project stabilization sessions.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed