New Business Planning Senior Specialist

Southern California Edison•Tulare, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a New Business Planning Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll join the San Joaquin New Business Planning Hub and help provide power for large residential, commercial, industrial, and electrical vehicle infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with diverse customers and stakeholders and make impactful decisions that keep communities powered. As a New Business Planning Senior 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 Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or Engineering discipline.
Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Nice To Haves

Advanced knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
Experience designing and leading complex technical projects and making strategic decisions related to scope, impacts, policy, and implementation.
Proficiency with advanced design and planning tools (e.g., AUD, SPIDA, AutoCAD, Design Manager).
Experience providing technical oversight, reviewing complex designs, and ensuring quality and accuracy.
Experience managing multiple or sensitive projects under tight timelines.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to independently handle difficult stakeholder issues.
Strong cross-functional coordination skills (Operations, Engineering, Environmental, etc.).
Experience managing customer or stakeholder interactions in a technical, construction, or utility environment, including providing clear information, addressing inquiries, and coordinating solutions.

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.