Transmission Planning Advisor

Southern California Edison•Covina, CA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Transmission Planning Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll serve as a lead on multiple projects that are highly technical, time critical, and engineering-sensitive. The successful candidate will plan, design, and oversee the installation of new sub-transmission lines as well as the realignment of existing easements for third party relocations, among many other functions that prepare our grid for the future. As a Transmission Planning Advisor , 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

Five or more years of experience performing electrical utility distribution service planning.
Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AutoCAD, Auto Desk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA (or other Pole Loading programs), Design Manager (DM).
Experience in field construction.
Experience in the Electric Utility Industry.
Experience and thorough working knowledge with transmission line construction, maintenance, methods, procedures, tools and materials.
Experience and broad knowledge of transmission rights-of-way practices and corporate/business line policies and practices, including safety and environmental rules and regulations and the IBEW contract.
Experience and advanced knowledge utilizing engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
Experience determining scope of work, method of service, technical design requirements, and construction methods for overhead and underground facilities.
Experience serving as senior staff expert and provide leadership, direction, training, and mentoring to staff.
Experience gathering and analyzing information, along with making strategic decisions regarding project scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation.
Experience supervising either Transmission and/or Distribution Construction.
Experience interpreting design plans or technical drawings.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and Sharepoint.

Responsibilities

Supports the company's electrical Transmission, Sub Transmission, and Distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of said facilities
Coordinates tasks with other internal staff to ensure projects were completed correctly and on time, while meeting industry design standards and safety regulations
Oversees the environmental permitting and planning efforts of government, internal, and privately owned infrastructure projects
Provides direction and support, assessing and managing the workload and performance of the team, providing training when necessary.
Reviews design contractor job packets and also checks peer designs
Identifies system and field risks and evaluates risk reduction benefit of proposed mitigation projects
Provides design engineering, cost estimates, and project management activities for overhead and underground, transmission, sub- transmission, and distribution systems. Will manage these elements from project inception to project closing.
Ensures project operating dates and or compliance due dates are actively monitored and met.
Monitors, forecasts, schedules and stays within allocated division budget
Leads the review of planning and system performance studies for compliance with prevailing standards and criteria
Leads environmental planning and permitting work with a multi-disciplinary team throughout the life cycle of a project.
Serve as the single point of contact for Operations through the Construction phase of your projects.
Provide support to Operations for maintenance related projects.
Creates and maintains integral system circuit mapping for both overhead and underground facilities
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.
Manage the digital and geospacial records of our Transmission, Sub Transmission, and Distribution assets to ensure accuracy and timely reporting to other internal groups and outside agencies
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.