Planning, Senior Specialist

Overview

Lead long-term grid planning, design projects, and reliability analysis for SCE.

Key Responsibilities

• grid planning
• power flow
• distribution design
• field inspections
• project management
• reliability analysis

Tasks

-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. -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 -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. -Providing leadership in mentoring, training, and workload management within technical teams. -Provides training and support, assessing and managing the workload when necessary -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 -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 -Ensures the distribution system performance meets reliability targets and that outages are analyzed for cause, trends and duration -Manage complex projects from design through construction, with attention to scope, budget, and timelines. -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 -Conducts power flow studies, builds power flow models, and prepares economic analyses to develop short- and long-term distribution system plans -Assesses the capabilities of the regional distribution system and its compliance with the planning criteria

Requirements

• utility standards
• eei tech
• service planning
• tariffs
• outage analysis
• communication

What You Bring

-Strong understanding of utility standards, regulatory requirements, and reliability metrics -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. -This position requires testing and applicants who are identified to continue through the selection process will be invited to test via email. Reference our Information Guides for the following tests: (EEI TECH (Test #5107)). Candidates who have previously passed these assessment(s), in some cases, may not need to retest again for this position. -Three or more years of experience performing electrical utility distribution service planning. -Experience using tariffs, resource books, determining scope of work, method of service, and construction methods for overhead and underground facilities. -Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and with diverse customer groups. -Possess a valid Class C Driver's License. -Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory. -Familiarity with outage analysis, system performance tracking, and reliability improvement strategies.Strong understanding of utility standards, regulatory requirements, and reliability metrics.

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Benefits

-The primary work location for this position is the Monrovia Service Center. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work location. -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. -This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.

About Southern California Edison (Sce)

-a driving force in powering Southern California for over a century. -a major provider of electricity, emphasizing reliable service. -a leader in clean energy, focusing heavily on solar and wind power, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. -handles complex, large-scale energy projects that span residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. -historical projects include the integration of renewable energy sources and the modernization of the electric grid. -plays a pivotal role in sustainability, driving innovation in energy efficiency and green power initiatives. -continuously invests in cutting-edge technology to enhance energy delivery and reduce environmental impact.

Sector Specialisms

Interview Process

-applicants invited to complete eei tech test #5107 via email. -candidates who have previously passed the assessment may be exempt from retesting.

Security Clearance

-arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the los angeles county fair chance ordinance and the california fair chance act.