Planning, Senior Specialist

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Planning, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll step into a high impact role and help shape the future of our grid. You work closely with design contract partners to drive high quality, complex electrical designs, support critical internal teams, strengthen essential grid hardening efforts that will help power the future.

As a 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?

• 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.

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

Preferred Qualifications

• High energy, positive, and team oriented approach that supports collaboration, adaptability, and strong project outcomes.
• Effective communication and customer service skills to engage diverse customers and stakeholders while delivering project results.
• Experience in project management, including managing scope, schedules, and timelines.
• Knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience with systems such as Design Manager, SAP, Autodesk Utility Design, and Spida Calc, along with familiarity using resource books and overhead/underground construction manuals.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• One or more years of experience developing and designing electrical distribution plans, including identifying resources and preparing cost estimates.
• Training or education applying technical information in fields such as Engineering, Drafting, Architecture, Construction, Mapping, Design, Mechanics, Mathematics, Science, or Information Technology.
• Experience working with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
• Willingness and ability to occasionally lift up to 40 lbs.
• Willingness and ability to drive, traverse uneven terrain, and sit or stand for extended periods.
• Willingness and ability to work…