DCP Planning, Senior Specialist

Southern California Edison • Rialto, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a DCP Planning, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll be responsible for overseeing and preparing complex electrical designs for several internal organizations. You’ll work with our design contract partners, mentor and lead planning Associates and Designers. As a DCP 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

• Thorough knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Auto Desk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA (or other pole loading programs).
• Experience managing multiple projects and /or sensitive projects and functioning effectively under tight time constraints, shifting priorities and making critical decisions with minimal supervision.

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.

What This Job Offers

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