10+ years experience in case management, energy markets, environmental sustainability, or energy-related regulatory policy.
Bachelor's degree in Biology, Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Law or a related field is preferred.
Experience with local air agencies, Department of Transportation, and federal land management agencies.
Strong communication skills with diverse audiences including policymakers and agency staff.
Experience creating pivot charts in Excel and dashboards in PowerBi.
Familiarity with working in or alongside a regulated utility company.
Ability to collaborate effectively and drive continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Manage relationships and engagement strategies with federal and state agencies.
Lead and support periodic meetings with agency leadership regarding SCE priorities and challenges.
Advocate for SCE's regulatory requirements and handle escalated issues effectively.
Develop and renew operational permits for federally regulated lands, addressing challenges proactively.
Coordinate with internal units to review and provide input on environmental policies and regulations.
Share critical information regarding agency operations that impact SCE.
Maintain relationships with trade organizations and environmental agencies, representing SCE at key meetings.
Serve as lead for non-species specific programmatic permits from federal land management agencies.
Benefits
Hybrid work mode with a mix of in-office and remote work.
Employee must work and reside in California.
Up to 30% travel throughout SCE service territory required.
Excellent opportunities for career advancement and continuous improvement initiatives.
Commitment to inclusive hiring, respecting applicants with prior convictions according to local fair chance ordinances.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
Manages relationships and engagement strategies with federal and state agencies at management and regional levels; leads collaborative development of strategies to facilitate SCE work at key agencies.
Leads, coordinates and/or supports periodic SCE meetings with agency leadership to discuss priorities, progress, plans, and challenges. Participates in agency staff meetings led by Environmental Services (ESD) or other OUs (Government Lands, T&D).
Provides internal input on prioritization, broader corporate goals, competing interests, and agency perspective to inform SCE decisions. Advocates for SCE's regulatory requirements, goals, initiatives, and policy positions. Handles escalated issues.
Leads the development, renewal or amendment of programmatic permits and agreements for operations and maintenance on federally regulated lands. Supports the development, renewal, or amendment of environmental resource-specific and other technical permits. Supports implementation of permits and develop solutions to challenges and trends identified by internal teams and agencies to improve permit efficacy.
Coordinates with internal OUs (e.g., ESD, Legislative Affairs, Corporate Affairs, etc.) to review and provide input on relevant environmental policies, regulations, guidelines, and legislation. Manages or supports preparation of SCE comments on proposed policies, regulations, guidelines, and legislation. Represents or supports SCE at regulatory proceedings (e.g., hearings, workshops, board meetings.
Shares significant information about the agencies, including leadership changes, key decisions made or to be made, changes in agency regulations, significant SCE issues, progress on major projects, agency feedback, and other relevant matters that impact SCE and its relations with and strategy for agencies.
Maintains relationships and coordinate with electric utility trade organizations and other partnerships (e.g., EPRI, CCEEB, USWAG, WUG, JUG, NGOs, and environmental organizations). Represents SCE at CEEBB Air Project, South Coast Air Project, and Natural Resources Task Force meetings, in coordination with internal stakeholders.
Serves as SCE team lead for (non-species specific, non-technical) programmatic permits from federal land management agencies.
Develops and builds effective working relationships with regulatory agencies and other external government environmental 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.
Minimum Qualifications
Ten or more years of experience in case management, energy markets, environmental sustainability and/or energy-related regulatory policy.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher in Biology, Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Law or related field
Experience with local air agencies, Department of Transportation and state and/or federal land management agencies
Experience communicating across a broad audience, including policy makers, agency staff, internal and external leaders, lawyers, and other collaborators for a positive impact
Experience creating pivot charts in Excel and creating dashboards in PowerBi
Experience working in or with a regulated utility company
Ability to solve problems in collaborative and inclusive manner
Strong drive for continuous improvement and customer service excellence
Additional Information
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.
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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.
Position will require up to 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
