10+ years of experience in environmental compliance or permitting fields.
Valid Class C Driver's License required.
Experience managing ISO 14001 or equivalent compliance programs preferred.
Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences, engineering, or related field preferred.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively.
Familiarity with compliance management software and data analysis.
Responsibilities
Provide expertise on environmental regulations to develop compliance programs.
Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners for effective collaboration.
Collaborate with operations and management to implement environmental controls.
Direct multi-disciplinary teams to develop and implement environmental programs.
Lead procurement processes for contractor needs, including scope writing and bid evaluation.
Ensure process updates align with Environmental Management System standards.
Take stakeholder feedback to improve risk assessment processes.
Benefits
Hybrid work mode with flexibility for remote work.
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Engagement in meaningful work that contributes to environmental sustainability.
Consideration for applicants with arrest or conviction records under fair chance laws.
Travel opportunities within the SCE service territory.
Full Job Description
Become a Environmental Quality Assurance Program Lead at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll lead the assurance program and develop a team responsible for conducting high-impact environmental assurance assessments focused on driving continuous improvement across the organization. This position plays a critical role in strengthening SCE's Environmental program by monitoring and testing key processes and controls, communicating findings, and partnering with stakeholders to implement effective and durable corrective actions. Through collaboration with cross-functional partners and environmental subject-matter experts, the program lead helps reduce risk and advance a culture of continuous improvement.
As a Environmental Quality Assurance Program Lead, 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?
Responsibilities
Provides subject matter expertise on environmental regulations and risks required to develop environmental compliance and/or service execution and delivery programs.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal partners and external agencies to facilitate effective communication and collaboration.
Collaborates with operations and senior management in various organizational units to implement environmental controls including programs and procedures.
Directs multi-disciplinary technical teams of internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, to develop and implement environmental programs and permitting requirements.
Leads the procurement process for contractor needs including writing the Scope of Work, developing scoring approach and leading the evaluation of bids, and performs cost and spend analysis across the vendor portfolio to track and project workloads and budgets. Where applicable, provides oversight of vendor performance including budget.
Ensures process updates and changes are implemented in alignment with Environmental Management System standards.
Takes feedback from stakeholders, data requests, and analysis needs to improve risk assessment process to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.
Prioritizes controls focusing on continuous improvement activities to inform Leadership on risk-reduction outcomes and emerging issues or new regulatory changes of impact to the organization including risk mitigation.
Maintains detailed records and prepares related reports and studies for submission to regulatory agencies, ensuring compliance.
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 environmental and/or related compliance fields and/or permitting.
Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing ISO 14001 or equivalent compliance, audit, or risk programs
Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences, engineering, mathematics, or related technical field
Experience facilitating and leading cross functional teams
Experience developing and implementing environmental or other compliance programs
Experience with compliance management software and analytical data analysis
Excellent oral and written communication skills to effectively engage stakeholders and subject matter experts across multiple organization, ability to develop and present technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and ability to collaborate with others to reach an agreement on identified recommendations and corrective actions.
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 50% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
