Inspections Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE)

$110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in energy delivery and distribution required.
  • Knowledge of intrusive pole inspection and utility standards preferred.
  • Experience tracking contractor performance and quality control programs.
  • Familiarity with electric distribution systems and inspection processes needed.
  • Strong data validation and reporting skills essential.
  • Ability to manage priorities and resolve deliverable issues a must.
  • Proficient in mapping and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and execute contracts ensuring compliance with regulations.
  • Ensure permits for facilities are obtained from relevant agencies.
  • Develop and implement practices for data management integrity.
  • Direct transmission and distribution activities for energy services.
  • Obtain management approval for projects and manage tracking of issues.
  • Analyze data to develop business intelligence and optimize effectiveness.
  • Identify trends and create visual reports to support business decisions.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work mode with flexibility for remote work.
  • Benefits, perks, and resources detailed on the Candidate Resource page.
  • Fair Chance hiring policy for candidates with arrest or conviction records.
Full Job Description
The Inspection Advisor is responsible for supporting the planning, execution, data management, reporting, and administrative oversight of the Intrusive Pole and Streetlight (Darklight) Inspections Programs. This role ensures inspection activities are properly scheduled, contractor deliverables are reviewed for accuracy and completeness, inspection data is transformed and uploaded into required systems, and program performance is monitored through recurring reports and stakeholder updates. As an Inspections Advisor, 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 • Oversees and executes contracts and agreements in compliance with administrative instructions and regulatory requirements. • Ensures that permits and easements for facilities are obtained in accordance with all relevant city, county, and additional agencies. • Develops and implements data management practices to sustain model integrity. • Directs and coordinates transmission and distribution activities that provide energy services to customers, leading outage management, facility maintenance and capital improvements. • Obtains management approval for on-going projects and conducts tracking, analysis and resolution of project cost, scope, resource and schedule issues, ensuring commitment on detailed work plans, including contingency and communication plans. • Retrieves, analyzes and summarizes business, operations, customer and economic data in order to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and predict business outcomes. • Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns and prepares ongoing reports and data visualizations (e.g., charts, dashboards, heat maps) in order to support business decisions. • Monitors budget variances on a regular basis and prepares and monitors long term budget forecasts. • 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 • Seven or more years of experience in energy delivery and distribution. Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of intrusive pole inspection methods, pole condition assessment, distribution asset health, or utility inspection standards. • Experience working with contractor performance tracking, scorecards, audit documentation, or quality control programs. • Familiarity with electric distribution systems, regulatory inspection programs, inspection data lifecycles, and maintenance or replacement planning processes. • Experience developing repeatable reporting tools, templates, data queries, process documentation, or continuous improvement recommendations. • Strong data validation, reporting, and documentation skills, including experience preparing audit-ready records, regulatory inputs, program summaries, or performance reports. • Ability to manage competing priorities, resolve schedule or deliverable issues, and drive accountability with internal and external stakeholders. • Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills with the ability to lead meetings, align priorities, and clearly communicate risks, decisions, and next steps. • Experience using mapping, work management, reporting, or data visualization tools to support inspection planning, tracking, analysis, and program performance. • Experience with SCE systems such as SAP and GIS 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. • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more! • 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. (External Posting only) • Relocation does not apply to this position.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Southern California Edison (SCE)

More Energy & Utilities Jobs

Find similar Inspections Advisor jobs: