Programs and Systems Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE)

$108K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years experience in energy delivery and distribution.
  • 5+ years supporting utility planning systems.
  • Familiarity with distribution planning processes and relevant tools.
  • Experience with technology project coordination and user acceptance testing.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in project management.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and AutoCAD certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and execute contracts in line with regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure procurement of necessary permits and easements.
  • Develop and implement data management practices for model integrity.
  • Coordinate energy service activities and lead outage management.
  • Manage project costs, resources, and schedules while ensuring compliance with plans.
  • Analyze business data to develop intelligence and optimize operations.
  • Identify trends and prepare data visualizations to support business decisions.
  • Monitor budget variances and prepare long-term forecasts.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility with occasional in-office requirements.
  • Benefits package including health, retirement, and wellness offerings.
  • Opportunity for professional development and training resources.
  • Field travel up to 10% within service territory.
Full Job Description
Programs & Systems Advisor

In this role, you'll evaluate, develop, and oversee the implementation of systems projects that have a moderate financial or operational impact on the business unit or company. As an Advisor in the Programs & Systems organization, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone.

Key Focus Areas

  • Support the Planning organizations to help perform daily work, prioritize fixes, test items for migrations, develop and implement system enhancements and assist other members of Design Support with anything involving system tools.


  • Evaluate and confirm systems processes and interfaces across multiple platforms that include, but are not limited to Design Manager, AUD, SPIDA, CSRP, TCONN, SAP, Bluebeam, BRP3.


  • Provide insights and best practices to users navigating systems used within the Planning organization.


  • Validate and resolve systems issues with IT, identifying missed procedural steps in the system, creating and updating job aids, and completing user acceptance and post verification testing.


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
  • Five or more years of experience supporting utility planning systems, including maps, work orders, pricing documentation, or material ordering.
  • Experience with distribution planning processes, capital work system flows, and tools such as AUD and Design Manager.
  • Experience supporting Planning organizations within District, Technical, Transmission, or New Business environments.
  • Experience leading or contributing to technology projects, including business requirements, coordination with IT developers, and IPSEC activities.
  • Experience developing and executing User Acceptance Testing, Post-Implementation Testing, and test scripts.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables with minimal oversight.
  • Strong communication, training, and cross-functional collaboration skills in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and knowledge of Distribution Design Standards; AutoCAD certification is preferred.


Additional Information
  • The position's work mode is remote. Employee is able to work primarily at home or remote however, the employee may be expected to come to an SCE facility on occasion. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Hiring organizations can add further requirements related to specific jobs. 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.
  • Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.

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