Project Management Support - Construction Specialist

Southern California Edison (SCE)

$70K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of project support experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred.
  • Experience supporting large residential construction projects.
  • Knowledge of the utility industry and its operational/regulatory environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.
  • Ability to manage multiple high-urgency projects with accuracy.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support pre-construction and construction planning by managing action items and data integrity.
  • Collaborate with large, multi-disciplinary project teams of 30+ members.
  • Assist project managers with progress reports, schedules, and budget tracking.
  • Establish and enforce project procedures to ensure compliance with company policies.
  • Utilize project management software to maintain project schedules.
  • Maintain project documentation, ensuring version control and access management.
  • Develop presentations for project reviews by management and executive committees.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Access to resources for employees with conviction records in accordance with state laws.
  • 23% employee discount on energy bills, as part of the energy company's employee benefits.
Full Job Description
As a Project Management Support - Construction, Specialist, you'll be at the forefront of large-scale new business development initiatives-including multifamily and housing tract construction-where your ability to juggle competing priorities and drive results will be key. You'll play a critical role in supporting Project Managers through the full IPSEC lifecycle (Inception, Planning, Scope, Execution, Close), ensuring every detail is accounted for and every milestone met. This is more than a support role-it's a strategic position that demands exceptional attention to detail, data accuracy, and cross-functional collaboration. You'll work with diverse teams, manage complex reporting across platforms like Excel, SAP, Tracker, Design Manager, and BI, and help deliver projects that directly impact customer satisfaction and the future of clean energy.

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

  • Supports the pre-construction/construction planning processes by crafting and supervising action items and leading project team member adherence; function as a subject matter expert for tool/system of record to help maintain the integrity of the data stored, assist with access and training, and provide other assistance as needed.
  • Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams which often consist of 30 or more members.
  • Assists the project manager with all project-related support tasks, such as preparation of progress reports, tracking of project achievements, metrics, schedules, and budgets; provide status to project manager leadership and stakeholders.
  • Establishes, presents, and applies project procedures, directives, and bulletins to ensure compliance with SCE's policies and procedures.
  • Utilizes project management tools and systems, including Microsoft Project, to maintain sophisticated project schedules.
  • Crafts and maintains project documentation, including version control, distribution, document storage/retention in sophisticated document libraries and access control
  • Develops presentations and other project. documentation for review by departmental and organizational management and executive committees for approval to proceed through the project gates and stages.
  • Collaborate with peers and leadership to identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend and implement new reporting features or format.
  • Function as leader/owner for the organizational SharePoint, OneNote, Shared Drives and system tools to ensure adherence to company policies; cross validate data across various data sources to ensure accuracy and identify possible updates.
  • 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
• Two or more years of Project Support experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field.
  • Two (2) or more years experience supporting large residential building projects, including multifamily and housing tract developments.
  • Prior experience in the utility industry with knowledge of operational and regulatory environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project tools such as Microsoft Project, SAP, Tracker, and BI platforms.
  • Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple high-urgency projects simultaneously with accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Excellent internal and external communication and collaboration skills, with experience working on cross-functional teams.


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.
  • 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.
  • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA and will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.

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