Safety Advisor [HYBRID]

Job Description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Safety Advisor with Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Contractor Safety team and build a better tomorrow. The primary role of this position is as a safety leader, working both independently and as part of a team. Supporting communication, successful planning, implementation, and oversight of our contracted work force to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and SCE’s Health and Safety policies and procedures while supporting the positive evolution of our safety culture. This dynamic position of office and field work, will require engagement in a variety of safety related disciplines, including but not limited to, working with, and observing vegetation line clearing, major projects, construction and maintenance of transmission and distribution systems, as well as other facilities.

As a Safety 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?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Be a safety leader, promoting safe work practices, championing SCE’s vision of safety culture advancement, and influence organizational knowledge in safety and continuous improvement.
• Provide safety guidance, monitor safety, and interpret policies/rules for all contractor activities.
• Supporting SCE representatives to ensure implementation of SCE’s safety policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with Contractors and their safety leads continuously to striving towards team alignment.
• Perform engaging observations with contract crews in the field.
• Participate in incident investigation procedures.
• Collaborating with all SCE internal operating units.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The essentials

• Seven (7) years of experience in construction-related Transmission & Distribution Electrical systems, or vegetation management experience working as a Qualified Line Clearance Tree Trimmer, or directly supporting safety efforts associated with such activities.
• Three (3) years of field experience overseeing the implementation of CAL/OSHA and other governmental regulations relating to the electric utility industry, with experience in one or more the following: transmission, distribution, vegetation management, and/or civil construction methods, safe work practices and mitigation techniques.

The preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in a safety-related field
• Experience in leading contractor program development and implementation.
• Five (5) years directly managing contractor safety programs for a major utility.
• Experience in managing, overseeing, and engaging with contract workforce within the required disciplines.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently that are in various stages of development.
• Ability to influence decisions in safety matters.

You should know

• 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 reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Position will require up to 60% traveling and being out in the field throughout the service territory as needed.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.