Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Local Planning Senior Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will lead a team of Planning Managers within a region in Distribution Construction & Maintenance (DC&M) and be responsible for driving strategy, communication, and consistency across Local Planning as well as supporting performance management and resource forecasting. The Local Planning Senior Manager plays an integral part in supporting Local Planning employees by ensuring the group has proper training, staffing support, and follows established policies and procedures to complete design work in a safe and efficient manner.

As a Local Planning Senior Manager, 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!

• Partner with cross functional organizations to proactively address customer concerns and ensure consistent customer timeframes and communication are established/maintained
• Support Local Planning Managers and peer District Managers with customer issues
• Responsible for supporting major customer oversight with Customer Service partners
• Partner with Design Resource Planning & Performance Management (Design RPPM) and DC&M Resource Planning & Performance Management (RPPM) to ensure there are appropriate resources and performance metrics in Local Planning to support workload fluctuations, priorities, and emergent work
• Facilitate resource sharing and standard methodologies within LP in the region and with peers in other regions
• Establish and manage consistent work practices across Local Planning groups including enforcing safety standards/protocols to ensure a safe work environment, and partner with peer Local Planning Senior Managers
• Oversee consistent design standard applications across the Local Planning group and partner with peer Local Planning Senior Managers
• Drive work environment and diversity, equity, and inclusion advancement
• Partner with Design peers in Design Strategies& Performance, New Development Planning, Technical Planning and Transmission for resource sharing, standard methodologies, and process implementation
• Create collaborative partnerships within a Region between the Regional Manager, District Managers, and RPPM to build a cohesive leadership team

This position will regularly interact with:

• Region Managers (Principal Managers)
• District Managers (Sr. Managers)
• Central Design & Engineering’s Design RPPM (Sr. Manager)
• DC&M RPPMs (Sr. Managers)
• Customer Service’s Business Customer Division
• Local Public Affairs

The essentials

• Five or more years managing/supervising an organization/unit or five or more years project management experience.
• Experience working with and/or supporting electric utility projects.

The preferred

• Seven or more years of experience in planning or project management implementing multiple projects/programs, including maintaining scope and resources, and overseeing the tracking, and reporting of project/program performance
• Knowledge of distribution business line and SCE policies, practices, procedures, objectives, and strategies
• Experience developing and engaging in discussions with a variety of audiences and levels across the organization
• Ability to integrate work across relevant areas, develop and implement business plans, manage risks, and manage information
• Effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation
• Experience establishing department objectives and work plans as well as staffing and resource needs
• Ability to define direction for new processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy for direct report leaders and their employees
• Experience with design manuals, policies and procedures (e.g., Distribution Design Standards, Pole Loading Manual)

You should know

• This position’s work mode is on-site. The employee will report to an SCE facility or in the field location. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage.
• This position will not be eligible for the 9/80 AWS work schedule
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, and hiring process, and more!
• The primary work location for this position is Compton, CA.
• Position will require up to 65% travel, including fieldwork throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation may apply to this position.

Testing

• This position requires testing and applicants who are identified to continue through the selection process will be invited to test via email. Reference our Information Guides for the following tests: Edison Leadership Workstyles (Test #8201). Candidates who have previously passed this assessment(s), in some cases, may not need to retest again for this position.

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.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.