• Planning, Associate Specialist

    Southern California Edison (Yucca Valley, CA)


    Join the Clean Energy Revolution

     

    Become Planning, Associate Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be the single point of contact (SPOC) responsible for the identification, prioritization, and assignment of all projects to the appropriate department. You will also be responsible for checking, tracking and following up on spreadsheets for program work.

     

    As a Planning, Associate Specialist, 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

    + Responsible for the identification, prioritization, and assignment of projects to the appropriate planners and field planning technicians

    + Management of design progress, project specific obligations and requirements in preparation for construction

    + Provide external customer interface on project status, specific to work order status or in support of the planner/field planning technicians

    + Verify new service requests, work orders, and contact customers to clarify scope, timeline, and specifications daily

    + Analyze scope of work to appropriately assign to planners or field planning technicians in Design Manager and update information in SharePoint

    + Review work order management data and weekly project status reports for completeness and accuracy and make updates and corrections as appropriate, including tracking of projects

    + Interface with the planners and field planning technicians to ensure that the project's status is up to date and accurate, including providing a report out to leadership of progress

    + Process notifications of issues and completion from customers and team

    + Set-up and administer SharePoint sites to organize, share, and protect information, including maintaining all vital reports and updates to leaders

    + Maintain a safety conscious work environment

    + 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

    + Experience in Electrical Utility Distribution Design, Transmission Design or Distribution Line construction.

    + Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

    Preferred Qualifications

    + Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

    + Bachelor's degree or higher in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related field from an accredited institution.

    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 (https://www.edisoncareers.com/page/show/candidate-resources) page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

    + The primary work location for this position is Yucca Valley Service Center. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work location.

    + 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.

    + 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.

    + _As of July 1, 2025, this position falls within the representation of ESC Local 20. As the company and the union work towards a collective bargaining agreement, please note that the conditions of employment listed on this job posting may be impacted depending on the results of bargaining._

     

    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.

     

    Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran 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.