New Business Planning, Senior Specialist

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Date: Feb 12, 2026

Location: Fullerton, CA, US, 92833

Company: Southern California Edison

 

 

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a New Business Planning, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support the regulatory requirements of Southern California Edison’s electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources, providing cost estimates and options for the construction of distribution facilities. Also, you will interact with a diverse customer base on meeting electrical design needs and be responsible for providing successful outcomes for the customer on assigned or requested projects.

 

As a New Business Planning, Senior 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 engineering and design in relation to SCE Telecomm Facilities. Provides information and data regarding future growth and budgetary planning.
  • Develops cost estimates and prepares work orders or construction plans on major projects, several smaller projects, and issuing construction packages to the system for construction.
  • Handles permitting, environmental requirements, compliance, and construction activities inclusive of Traffic Control/Pedestrian Control, Encroachment, Street use, Excavation, Railroad, Flood Control, CHP, Caltrans, BLM, National Forest, and all associated stakeholders (i.e. TYCC OCC including Caiso and ISO).
  • Leads, monitors and follows up on construction activities and outages inclusive of standards and safe work practices related to overhead and underground construction safety.
  • Supports operational emergencies and dispatches crews and resources to restore services as needed.
  • Maintains a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
  • 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

  • Three or more years of experience in Electrical Utility Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Design, Distribution/Transmission/Telecommunication Line Construction, or Engineering discipline.
  • Possess a valid Class C Driver’s License.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Thorough knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
  • Experience with CAD based design. Experience determining scope of work, method of service, and construction methods for overhead and underground facilities.
  • Experience preparing distribution work orders or construction plans on projects.
  • Experience analyzing and/or designing engineered civil drawings.
  • Experience managing multiple and/or sensitive projects and functioning effectively under tight time constraints, shifting priorities and making critical decisions with minimal supervision.
  • Experience serving as a project leader for the design and implementation of design projects, as well as planning, influencing, anticipating, and communicating conditions, trends and corrective actions in operational areas.
  • Able to drive, traverse on uneven surfaces, occasionally lift up to 40 lbs., sit/stand for extended periods of time, work in various weather conditions. 

 

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 page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • The primary work location for this position is the Fullerton 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 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
  • This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.
  • 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: (EEI TECH (Test #5107)).  Candidates who have previously passed these assessment(s), in some cases, may not need to retest again for 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.

 


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