Senior Advisor, Sustainability

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Date: Feb 20, 2025

Location: Rosemead, CA, US, 91770-3714

Company: Southern California Edison

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Senior Advisor, Sustainability at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this incredible growth opportunity, you will build and lead our company’s environmental sustainability program as our internal sustainability expert. This role offers a unique opportunity for growth and learning, as you will collaborate with various subject matter experts within SCE and external partners. You will utilize your expertise in various Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure standards and frameworks to design and implement a sustainability reporting program encompassing greenhouse gas, air and water quality, waste and material management, natural resources, and other sustainability areas of interest. Working collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholder teams, including our sustainability experts at Edison International. You will champion corporate initiatives that drive sustainability growth and make positive impacts across the organizations.

 

 As a Senior Advisor, Sustainability, 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

  • Provide subject matter expertise on environmental regulations and risks required to develop environmental compliance and/or service execution and delivery programs

  • Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal partners and external agencies to facilitate effective communications and collaboration 

  • Collaborate with operations and senior management in various organizational units to implement environmental controls including programs and procedures

  • Direct multi-disciplinary technical teams of internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, to develop and implement environmental programs and permitting requirements

  • Lead the procurement process for contractor needs including writing the Scope of Work, developing scoring approach and leading the evaluation of bids and perform cost and spend analysis across the vendor portfolio to track and project workloads and budgets Where applicable, provide oversight of vendor performance including budget 

  • Ensure process updates and changes are implemented in alignment with Environmental Management System standards 

  • Take feedback from stakeholders, data requests, and analysis needs to improve risk assessment process to improve its efficiency and effectiveness

  • Prioritize controls focusing on continuous improvement activities to inform Leadership on risk-reduction outcomes and emerging issues or new regulatory changes of impact to the organization including risk mitigation

  • Maintain detailed records and prepares related reports and studies for submission to regulatory agencies, ensuring compliance

  • 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

  • Ten or more years of experience in environmental and/or related compliance fields and/or permitting

  • Valid Class C driver’s license required 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, engineering, business, finance, accounting, or related science or liberal arts degree.
  • Experience in environmental compliance programs or sustainability implementation programs.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills enable accurate evaluation of complex situations and lead to sound business decisions for multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent presentation, critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, including the ability to nest multiple functions together to build dynamic formulas and custom visualizations using pivot tables, combo charts, form controls, formula ranges, and formatting rules.
  • Experience in sustainability metrics reporting as required under GRI, EEI, SASB, CDP, EU CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, and UN SDG standards.
  • Ability and drives to:
    • Build a strong customer-focused team and collaborate with various cross-functional teams to improve our sustainability reporting and compliance program areas.
    • Design and implement reporting program areas for environmental sustainability encompassing greenhouse gas, air, and water quality, waste and material management, and natural resources.
    • Collect sustainability data and ensure the data format and quality meet various sustainability reporting frameworks.
    • Develop and maintain program documents, including work instruction manuals, data inventory management plans, and job aids.
    • Represent the company at regulatory and public forums.
    • Evaluate risks, implement controls, and identify and implement continuous improvements and corrective actions.

 

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!
  • 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. 
  • The primary work location for this position is Rosemead.  However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work locations.
  • Position will require up to 25% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory. 
  • This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation.  Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
  • Relocation does not apply to 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.