Underground General Foreman
Date: Oct 3, 2025
Location: Santa Ana, CA, US, 92705
Company: Southern California Edison
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become an Underground General Foreman at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll work closely with and supervise a team of construction maintenance line crew focusing on underground construction activities. This person will inspire crews to work safely and effectively, provide direction to crews on the execution of work order plans, and strategically structure work activities within their work unit to optimize safety, productivity, and cost efficiency. . As an Underground General Foreman, 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
- Reviews daily construction plans and materials needs with crews and conducts site inspections to verify safe work methods are used
- Collaborates with internal and external customers regarding daily work activities and short and long term projects
- Enforces strict compliance with safety protocols and resolves any identified issues promptly and effectively
- Ensures all work orders in the field align with standards and are designed per the Transmission Overhead Construction, Distribution Design Standard, Overhead and Underground Construction Standards manuals
- Ensures in-field and on-site adherence to company policies and environmental guidelines on the job site, following proper accounting procedures for all project materials and ensuring they are correctly accounted for in the work order
- Acts as a Duty Supervisor and responds to after-hours outage and emergency repair calls, supervising proper commissioning and testing prior to re-energization
- Ensures adherence to all aspects directly related to material management, as well as environmental guidelines relating to proper handling and disposal
- Provides applicable training and development opportunities to employees and crew members, facilitating training sessions and offering feedback as appropriate
- 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
- Two or more years of combined experience performing/supervising underground and overhead construction, maintenance, operation of the electrical distribution system (including outages and switching procedures).
- Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and knowledge of the collective bargaining agreement.
- Experience with the WorkIt electronic work order system.
- Experience working as a E-Crew Foreman.
- Five or more years of combined experience performing, construction, and maintenance, and/or scheduling activities associated with the electric distribution system.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams or bargaining unit personnel including, applying the IBEW collective bargaining agreement.
- Experience overseeing or executing medium to large construction projects with underground construction, maintenance and operation of the electrical distribution system and associated regulatory requirement, including environmental regulations, safety policies and procedures, and hazardous waste management.
- Experience reviewing work and leading the execution of work to ensure on schedule completion.
- Experience and ability to plan and prioritize projects, including managing multiple simultaneous projects and identifying/ allocating resources to ensure project timelines are met.
- Experience applying GO95, GO128, GO165 and Accident Prevention Manual rules.
- Experience and ability to effectively lead others by building strong working relationships with employees.
- Experience and ability to effectively communicate with internal departments, customers, and union personnel.
Additional Information
- 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. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
- 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.
- Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
- Position will require up to 90% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
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.
Nearest Major Market: Orange County
Nearest Secondary Market: Los Angeles
