Planning, Associate Specialist- Whittier District Planning

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Date: Nov 11, 2025

Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA, US, 90670

Company: Southern California Edison

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Planning, Associate Specialist- Whittier District Planning at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow.  In this job, you’ll become a part of our Whittier District team, where you'll lead reporting efforts, manage maintenance due dates, and support district-wide planning initiatives. You’ll support the Planning Organization by assigning, tracking and balancing work assignments along with other Planning related tasks.  This role plays a vital part in driving operational efficiency through data analysis using SAP, Excel, and S4Hana. If you're detail-oriented and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact.


As a Planning, Associate Specialist- Whittier District Planning, 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 checking daily for any new Service Requests (SRs, MSRs) or Work Orders in Design Manager; contacting customers to clarify scope, timeline, and specifications.
  • Responsible for checking if existing notifications/SRs are existing on same or nearby structures, using in cGIS; analyze scope of work and define, based on standard guidelines, if the work should be assigned to Planners or Field Techs.
  • Analyzes workload and skill sets of Planners/Field Techs and assign work to the most appropriate resource in Design Manager; bundle for Field Tech; update Planner folder in Sharepoint. 
  • 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.
  • Reviews work order management data and weekly project status reports for completeness and accuracy and make updates and corrections as appropriate, including tracking of projects with appropriate system tools.
  • Interface with the Planners and Field Techs to ensure that the project's status is up to date and accurate, including providing a report out to leadership of progress.
  • Reviews and validates work order completion. 
  • 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

  • Analytical experience using Microsoft Excel to perform advanced functions such as VLOOKUP's, pivot tables, filtering/sorting, charts and graphing.
  • Experience working with scheduling software.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience using data visualization tools, to support efficient planning.
  • Experience working in the electric utility industry.
  • Experience with SAP.
  • Experience with Project Management support.
  • Experience with Customer Service.

 

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 Whittier, CA (Whittier Service Center).  However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work locations.
  • 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 test: SCE Excel Test (MS 365): Test #4118.  Candidates who have previously passed these 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.

 

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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