Electric Transmission Operations Senior Manager

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Date: Mar 17, 2026

Location: Westminster, CA, US, 92683

Company: Southern California Edison

 

 

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

 

Become an Electric Transmission Operations Senior Manager in Substation Construction & Maintenance (SC&M) at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead strategy, planning, and execution for Electrical Construction operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of capital work. The Senior Manager will oversee a large, unionized workforce, strengthen partnerships with IBEW leadership, and drive continuous improvement in safety, productivity, and resource utilization. This leader will help position the department for future success while delivering high quality results and long-term value for customers and communities. As an Electric Transmission Operations Senior Manager, 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

  • Establishes department objectives and long-term maintenance strategies that align with business goals, regulatory requirements, and system reliability targets.
  • Oversees subordinate managers and supervisors responsible for executing transmission maintenance programs across a large geographic area.
  • Defines and implements operational plans, standards, and procedures that improve safety, efficiency, and asset performance.
  • Develops and manages departmental budgets, staffing plans, and performance metrics to ensure cost-effective and timely execution of maintenance activities.
  • Provides strategic direction on resource planning, outage coordination, and emergency response to minimize system disruptions and support grid stability.
  • Evaluates emerging technologies and maintenance practices to drive innovation, improve asset health, and extend equipment life cycles.
  • Collaborates with internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with NERC, WECC, CPUC, and other applicable standards.
  • Makes high-impact decisions that influence department outcomes, mitigate operational risks, and support company-wide reliability and capital investment strategies.
  • 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

  • Five or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management.
  • Experience in electrical transmission operations maintenance.

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Experience leading or managing construction organizations with broad knowledge of construction requirements.
  • Experience oversee the construction or operation of substation facilities.
  • Experience managing or supervising bargaining unit employees and working within a collective bargaining agreement.
  • Broad knowledge of company and departmental policies, objectives, strategies, and goals, as well as applicable governmental laws and regulations.

 

 

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

 

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 AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.


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