Energy Management System (EMS) Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Energy Management System (EMS) Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and help shape the future of a safer, cleaner, and more reliable electric grid. In this influential technical role, you will provide expert guidance for the mission-critical Energy Management System (EMS), Transmission, and SCADA applications that enable real-time grid monitoring, operations, and control. You will partner across Power System Controls (PSC), business teams, vendors, and senior leaders to deliver solutions that strengthen reliability, support grid modernization, and advance SCE’s clean energy future.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Technical Guidance: Offer expertise and support in the development, implementation, and optimization of energy management systems within the Power System Controls (PSC) organization.
• Solution Development: Develop technical solutions to meet both short-term and long-term business goals.
• Collaboration: Work closely with vendors, senior leadership, and other departments to achieve desired business outcomes.

As an Energy Management System (EMS) Advisor, 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

• Manages the reliable, safe, and compliant operation and maintenance of the grid application system, and implements grid modernization capital and expense programs.
• Develops and manages energy efficiency projects, integrating advanced technologies and renewable energy sources to reduce energy consumption.
• Develops and implements tools, processes and procedures that enhance system reliability and organizational efficiencies.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to promote energy-saving practices and ensure effective energy management throughout the organization.
• Identifies, implements, and maintains key performance and process metrics to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, procedures and applications.
• Designs, develops and maintains plans related to data integrity, system reliability, and consistency.
• Oversees software development and maintenance support for the grid applications as they relate to the operation and control of the electrical grid.
• Designs, administers and monitors grid application software configurations.
• Facilitates grid application vendor software enhancements and leverages product capability, driving standardization, limiting customization, and maximizing reuse of content developed for previous solutions.
• Develops group performance expectations and goals that align with line of business and Company goals.
• 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

• Seven or more years of experience in designing, building, implementing, maintaining, and supporting complex utility, real-time or enterprise systems, or as a user of a utility grid application.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Experience supporting, maintaining, or enhancing Energy Management System (EMS), SCADA, Transmission, or other mission-critical electric utility grid applications.
• Experience in electric utility operations, real-time control center environments, grid reliability, or operational technology systems.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application, database, interface, data integrity, or system performance issues in high-availability environments.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL, Linux/UNIX shell environments, and scripting languages used to automate, validate, monitor, or support grid application processes.
• Experience with EMS/SCADA application configuration, data modeling, telemetry, alarms, displays, integrations, or vendor software enhancement processes.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, compliance, change management, incident response, or operational controls applicable to critical infrastructure or NERC/CIP environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical efforts with vendors, control center partners, engineering teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear recommendations, roadmaps, metrics, and decisions that support reliability, modernization, and business outcomes.

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 Alhambra, CA. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at an alternate work location.
• Position will require up to 15% 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.
• This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
• This role will require after-hours, on-call rotation support as this is a 24/7/365 operation for critical system incidents.
• Relocation may 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.