Project Manager - Corporate Security PMO

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Become a Project Manager - Corporate Security PMO at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving innovation by managing capital construction and cutting-edge physical security technology projects focused on protecting SCE’s people, assets, and reputation while maintaining compliance with evolving North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requirements. You will be a catalyst for technology and coordinate work with cross-functional teams across departments like Transmission and Distribution (T&D), Corporate Real Estate (CRE), Information Technology (IT), Generation, and others. You will manage contractors and work side-by-side with technical trades, external suppliers, and third-party vendors to deliver best-in-class physical security solutions – helping to build a future-ready energy company committed to safety, resilience, and operational excellence. In this role you will have the opportunity to periodically visit facilities across SCE’s territory to inspect and guide vendor activities. Take your career to the next level as a Project Manager in the Corporate Security PMO at Southern California Edison (SCE), where you’ll be at the forefront of driving transformational change.

Responsibilities

• Manages the activities of one or more moderate to large, short to mid-term projects with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and outcomes
• Exercises considerable latitude and judgement in developing plans, budgets, and resources, directing activities and actions, and determining deliverable
• Decides appropriate methods, procedures for new projects with significant independence
• Engages with all levels of management and acts as a key consultant for both functional and business issues
• Facilitates project execution, administration, correspondence, and flow of information/data
• Analyzes and determines regulatory impacts and requirements of the project
• Identifies deviations in the project plan, identifies issues and leads the efforts to bring to resolution without compromising the original project goals, budget and timing; Ensures project parameters meet the agreed-upon needs and expectations
• Forecasts project resources, materials and contracts costs within standard tools; Analyzes policies and procedures and provides next step recommendations as needed
• Assesses project risk and develops contingency plans, identifies and communicates lessons learned and best practices; Follows effective project governance and reporting, in-line with SCE's project management standards in order to steward ongoing assigned projects
• Maintains progress reports, conducts change impact assessments, and uses project management tools; Maintains a system to measure the effectiveness of the project development process
• 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 project management.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Construction Management, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience working in construction, physical security, and related fields.
• Project management training and certification (PMP preferred).
• Six Sigma certification(s).
• Proficient ability to read and interpret construction and MEP (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) drawings.
• Experience maintaining multi-million dollar project budgets and developing financial forecasts.
• Seven years or more of experience leading major construction projects.
• Five years of contract management experience.
• Five years of supervisory experience.
• Experience with OSHA safety.
  
  

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.
• Position will require up to 20% 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.
  
  

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.