Substation Designer

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Substation Designer at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll be designing various substation projects and aiding the development of SDS for Substation design. In addition, you will create detailed drawings such as One lines, Elementary, Wiring Diagrams, and Physical drawings using Computer aided design (CAD) software for routine/simple designs using our internal Standards.

As a Substation Designer, 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

• Provides full-time technical support to the operations and business unit staff
• Aids in managing subcontractors' schedules for fielding and design deliverables, providing vendor liaison support and maintaining third party relationships
• Establishes, documents, and maintains procedures and guidelines related to the day-to-day operational support provided to the operations and business unit staff
• Maintains tracking for long-term performance evaluations and ensures adherence to baseline requirements
• Documents field trips and product analysis to enable continuous improvement of troubleshooting procedures, product installations, and product robustness
• Presents project status updates to senior managers during weekly progress meetings
• Helps develop the scopes of work required by pole owners and power utilities for design and pole loading analysis
• Resolves incidents and problems and provides support to the monitoring and reporting of the supported systems performance, collaborating with teams in an Agile environment to deliver project goals and solutions
• Validates and maintains reference information, documentation and data bases in order to effectively evaluate, design and engineer complex work requests
• Performs in-depth analysis, develops recommendations, and may provide consulting to address customer and/or Company problems/issues which cross organizational boundaries and require thorough technical knowledge to resolve
• Leads team or participate as a team member during implementation of specialized technical projects
• 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 in technical support.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Map 3D, Autodesk Inventor, Bluebeam, Design Manager, & Substation Design packages through SCE internal electronic process.
• Five (5) or more years of electrical design experience.
• Experience with Substation Design Suite (SDS) tool kit.
• Experience with creating 3D Models.
  
  

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 Pomona, 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 10% 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 (833) 343-0727.