TUG Distribution Manager

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become aTUG Distribution Managerat Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll

Manage a team of project managers who manage complex distribution targeted underground projects. Challenging projects which need a leader to support project managers, keeping the team accountable to ambition compliance targets. The role provides an opportunity to develop and enhance processes to ensure program success. As a TUG Distribution 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

• Leads, coaches and develops project management staff to enhance their capabilities. Directly supervises project managers responsible for project management of distribution projects across the IPSEC model. Includes scoping, estimating, project budgeting and approval, oversight of project execution, performance monitoring, and project close-out.
• Oversees project financials including budgeting, tracking, and reporting. Typically attend tactical level meetings. Provides oversight of Region-level Distribution Capital Projects throughout the project life cycle including scoping and project initiation, planning and design, permit and easement acquisition, civil and electrical construction, and project close out activities.
• Implements and improves processes for project intake, prioritization, and governance.
• Monitors project risks, issues, and dependencies and takes corrective actions to keep projects on track. Leads project teams, including engineers, technicians, contractors, and support staff. Provides project level guidance to project control engineers responsible for cost and schedule support. Builds strong and collaborative working relationships with Regions, DCO, and project execution teams.
• Sets expectations for project managers to implement robust technical design reviews, constructability analyses, and testing procedures into project execution plans.
• Conducts technical assessments of major project deliverables including system studies, equipment specifications, drawings, reports, and commissioning plans.
• Drives consistent process improvement for managing change orders, technical submittals, and document control across project teams.
• Provides tactical direction to Project Managers in support of Distribution Projects to achieve the successful completion of work to Region(s) unit and spend targets. Develops ATP and Execution Plans.
• 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 combined experience performing or supervising project management.
• Experience in managing electric transmission and/or distribution projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience with project or program management including scoping, estimating, project budgeting and approval, oversight of project execution, performance monitoring, and project close-out.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Business, Construction Management, or other technically related fields or equivalent.
• Experience with undergrounding construction or engineering within a utility industry.
• Experience providing strategy, direction, coaching and mentoring, performance management, and salary administration for staff.
• Experience developing and executing strategies and operational plans.
• Experience ensuring cross functional support and collaboration including resolving cross functional issues and obstacles.
• Experience ensuring appropriate resources are in place to successfully manage work and to meet goals and objectives.
• Experience executing strategies across IPSEC through effective project management and oversight.

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.
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• 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.
• 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.

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