Advisor (QEW/JEM) Quality Control Inspection

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Advisor (QEW/JEM) Quality Control Inspection at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will provide oversight activities related to the Quality Control (QC) inspection programs to include Distribution Construction Inspections, Overhead Transmission Construction Inspections, Underground Detailed Inspections, and Enhanced Overhead Inspections of Distribution / Transmission circuits. Conduct and document final inspections and/or assessments to assure compliance with Southern California Edison Construction Standards and Regulatory requirements. The advisor will also verify that the construction and design requirements have been achieved by performance of independent field inspections and desktop review.

As an Advisor (QEW/JEM) Quality Control Inspection, 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

- Coordinates, schedules and supervises crews engaged in the construction, removal and maintenance of energy distribution facilities and equipment

- Organizes, performs, reviews and coordinates audits and inspection activities, establishing new processes for emergent quality control audit requests

- Investigates internal and external root causes and ensures the implementation of corrective actions, visiting suppliers to assess the quality process and drive for quality improvement

- Oversees the analysis and effectiveness of the quality system and coordinates quality related issues with other departments, suppliers and customers; evaluating work methods, procedures, and policies while also coaching and mentoring functional groups and departments on quality processes

- Ensures all work was completed in accordance with the company's standards and practices

- Serves as a resource to crews, foremen, and supervisors by identifying potential work order design safety hazards during inspection activities, proposing solutions to alleviate such concerns and maintaining the expertise and technical knowledge needed to safely and optimally prep jobs

- Addresses and resolves customer concerns related to inspection activities such as duct, trench, and structure inspection in a timely manner

- Contributes to the development of the annual quality control plan, including information and data gathering, interview schedule, site visit schedule, associated logistics, and other quality control related activities

- 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 conducting quality engineering (QE), and quality control (QC) inspections within the electric utility industry.

- Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Physical Science, or similar subject area.

- Experience working as a Journeyman/Lineman

- Experience working with overhead design standards such as GO 95 and construction principles.

- Experience with Underground Detailed Inspections (UDI), intrusive pole testing, pole replacement, and the general rules and objectives of overhead / underground construction and maintenance.

- Ability to integrate work across relevant areas, develop the business and services to improve customer happiness and efficiency, lead risks and safety appropriately, develop and execute business plans, manage information, and provide outstanding service to internal and external customers.

- Experience with SCE easements, rights-of-way, prescriptive rights and the rights check process.

- Experience in the use of the CMS field tool.

- Experience with QC inspection and testing techniques of electrical distribution systems.

- Experience with Transmission & Distribution electrical overhead line construction and maintenance programs, standards, regulations, field policies, and CPUC G.O 95, 128, and 165 and the related operations & maintenance manuals.

- Broad knowledge and understanding of electrical, mechanical, and/or civil construction industry standards and field policies that specify and govern quality control programs.

- Knowledge of and experience with Quality Control / Quality Assurance principles and practice as applied to field observations, field assessment, and record of completed work.

- Experience crafting reports, providing analysis, and communicating conclusions relative to quality control.

- Effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to know the latest with relevant technology and innovation.

- Proficient with Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

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.

- The primary work location for this position is flexible. Ontario was selected due to centrality of territory.

- Position will require up to 90% travel and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

- This position is part of an employee group that is currently participating in an active union‑organizing campaign. Depending on the results of that process, the position may be included in a collective bargaining unit and become subject to the terms and conditions of a collective bargaining agreement.

- 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 is a Department of Transportation (DOT) covered classification and is subject to random drug and/or alcohol screening.

- 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.