Inspection Operations Senior Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Inspection Operations Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead strategic initiatives that transform SCE’s aerial inspection capabilities, drive innovation in wildfire mitigation, and ensure regulatory compliance through advanced technologies. You’ll oversee the development of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) safety protocols, training programs, and long-term fleet strategies, while shaping the future of field inspections through cross-functional collaboration and industry benchmarking. As an Inspection Operations Senior 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

- Develops and implements enterprise-wide quality control and inspection policies and strategic initiatives to enhance overall operational excellence.

- Directs the analysis of complex quality system data to identify systemic vulnerabilities and drive proactive, long-term improvement strategies across all business units.

- Serves as the primary liaison for regulatory bodies, ensuring all company practices align with national and industry-specific standards.

- Leads highly complex root cause analysis investigations for critical incidents, implementing high-impact corrective and preventative actions that affect the entire organization.

- Designs and executes comprehensive, high-stakes training programs to disseminate advanced inspection and quality assurance expertise and foster a culture of quality control leadership.

- Champions innovation by evaluating and integrating cutting-edge inspection technologies and methodologies.

- Provides executive-level advisement on all inspection and quality control matters, influencing key strategic decisions and resource allocation within the company.

- 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

- Ten or more years of experience in quality control/inspection, utility construction, or utility engineering.

- Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related technical field.

- Strategic leadership experience in aerial inspections, wildfire mitigation, or utility operations, with emphasis on safety and compliance.

- Experience in UAS technologies and aerial deployment; FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.

- Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and industry benchmarking skills.

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 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

- 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.