Project Management Support - Construction, Specialist

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Project Management Support - Construction, Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll serve in our Rialto team, where you will play a critical role in supporting the planning and delivery of distribution projects that keep our systems reliable and efficient. Reporting directly to the Rialto DCP Planning Manager, you’ll collaborate with a skilled team of advisors, senior planners, and designers to ensure projects progress smoothly from scope release through completion. Key responsibilities include generating and maintaining accurate reports, tracking project milestones, and ensuring data integrity within internal tracking systems. This position offers the opportunity to make a measurable impact on operational performance while working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

As a Project Management Support - Construction, Specialist, 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

- Supports the pre-construction/construction planning processes by crafting and supervising action items and leading project team member adherence; function as a subject matter expert for tool/system of record to help maintain the integrity of the data stored, assist with access and training, and provide other assistance as needed

- Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams which often consist of 30 or more members

- Assists the project manager with all project-related support tasks, such as preparation of progress reports, tracking of project achievements, metrics, schedules, and budgets; provide status to project manager leadership and stakeholders

- Establishes, presents, and applies project procedures, directives, and bulletins to ensure compliance with SCE's policies and procedures

- Utilizes project management tools and systems, including Microsoft Project, to maintain sophisticated project schedules

- Crafts and maintains project documentation, including version control, distribution, document storage/retention in sophisticated document libraries and access control

- Develops presentations and other project documentation for review by departmental and organizational management and executive committees for approval to proceed through the project gates and stages

- Collaborate with peers and leadership to identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend and implement new reporting features or format

- Function as leader/owner for the organizational SharePoint, OneNote, Shared Drives and system tools to ensure adherence to company policies; cross validate data across various data sources to ensure accuracy and identify possible updates

- 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

- Two or more years of Project Support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working in the utility industry, with knowledge of operational and regulatory environments.

- Two or more years of experience supporting construction projects.

- Experience working with construction design work orders.

- Experience with Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, SAS Project Tracker, and Design Manager (DM).

- Experience and working knowledge with SAP, including navigation and transaction codes for project related functions.

- Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite product, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.

- Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel advanced functions, such as: Sum-Ifs, V-Lookups, Index/Match, Pivot Tables, and/or Macros.

- Experience providing high level analytics, including statistical analysis and visual analytics to understand areas of improvement.

- Experience and ability to prepare and maintain spreadsheets in excel for tracking of work orders, construction, or tasking.

- Experience with the cancellation and close out process as it relates to project Work Orders.

- Experience and ability to manage and prioritize multiple high-urgency projects simultaneously with accuracy and attention to detail.

- Excellent internal and external communication and collaboration skills, with experience working on cross-functional teams.

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.

- The primary work location for this position is Rialto, CA. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at alternate work locations.

- Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

- This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.

- 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.