Quality Control Inspector, Senior Specialist

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Quality Control Inspector, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll This position is within the Distribution Underground Civil Construction & Inspection division of SCE’s Transmission & Distribution organization. The role is responsible for inspecting the installation of underground electrical infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable power delivery. It also ensures compliance with SCE, State, County, and local standards, and administers construction contracts at the field level across multiple districts within the Desert Region. As a Quality Control Inspector, Senior 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

- Dispatches field crews, troubleshooters and testers engaged in the construction, maintenance and emergency restoration of energy distribution facilities and customer service facilities; assigns work to SCE’s contractors, reviews contractor daily reports for accuracy, and resolves issues and approves changes; monitors assigned contract crews for safe, productive and quality work practices.

- Ensures that the services provided to the customer meet internal and external regulatory requirements.

- Creates and delivers reports on all ongoing construction, quality of work, and scheduled maintenance. Documents the location of installed facilities on as-built drawings and prepares required supporting documents in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

- Coordinates changes to projects in accordance with contract documents and/or department policies and procedures with both internal and external customers.

- Tasks projects collaboratively with contractors and provides technical support to Local and Tech Planning. Interfaces with internal personnel and outside agencies, making decisions in the field which may impact the efficiency of field crews and work order closings.

- Reviews, authorizes, validates and tracks assigned work scopes and scope changes at the field level.

- Performs contractor field safety assessments. Creates and maintains a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.

- Ensures warranty corrections are completed and inspects work for safety and quality.

- 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 quality control and inspection.

- Possess a valid Class C Driver’s License.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.

- Experience evaluating the effectiveness of projects, including monitoring progress, reallocating resources, reporting status, and implementing changes as needed.

- Experience providing technical support, identifying compliance issues, and providing corrective recommendations.

- Experience coordinating activities with contractors, including assigning work, monitoring projects, and reviewing field dailies for accuracy.

- Two or more years of experience managing multiple tasks with conflicting schedules and limited timelines.

- Experience documenting installed facilities locations on as-built drawings and preparing supporting documentation.

- Experience preparing and delivering reports to management and/or peers.

- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

- Experience with utility underground construction practices, specifications and requirements, including the Underground Structures (UGS) Manual, GO128 and related industry standards.

- Ability to present technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.

- Experience managing risks and safety appropriately and providing exceptional service to internal and external customers.

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.

- Position will require up to 80% 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 AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.