Planning Advisor

Hiring Manager: Paul Tae Joon Kim 

Job Abbreviation: PLA999_P4_E 

Pay Grade:  Exempt - 34 

Pay Range: $126,000.00 -$189,000.00 

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become aPlanning Advisorat Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. This role is responsible for planning, designing, and managing electrical transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution infrastructure projects from concept through construction and closeout. It combines engineering design, project management, environmental permitting, system planning, budgeting, risk assessment, field inspections, and team leadership to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant delivery of critical utility projects. What makes this role exciting is the opportunity to directly shape and improve the electrical grid that serves millions of customers. The position offers a unique blend of technical problem-solving, leadership, fieldwork, and cross-functional collaboration, allowing you to influence major infrastructure investments while seeing projects progress from an initial idea to a completed asset that improves system reliability, safety, and community growth.

As a Planning 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?

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience designing and leading complex technical projects and making strategic decisions related to scope, impacts, policy, and implementation.
• Proficiency with advanced design and planning tools (e.g., AUD, SPIDA, AutoCAD, Design Manager).
• Experience providing technical oversight, reviewing complex designs, and ensuring quality and accuracy.
• Experience managing multiple or sensitive projects under tight timelines.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to independently handle difficult stakeholder issues.
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills (Operations, Engineering, Environmental, etc.).
• Experience managing customer or stakeholder interactions in a technical, construction, or utility environment, including providing clear information, addressing inquiries, and coordinating solutions. 

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. 
• The primary work location for this position is Santa Monica.   
• This position is eligible for a location-based incentive.  Incentive is offered if commitment is made to work on-site and to remain in specified work location for an agreed-upon timeframe.
• This position requires testing and applicants who are identified to continue through the selection process will be invited to test via email. Reference our Information Guides for the following tests: (EEI TECH (Test #5107)).  Candidates who have previously passed these assessment(s), in some cases, may not need to retest again for 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 [email protected] or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.