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HELP US BUILD THE FUTURE
From our sunny shores to our snow-capped mountains, to our desert plains, Southern California depends on the electric distribution system every day. Service Planners are the backbone of our electric grid. Working on the front lines of response to our customers and communities, they are behind every light switch, setting the stage for new engineering and construction projects.
You can be part of this diverse team of problem solvers working safely to keep the lights on for homes and businesses in Southern California communities. If you’re collaborative by nature, like to roll up your sleeves to get the job done, and are OK with no day being the same, this may be the path for you. If you’re looking for the next challenge and the chance to join a team of problem-solvers and community builders who are powering Southern California homeowners and businesses every day, look no further.
PLANNING CAREERS
Local Planning
Responsible for small to medium-sized residential and commercial/industrial projects. Local planners support the SCE’s electrical distribution system by developing and designing plans, identifying necessary resources and providing cost estimates and options for the construction of distribution facilities. Whether it’s upgrading or installing new electrical service, or setting a new electric meter, this team has it covered.
New Development Planning
Responsible for design services and project management for a customer base of residential builders and developers within SCE’s service territory. This includes residential and commercial customers engaged in applicant design activities, transportation electrification, installation management services (cell carriers), mobile home park conversions, and large marijuana cultivation customers.
Technical Planning
Responsible for designing projects to support distribution infrastructure replacement, system growth, grid modernization, automation and underground conversion programs. These top gun planners design SCE’s most complex distribution systems across the service territory.
Hiring! Join our Service Planner pathway now!
As a Planner Trainee you’ll receive hands-on training to develop and prepare estimates, work orders, drawings, construction plans, and bills of materials used at the planning stage of new engineering and construction projects. The program includes classroom and on-the-job training, mentoring and self-study. You’ll learn about a wide-range of topics including: electrical theory, distribution grid, circuit maps, rules and design standards … and more. Once you complete the program, you graduate as a full-fledged, bona fide Service Planner.
To qualify you need the following:One or more years of experience, training, or education in any of the following fields: Drafting, Mapping, Architecture, Construction, Engineering, or Electrical. Three or more years of customer service experience building relationships, identifying needs, and resolving issues. It’s also a very fast paced environment, so you need to be able to manage multiple projects at once. You must also have a valid U.S Driver License.
SAFETY. ABOVE ALL ELSE.
“The safety culture at Edison is a priority. It can be physical safety, whether I'm out in the field driving or I'm at work sites, being aware of my surroundings. It can also be if there are nails on the ground or if there's anything that can affect my safety or well-being. So you got to have a safety mindset at the forefront. The safety culture here runs deep and I appreciate it.”
Eddie, Planner
Service Planner Stories
Being a planner runs in the family for Ashley Houston. Her father, brother and husband have worked as SCE planners. “Whether it’s providing power to a family’s home or updating infrastructure in the field, there’s nothing quite like seeing your job out there and know that it is bettering life for our customers, families and businesses.”
Twenty-one years ago, Adebola 'Bola' Ayorinde started his career at SCE as a planner trainee. Today he leads an organization responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance of electrical assets that span nearly half of SCE’s distribution service territory."
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