Production Specialist

Production Specialist

Become a Production Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be teamed up with leaders coordinating field work which directly impacts our safety, reliability and customer service goals.

As a Production 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

• 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.
• Contact and communicate with multiple individuals including Customers, local city government officials and employees, environmental agency officials and employees, along with SCE Foreman, Planners, Schedulers, and Supervisors.
• Ensure crew has all required resources such as equipment, material, and access to jobsite.
• Develop execution strategies and job coordination to completion.
• Ensure work scheduling is optimized to minimize costs and delays. Ensure work orders are executable and meet customer needs while applying the most up-to-date construction processes.
• Conduct constructability reviews, outage/ switching plans, order materials, and track progress of permits and civil work.
• Ensure site readiness, may make recommendations to E-Crew Foreman on work order execution plans, and tailboards for potential safety hazards. Perform job walks.
• Facilitating feedback to support groups/orgs regarding construction delays or constructability issues.
• Responsible for organizing work, making sound decisions, and developing and implementing strategies to complete the work on time and in the safest, productive and cost-efficient manner possible.
• Make recommendations to Supervisors and directs crews to maximize crew productivity and cost efficiency by programming clearances on electrical lines for SCE and Contract resources.
• Combines field experience of construction methods and a thorough understanding of productivity calculation to recommend manpower required to complete each job while applying solid understanding of the impact of fatigue, premium time, and resource allocation to work unit performance.
• Participates as a key team member during execution of large projects by ensuring optimal efficiency by visiting jobsite during construction to explore opportunities for improvement with Foremen, Planners and Supervisors.
• Maintains thorough knowledge and understanding of any updated processes, equipment, design and construction standards, and environmental and health regulations.
• Applies unique blend of technical knowledge and field experience to manage cost efficiency among crews.
• Being available for duty during a storm for damage assessment, a work assignment coordinator, and/or to support the crews as needed.
• Performs other responsibilities and duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in performing utility planning, design, construction, maintenance, standards & development, system operations, field operations, engineering or construction project management.
• Experience and knowledge of updated processes, equipment, design and construction standards, and environmental and health regulations.
• Experience with the application of a Collective Bargaining Agreement as it relates to interactions with Represented (Union) Employees.
• Possess a valid Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Journeyman Lineman, Journeyman Cable Splicer, Troubleman, Senior Patrolman and/or Equipment Operator.
• Experience with construction processes, including: Distribution Design standards, Electrical Service Requirements, Construction/ Maintenance Standards, and GO95 and GO128 regulations.
• Experience with client/ customer management providing exceptional customer service, customer satisfaction, building relationships with customers, identifying customer needs, and responding to customer issues.
• Experience with field design and construction standards.
• Experience with Project Management or Project Support, analytical, and administrative skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word and Excel).
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience with SCE's GCC outage request process/ system.
• Experience with the application of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the handling of labor relations issues.

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 50% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position – Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.
• 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.

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.

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