Distribution Project Controls, Senior Advisor

Join Southern California Edison (SCE) as a Distribution Project Controls, Senior Advisor and play a pivotal part in shaping how SCE's Transmission & Distribution organization plans, funds, and executes its operational work. You will balance affordability, reliability, and performance delivery by integrating Capital and O&M operating plans, ensuring financial and operational strategies are fully aligned to support a resilient, future-ready grid.

What You Will Do

Develops and maintains cost tracking tools and templates, evaluates and implements cost management best practices, advises leadership on cost engineering methods and procedures, leads the evaluation of project time, cost, and quality targets, and prepares specific budgets in accordance with prescribed standards and procedures.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-level decisions, translate complex data into actionable strategies, and establish operating plans for billions of dollars in annual investments across Transmission & Distribution. You will drive transparency, affordability, and resilience across the organization, strengthening SCE's ability to deliver reliable energy and support California's clean energy future.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of experience in engineering cost controls, estimating, planning, and risk assessment for major construction projects
• Master's degree or higher in computer science, information systems, statistics business, finance, computer systems, or a related technical discipline
• Seven or more years of experience in the Electric Utility industry, with deep knowledge of Transmission & Distribution operations, cost structures, and performance drivers
• Seven or more years of experience leading annual and long-term operational planning for O&M, Capital, and Department Overhead (DOH)
• Extensive experience overseeing complex cost reporting, variance analysis, monthly budget and forecast reviews, and ad hoc performance assessments
• Demonstrated expertise in architecting and designing data integration, analytics, and data engineering solutions
• Five or more years of experience developing analytical and reporting tools using Power BI, SAS, SQL, Microsoft Access, SAP, and other business intelligence or statistical platforms
• Proven ability to communicate complex analyses and strategic insights to executive leadership
• Experience with governance and project controls, including work breakdown structures (WBS), jurisdictional cost allocations, cost monitoring systems, and spend/volume tracking
• Demonstrated success mentoring and developing staff, fostering professional growth, and building high-performing teams

Benefits

• Relocation does not apply to this position
• Primary work location is remote
• Employee may be expected to come to an SCE facility on occasion
• Benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more available on Candidate Resource page