Vegetation Management Project Manager [HYBRID]

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Vegetation Management Project Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will report to the Vegetation Management (VM) Business Transformation & Readiness Senior Manager. As a part of the VM team, you’ll be responsible for staying current and knowledgeable of the business processes, employees, objectives, and challenges. You will translate strategic initiatives into implementation projects that may need to process changes, program strategy, and system development within existing work management tools. You will manage multiple moderate scale projects and initiatives having safety, operational, and financial impacts on SCE and VM goals and strategic plans.

As a Vegetation Management Project Manager, 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?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Work closely with the rest of the VM organization to set project goals and prioritization for new SCE initiatives and programs.

• Lead cross-functional and inter-departmental teams to achieve project objectives; facilitate meetings, presentations, and discussions to identify strategies for continuous improvement and communicate status updates while guiding peers for ongoing projects to meet delivery targets. 

• Perform project management functions including development of project scope, plans, schedule, budget, resource requirements, and status tracking along with business impact assessments and risk analysis with mitigation plans.

• Establishing success criteria and KPI’s and monitoring goals for new programs to ultimately be adopted into operations or discontinued.

• Resolve issues and ensure task completion by establishing priorities and resolving conflicts with stakeholders. 

Qualifications

The essentials

• Seven or more years of project management experience including ownership of scope, cost, and schedule.

The preferred 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in applicable business or technical field.

• Experience with Utility Vegetation Management (or other utility operations) policies and procedures.

• Project Management Certification.

• Ability to engage in continuous learning, encourage teamwork, manage confidential information, drive change through influence, work with integrity, and the ability to foster a positive work environment.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills using a variety of media as needed for appropriate audiences.

You should know

• 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 reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. 

• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

• The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA.

• 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.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected 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 (833) 343-0727.

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