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Southern California Edison (SCE) · 1 day ago

Contract Test and Commissioning Senior Manager

Southern California Edison (SCE) is committed to fueling innovation in the energy sector. The Contract Test and Commissioning Senior Manager will provide strategic oversight of contractors and suppliers during construction, testing, and commissioning activities, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.

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Responsibilities

Provides strategic oversight of SCE, Contract and Supplier resources throughout construction, testing, and commissioning to ensure all work meets SCE standards for quality, safety, and compliance
Provides safety leadership and direction in the development of programs and processes to eliminate injuries, accidents, and performance errors, ensuring compliance with safety rules, policies, and practices
Leads the development resource planning to support capital projects and regulatory maintenance to ensure completion of all regulatory maintenance; oversees staffing strategics and partners with internal teams to ensure equitable Collective Bargaining Agreement application
Reviews commissioning reports, engineering standards, equipment test results; validates, authorizes, and tracks construction and commissioning scope to ensure timely completion and regulatory compliance
Makes strategic and operational decisions that support grid operations, and system reliability, including responding to infrastructure replacements, major equipment failures, and emergencies
Manages supervisors and/or field crews who install and maintain substation assets, including protective relays, automation schemes, circuit breakers, and transformers
Oversees allocated portions of capital budgets; identifies and executes substation infrastructure replacements, vehicle investments, and capital equipment purchases
Provides technical support for infrastructure replacement strategies, regulatory and compliance requirements, and equipment repair initiatives
Collaborates with internal/external stakeholders and customers to resolve issues, mitigate risks, and drive execution within scope, schedule, and budget while advancing safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance
Performs other duties as assigned to support organizational and project objectives
A material job duty of all positions within the Company is 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

Qualification

Electric Transmission OperationsVendor ManagementProject ManagementSubstation EngineeringLean Six SigmaRegulatory ComplianceTechnical PresentationsTeam Leadership

Required

Five or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management
Experience in leading electric transmission systems operations
Possess a valid Class C Driver's License

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in a STEM related field
Experience in developing or managing equipment commissioning guidelines
Experience in planning, design, construction, maintenance, standards development, operations, testing commissioning or engineering of substations
Experience with vendor/contract management including proposals, bids, and purchase orders
Experience with CPUC, WECC, NERC Transmission & Distribution requirements
Experience in developing and delivering technical presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences and to Senior Leadership teams
Experience using Lean Six Sigma, or other quality management systems
Experience leading with cross-functional teams to improve business processes

Company

Southern California Edison (SCE)

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As one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, we’re bringing more clean and renewable sources of energy to Southern California.

H1B Sponsorship

Southern California Edison (SCE) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2023 (6)
2022 (3)
2021 (2)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$2B
2025-01-09Debt Financing· $1.5B
2024-09-03Debt Financing· $500M

Leadership Team

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Michael Backstrom
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
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Lizeth Ruvalcaba
Senior Manager, People Operations and Enablement
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