Engineering Manager - Power Systems Applications

Edison International - Alhambra, CA

Full-time

Alhambra, CA

Utilities

About the position

Become an Engineering Manager - Power Systems Applications at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll oversee a team of technical SMEs responsible for the ongoing operations and maintenance of Power System Applications within the Energy Management System (EMS), as well as the EMS Refresh Project. These applications are crucial for ensuring the safety and efficiency of grid operations. Your role will involve managing the team's efforts to maintain and enhance these applications, ensuring they operate reliably and effectively to support critical grid functions.

Responsibilities

• Leads a select set of engineering and business initiatives to develop grid strategies, determine how the grid is planned, designed, operated, and maintained to operationalize company's strategy
• Develops and maintains a project portfolio management system to prioritize projects, allocate resources, and monitor performance
• Evaluates new technologies and methodologies to enhance project efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability, designing and implementing improvement projects and new systems to support site initiatives and improve operational efficiency
• Establishes and maintains relationships with external partners, vendors, and contractors to support project delivery and innovation
• Coaches engineering teams on professional development opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge
• Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy, technology and safety program to ensure company advancement toward future vision and the well-being of employees and contractors involved in engineering projects
• Manages the engineering team that provides emergent and routine trouble-shooting support for plant technical needs
• Leads the design and implementation of new equipment and cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety, reliability, and throughput
• Develops goals for engineering team and assigns projects/roles to employees that translate Sr. Manager levels goals into actionable tasks
• Ensures 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

Requirements

• Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical major.
• Two or more years of experience leading or supervising a Grid Management System team.
• Experience in the operation and maintenance of Power System Applications for Realtime Operations.
• Experience with application development processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and other departments.