Project management support - construction, specialist

Job Description

Become a Project Management Support - Construction, Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll provide support to the Distribution Project Management (DPM) group. The PM Construction Specialist supports the DPM Project Manager and the Project Team by monitoring and tracking progress and project status from scope review and design, through construction and project close-out. Support is provided for a multitude of different project types, all related to the completion of critical Infrastructure Upgrade work.

As a Project Management Support - Construction, 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

• Supports the pre-construction/construction planning processes by crafting and supervising action items and leading project team member adherence; function as a subject matter expert for tool/system of record to help maintain the integrity of the data stored, assist with access and training, and provide other assistance as needed.
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary project teams which often consist of 30 or more members.
• Assists the project manager with all project-related support tasks, such as preparation of progress reports, tracking of project achievements, metrics, schedules, and budgets; provide status to project manager leadership and stakeholders.
• Establishes, presents, and applies project procedures, directives, and bulletins to ensure compliance with SCE's policies and procedures.
• Utilizes project management tools and systems, including Microsoft Project, to maintain sophisticated project schedules.
• Crafts and maintains project documentation, including version control, distribution, document storage/retention in sophisticated document libraries and access control.
• Develops presentations and other project documentation for review by departmental and organizational management and executive committees for approval to proceed through the project gates and stages.
• Collaborate with peers and leadership to identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend and implement new reporting features or format.
• Function as leader/owner for the organizational SharePoint, OneNote, Shared Drives and system tools to ensure adherence to company policies; cross validate data across various data sources to ensure accuracy and identify possible updates.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Two or more years of Project Support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using P6 to track project progress.
• Electric distribution experience.
• Experience in project management theories and practices using IPSEC model.
• Experience crafting and maintaining records, logs, documents, files, or databases for use in monitoring, tracking, and trending program/project costs, budget and production variance, resources, schedules, and status for management with attention to detail.
• Experience reviewing, updating, and preparing reports, documents, or correspondence for internal and external customers to provide project updates and status with attention to detail.
• Experience performing risk analysis, capturing documents, and researching data on assigned topics, using databases, files, spreadsheets, or other sources.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects/assignments concurrently with minimal oversight under tight timelines.
• Proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and SAP.
• Ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage information, and provide outstanding service to internal and external customers.

Additional Information

• 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 work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• 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.
• The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA (Pomona Innovation Village). However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time throughout the SCE service territory.
• Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.