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Become a Transmission Construction Foreman at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. The Transmission Construction Foreman provides frontline leadership for transmission construction, maintenance, and restoration work, ensuring all operations are completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company and regulatory requirements. The role is accountable for protecting employees and the public by fostering a strong safety culture, making critical operational decisions, and adapting work plans to changing field conditions. Foremen drive workforce performance through coaching, mentoring, and developing employees, including apprentices and journeymen, while promoting accountability, professionalism, and continuous improvement. As the primary link between management and field crews, they coordinate resources, communicate expectations, and lead teams to achieve operational excellence and reliable service delivery. As a Transmission Construction Foreman, 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
Completes work orders related to transmission construction, maintenance, and repair, directing and coordinating crews to accomplish the installation and maintenance of equipment such as transformers, lightening arrestors, cutouts, insulators, switches and switchgear
Ensures work orders are designed per the construction standards, enforcing strict compliance with safety protocols and resolving any identified issues promptly and effectively
Reviews daily construction plans and materials needs with crews, identifies and locates puller and tensioner straps, and conducts site inspections to verify safe work methods are used
Ensures all work orders in the field align with standards and are designed per the Transmission Overhead Construction, Distribution Design Standard, Overhead and Underground Construction Standards manuals
Ensures in-field, on-site adherence to company policies and environmental guidelines on the job site, confirming that all work done aligns with established procedures
Responds to after-hours outage and emergency repair calls, supervising proper commissioning and testing prior to re-energization
Performs responsibilities related to sagging wire, phasing circuits through substations, grounding, and other aspects of distribution linework
Provides applicable training and development opportunities to employees and crew members, facilitating training sessions and offering feedback as appropriate
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 combined experience performing/supervising underground and overhead construction, maintenance, and operation of the electrical distribution system.
Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.
Preferred Qualifications
Five or more years of experience in electric utility construction, maintenance, or transmission operations, including leadership responsibilities.
Experience working within an IBEW-represented workforce and interpreting collective bargaining agreements.
Ability to coach and develop employees, fostering skill growth, succession readiness, and career progression.
Additional Information
This position's work mode is on-site. The employee will report to an SCE facility or in the field location. 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 Oak Hills Grid. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time between the primary work location of Oak Hills and through 27k square miles of service territory North to the Bishop/Mammoth area.
Position will require up to 40% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
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.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran 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 AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.