Planning Advisor (Electrical Utilities)

Location: Hybrid role based primarily in Santa Monica, California; employees are generally required to work and reside in California. The employee reports to an SCE facility for a set number of days and works remotely on remaining days. The work mode may change based on business needs.

Salary: $126,000–$189,000 per year. The position is eligible for a location-based incentive if the employee commits to working on-site and remaining in the specified work location for an agreed period.

Company

hirify.global operates electrical utility infrastructure and focuses on clean energy, safety, reliability, and grid innovation.

What you will do

• Plan and design overhead and underground transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution facilities, including resource planning, cost estimates, and construction options.
• Manage projects from inception through closeout, coordinating internal teams, contractors, Operations, Engineering, Environmental, and other stakeholders.
• Lead environmental planning and permitting activities and monitor project operating dates, compliance deadlines, schedules, forecasts, risks, and budgets.
• Review planning and system performance studies, complex designs, contractor job packets, and peer designs for quality, accuracy, standards, and safety compliance.
• Assess system and field risks, evaluate mitigation benefits, support maintenance projects, and perform field inspections.
• Maintain circuit mapping and digital geospatial records for utility assets and ensure accurate reporting to internal groups and external agencies.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in electrical utility distribution, transmission, or telecommunications design; distribution, transmission, or telecommunications line construction; or an engineering discipline.
• Valid Class C driver’s license.
• Protect company physical, financial, cybersecurity, customer, proprietary, medical, and other sensitive information with integrity and appropriate controls.

Nice to have

• Advanced knowledge of engineering principles, construction standards, and industry practices.
• Experience designing and leading complex technical projects and making strategic decisions about scope, impacts, policy, and implementation.
• Proficiency with advanced design and planning tools such as AUD, SPIDA, AutoCAD, or Design Manager.
• Experience providing technical oversight, reviewing complex designs, and ensuring quality and accuracy.
• Experience managing multiple or sensitive projects under tight timelines.
• Strong interpersonal, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Experience handling customer or stakeholder interactions in technical, construction, or utility environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with a combination of facility-based and remote work.
• Work contributes to cleaner energy, reduced carbon emissions, grid safety, and reliability for millions of customers.
• Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available for applicants and employees with disabilities.
• Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records are considered under applicable Los Angeles County and California fair-chance laws.

Hiring process

• Applicants who continue in the selection process must complete the EEI TECH assessment (Test #5107) by invitation via email; candidates who previously passed may not need to retest in some cases.
• External candidates should apply through the external careers site; SCE employees must use the internal portal.