Power Utility Construction Permitting Manager
- Job ID: 5227
- Job Family: Transmission & Distribution
- Location: Ventura, CA, US
- Pay: $140,400 – $210,500
Non-Represented
This base pay range is for a pay grade that encompasses this position and a variety of other positions at the company. The pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on the position and multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Represented IBEW Local 47
This pay range represents the rates of pay for step 1 to the maximum step for this position. The pay range and the specific pay for the successful candidate are determined in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement between Southern California Edison Company and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 47.
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Power Utility Construction Permitting Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. Step into a high‑impact leadership role guiding SCE’s Construction Permitting Organization, where you’ll drive multi‑agency permitting strategies, ensure regulatory compliance, and remove roadblocks to keep major T&D projects on schedule. As a frontline leader, you will shape permitting strategy, negotiate complex public‑right‑of‑way terms including Caltrans, coach and develop a high‑performing team, and enable safe, efficient execution of critical capital projects across wildfire mitigation, grid modernization, infrastructure renewal, and other essential initiatives.
As a Power Utility Construction Permitting Manager, 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
- Oversees the end-to-end permit acquisition process engaging key internal and external stakeholders with various state and local agencies for a variety of maintenance and capital construction projects. Submits and tracks permits, communication and engagement with project management, planning, engineering, LPA, agency relations, law, and external agencies. Maintains records.
- Develops and implements strategies to expedite the permitting process to minimize project delays.
- Negotiates permit terms and conditions to acquire excavation/encroachment permits and traffic control permits for work performed in the Public Right of Way under the franchise agreement for approximately 50 agencies and Caltrans.
- Supports the development of workflow strategies to manage resources and meet forecasted demand for permit acquisition, including performance metrics.
- Manages external permit contractors for traffic control design and permit acquisition, establishing clear performance expectations and results.
- Develops strategies to improve processes and performance to mitigate permit acquisition delays of capital projects from inception through post-construction.
- Reviews and communicates agency and Caltrans requirements and standards to impacted parties to ensure awareness and compliance requirements are met.
- 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
- Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising acquisition of construction permits.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Urban Planning, or a related field.
- Experience leading teams responsible for permitting, regulatory compliance, construction coordination, or agency negotiations.
- Experience and strong knowledge of permitting processes for Utility Construction, including experience working with public agencies, municipalities, and transportation authorities (e.g., CalTrans).
- Experience negotiating permit terms and conditions, resolve agency concerns, and streamline multi agency regulatory workflows.
- Experience supporting capital project execution in utility, energy, infrastructure, or other highly regulated environments.
- Experience building strategies, set priorities, and drive process improvements in fast paced operational settings.
- Strong communication and relationship building skills when working with internal partners, external agencies, and construction stakeholders.
- Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing technical staff such as permit specialists, analysts, and compliance advisors.
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
- 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 (833) 343-0727.
