Environmental Science Advisor [Hybrid] Southern California Edison Location: California Category[...]

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• Job ID : 71048805
• Job Family : Safety, Security & Compliance
• Location : Rosemead, CA, US
• Pay : $117,200 - $175,800

Job Description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Environmental Science Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and help build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary environmental technical review team, including external consultants, to plan, permit, and construct major infrastructure projects.

Owning the responsibility for large, complex, environmental documents is in your comfort zone, including quality assurance, client management, schedule and budget management, and team coordination.

You love helping project teams anticipate issues, avoid or solve problems, and define environmental compliance strategies.

Working with colleagues and clients is something that motivates you.

As an Environmental Science Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and build cleaner air for everyone.

Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Manage multi-disciplinary technical teams and external consultants to perform environmental analysis supporting renewable generation interconnections and infrastructure project development, environmental permitting, and implementation.
• Prepare, process, and review CEQA / NEPA compliance documents and related technical studies, ensuring inclusion of SCE scope and sufficiency of environmental analysis.
• Clearly communicate environmental strategy, policy, and compliance requirements to internal and external stakeholders for infrastructure project planning, permitting, and construction.
• Maintain an understanding of CEQA and NEPA, including staying up to date on case law to accurately advise internal client organizations.
• Develop, direct, and / or implement compliance approaches to permit acquisition in coordination with technical experts, including biologists, cultural resource specialists, water quality specialists, GIS, etc.
• Establish project objectives, timelines, risks, milestones, deliverables, and budgets and track and report on this information.
• Be responsible for consultant scope, budget, and invoicing and work with contractors to maintain high degree of accuracy, quality, and prompt issue resolution.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams (e.g., engineers, field crews) to address issues and solve problems to advance projects.
• Develop and contribute to the development of technical resource area processes and / or guidance for projects to ensure consistency and standardization of resource impact analysis and compliance implementation.
• Provide strategic recommendations and highlight risk to support SCE project development and execution.

The essentials

• Seven (7) or more years of experience in environmental, land use, and / or long-range planning or environmental compliance and permitting.
• Experience with Federal (NEPA) and state (CEQA) environmental law / process, as well as other relevant laws and regulations.

The preferred

• Bachelor's degree or higher in urban planning, environmental studies, or related subject area.
• Three (3) or more years of experience with regulatory compliance and permitting such as CEQA / NEPA, Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) General Order 131-D, for a variety of development projects.
• Excellent writing skills and ability to present complex technical information in an easily understandable format and context.
• Demonstrate strong ethics, influencing and negotiation skills, leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, and the ability to handle stress and engage in continuous learning.
• Project Management certification.
• Experience working with state and federal land management agencies (e.g., U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, California State Parks, etc.) and the CPUC.
• Two (2) or more years of project support or management activities such as tracking project details, schedules, budgets, invoices, and interacting with internal / external clients.
• Utility industry experience.
• Geographic Information System (GIS) experience.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with business partners, cross-functional project teams, peers, all levels of management, and external stakeholders.

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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.