Quality Control / Inspection Specialist

About the role

In this job, you'll focus on activities conducted during the Planning phase of the work order IPSEC lifecycle: Initiate, Plan, Schedule, Execute, and Close. These activities include duct and trench inspections, mandrelling, and structure inspections. As a Quality Control / Inspection Specialist, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Perform on-site inspections of new residential tract and developer substructure installations.
• Maintain inspection records, and review inspector reports.
• Help execute all activities related to inspections in a timely and highly efficient manner without sacrificing customer satisfaction.
• Measure and record the location of Edison facilities, accounting for deviations, creating as-built drawings and communicating status of construction and inspection activities as the need arises.
• Verify that materials are inspected and maintained in accordance with applicable specifications, codes, standards, and regulatory guides.
• Verify compliance with Edison standards, applicable construction requirements, industry standards and local governing agency standards.
• Monitor contractor crews for safe, productive and quality work practices.
• Interface with internal personnel and outside agencies; making decisions in the field which may impact the work order closings.
• Manage preconstruction meetings to discuss issues that affect quality with new and existing subcontractors and the superintendent at the start of each new phase of the work.
• Ensure warranty corrections are completed; inspecting work for safety and quality.
• Create and maintain a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
• Review, authorize, validate and track assigned work scopes and scope changes at the field level.
• Coordinate changes to projects in accordance with work order design and/or department policies and procedures with both internal and external customers.
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage 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

• Three years of experience in quality control/inspection.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic computer skills including experience with Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, and Excel.
• Construction, blueprint reading.
• Electrical panel familiarization.
• Experience applying time management skills to planning and prioritizing a heavy workload.
• Experience with safe work practices, basic electrical theory, construction/maintenance standards (i.e., GO95 and GO128), and the electric distribution system.
• Experience working both independently and in a team environment to meet shared goals and objectives.
• Experience interfacing and collaborating with internal and external customers.
• Ability to create and maintain a safety conscious work environment.
• Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.

Schedule

• 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.
• This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
• Position will require up to 75% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

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.