Senior GIS Technical Specialist

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Senior GIS Technical Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be part of the Geospatial Analysis group within our Transmission & Distribution Business Unit. In this role, you'll perform a wide variety of GIS Services by collaborating with internal / external clients to assess project requirements, create high-end analytical and map products utilizing various data types and sources. You will also develop online mapping tools (e.g. ArcGIS Online, Survey123, and Field Maps) and assist with the creation and maintenance of GIS-based web services and web mapping applications. In addition, this position will be supporting the Incident Management Team (IMT), various major capital projects, providing support for fire mitigation, and environmental analysis.

As a Senior GIS Technical Specialist, 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

• Performs in-depth analyses, approves, develops recommendations, and creates scripts, tools or models where appropriate to enhance data flow and analysis.

• Leads data remediation efforts including analysis, quality control, and performs or coordinates the asset updates to ensure data is accurate and aligns with actual field conditions.

• Identifies industry trends and maintains relationships with relevant stakeholders and provides consultative services on an as-needed basis to address complex GIS problems/issues.

• Designs, develops and implements procedures to improve efficiency of operations and processes associated with mapping standards and GIS tools.

• Utilizes geospatial software to process, analyze, and model geospatial data to improve processes and data quality.

• Collaborates with internal/external business partners to evaluate impacts on departmental activities that rely on GIS data or processes.

• Conducts land, regulatory, and related project searches, including identification of new data sources helping identify industry trends and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders.

• Produces high-quality map products for presentations, meetings, public usage and departments, and creates key business maps and produces ad-hoc or on-off maps.

• Provides functional direction, guidance, and training to staff members to ensure conformance to departmental standards and procedures.

• 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 experience in GIS and/or analyzing data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, Environmental Science, or Computer Science, with an emphasis in GIS.

• Project Management experience, including an ability to work with clients to assess project requirements and to plan, coordinate, track and meet scheduled project deadlines.

• Experience with proficiency in the use of ESRI ArcGIS 10.0 or higher, ArcPro, ArcGIS Online, Survey123, FieldMaps, WebApp Builder, and Experience Builder.

• Specialized GIS education or certification.

• Ability to produce technical documentation and to communicate technical approaches clearly and concisely to non-technical audience.

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.

• Visit our Candidate Resource (https://www.edisoncareers.com/page/show/candidate-resources) page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

• 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.

• Position will require up to 10-15% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

• 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 [email protected] or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.