Cost/Schedule Engineer / Southern California Edison / Brea, CA

Southern California Edison/Brea, CABasic Qualifications: Must possess four years or more years experience providing project controls support (defined as cost and/or schedule engineering) on programs, projects or contracts. Must have experience in preparation and in-depth analysis of project cost/schedule report. Core Competencies: - Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, Construction Management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. - Typically possesses four or more years in the field performing analysis, consulting, and providing recommendations. - Demonstrated experience utilizing the primary linkages between project controls and disciplines of estimating, project management, engineering, construction, contract administration, and accounting. - Demonstrated experience making recommendations to management on problems and issues on project cost and schedule. - Demonstrated experience scheduling multiple projects. - Demonstrated experience utilizing current practices in earned value analysis. - Demonstrated experience interfacing effectively with cross-functional groups, vendors, customers, and upper level management. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, Primavera, Microsoft Project, and PowerPoint. - Must demonstrate excellent business mastery, including the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, develop the business and services to enhance customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks and safety appropriately, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers. - Must demonstrate excellent management mastery, including effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and staying current with relevant technology and innovation. - Must demonstrate strong personal mastery, including ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning. COMMENTS: Additional testing may be required as part of the selection process for this position. Preferences: Masters in Engineering, Business, Construction Management or related field. Previous experience in Project Controls as a Cost and/or Schedule Engineer at an Architerural & Engineering firm and/or Engineering & Construction firm. Previous experience in the utility industry. Typical Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be responsible for cost and schedule engineering on major customer related capital Added Facilities and/or Wholesale Distribution Access Tariff/Transmission Owners Tariff/Generation-Tie Line (WDAT/TO/Gen-Tie) projects that could include substation, transmission and distribution related types of work in the program. Typical responsibilities include: providing direct, one-on-one cost and schedule support to Project Managers for major programs/ projects; preparing and coordinating Method of Service (MOS) estimates/proposals to perspective customers; utilizing work order estimates to setup and establish a cost baseline for the project/program; initiating trends for project changes in scope, cost and schedule, and maintaining a trend log; perform a monthly cash flow analysis utilizing cost, commitment, and earned value analysis; forecasting year-end and final project/program costs; utilizing scheduling software such as Primavera or Microsoft Project as the project scheduling tool; setting up and maintenance of project schedules; monitoring critical resources needed for the projects; performing critical path and variance analysis; assisting in the preparation of multi-year budget cost and schedule data for the use in Capital Project Budget (Yellow Book) and General Rate Case; monitoring and forecasting capital work orders, including issuing Project Closing Analysis Letters to project team to help facilitate a timely closing; and performing other duties as required. To view job at edisonjobs.com please select the "Southern California Edison" or "Edison International" logo. Edison International and Southern California Edison reserve the right to close or cancel a posting at any time. If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume in confidence by visiting www.edisonjobs.com. Edison International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply To Job