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Wildfire Public House

Host/Hostess

Modesto, CA

$16.90/hr

By analyzing customer needs and collecting customer information, our customer service ... Customer service At Wildfire, we focus on elevated comfort food made with fresh, seasonal ...

MasTec Inc

Business Analyst

Oakland, CA · On-site

$38.32 - $57.45/hr

With expertise in utility operations, infrastructure modernization, wildfire resilience, climate ... The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing moderately complex business data, identifying ...

Intren West

Business Analyst

Oakland, CA · On-site

$38.32 - $57.45/hr

With expertise in utility operations, infrastructure modernization, wildfire resilience, climate ... The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing moderately complex business data, identifying ...

Intren West

Business Analyst

Oakland, CA · On-site

$38.32 - $57.45/hr

With expertise in utility operations, infrastructure modernization, wildfire resilience, climate ... The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing moderately complex business data, identifying ...

Intren West

Business Analyst

Oakland, CA · On-site

$38.32 - $57.45/hr

With expertise in utility operations, infrastructure modernization, wildfire resilience, climate ... The Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing moderately complex business data, identifying ...

Slalom Consulting

General Information

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$55 - $85/hr

The role blends strategic planning, operational coordination, and analytical rigor to ensure wildfire risk reduction actions are defensible, repeatable, and well-integrated with emergency response ...

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What is a wildfire analyst?

Wildfire Analysts are professionals who study and interpret data related to wildfires to predict their behavior, assess risks, and support wildfire management efforts. They use tools such as satellite imagery, weather models, and computer simulations to analyze factors like fuel types, terrain, and weather conditions. Their expertise helps inform firefighting strategies, evacuation planning, and resource allocation to minimize wildfire damage and protect communities.

What are some common challenges faced by wildfire analysts when collaborating with firefighting teams during an active incident?

Wildfire Analysts often face challenges such as rapidly changing fire behavior, integrating real-time data from various sources, and ensuring clear communication with firefighting teams on the ground. They must quickly analyze satellite imagery, weather patterns, and terrain information to provide accurate and timely recommendations. The dynamic nature of wildfires requires Analysts to adapt their models and work closely with incident commanders to update strategies, making strong teamwork and flexibility essential in high-pressure situations.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a wildfire analyst, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Wildfire Analyst, you need expertise in environmental science, data analysis, and wildfire behavior, typically supported by a relevant degree in forestry, geography, or a related field. Familiarity with GIS software, remote sensing tools, and wildfire simulation models is crucial for the technical aspects of the role. Strong analytical thinking, effective communication, and attention to detail help analysts interpret data and collaborate with emergency management teams. These skills are vital to provide accurate risk assessments and inform critical decision-making during wildfire events.

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Wildfire Operational Strategies Senior Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE)

Irwindale, CA • On-site

$161K - $242K/yr

Full-time

Posted 6 days ago

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Wildfire Operational Strategies Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll play a central role in shaping enterprise-level wildfire risk reduction, PSPS risk mitigation, regulatory commitments, and enterprise decision-making. A key focus of this role will be advancing wildfire mitigation strategy, including guiding execution of grid hardening initiatives that reduce wildfire and PSPS risks and helping integrate multiple mitigation approaches into the most effective overall strategy. The Senior Advisor will also serve as a wildfire subject matter expert, supporting cross-functional workstreams and regulatory efforts, including the General Rate Case, Wildfire Mitigation Plan, and related filings.
As a Wildfire Operational Strategies Senior Advisor, your work will help shape how SCE reduces wildfire and PSPS risk while supporting safe, reliable, and affordable service for customers. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
This is a highly visible role critical to SCE's ability to translate wildfire and PSPS risk insights into actionable mitigation strategies, investment priorities, and regulatory positions that support public safety, reliability, and customer resilience.
Responsibilities
  • Supports the development of critical regulatory and legislative initiatives to facilitate the execution of the strategic plan.
  • Identifies system risks and evaluates risk reduction benefits of proposed mitigation strategy projects in the capital investment strategy.
  • Leads the development and management of Protection and Control Asset strategies for programmatic investment decisions.
  • Evaluates SCE's enterprise level risks and provides suitable mitigation options to senior management.
  • Provides strategic and regulatory analysis for the company, specifically including competitive positioning, price forecasting, financial analytics, and regulatory planning scenario evaluations.
  • Provides analyses, evaluation and management recommendations on key strategic initiatives.
  • 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
  • Ten or more years of experience in strategic planning, setting strategies at the department or organization level.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Five or more years of experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives with significant operational, regulatory, financial, or public safety implications.
  • Demonstrated experience planning, and executing electric utility wildfire mitigation strategies, grid operations, PSPS protocols, and the operational tradeoffs involved in reducing wildfire and customer impact risk.
  • Experience preparing materials for executive audiences, regulatory filings, testimony, or public-facing submissions.
  • Demonstrable understanding of risk frameworks, assessments, and tradeoffs
  • Ability to synthesize complex technical, operational, regulatory, and financial information into clear decision-support materials.

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 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.
  • The primary work location for this position is Irwindale; however, the successful candidate will also split time in Pomona, CA.
  • Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
  • Relocation may 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 AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.

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