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Electric Operations is committed to providing safe and reliable electric service to Eversource customers. The organization is comprised of the following 5 major groups., Electric Field Operations, Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Scheduling, and Substation Operations and Field Engineering and Communications.
Job Responsibility:
Provides leadership to ensure the safe, timely and efficient completion of work efforts relating to the construction, operation, maintenance, and emergency restoration of the electric distribution and transmission systems
Ensures effective coordination among and between individuals and departments in the district/division
Actively promotes and enforces a safety-first work environment and positive safety culture
Engages and motivates employees to deliver the best possible customer experience
Accountable for the safe execution of field activities
Sets safety expectations with employees
Resolves safety issues/concerns in an appropriate and timely manner
Communicates safety lessons learned and promotes continuous learning of safe work methods, practices, and procedures
Makes decisions and prioritizes work to ensure the safe and appropriate use of assigned resources
Sets clear expectations and provides ongoing feedback to employees regarding their performance
Effectively addresses performance issues
Conducts comprehensive performance reviews (per applicable bargaining unit contract)
Responsible for the proper application of local union contracts and agreements
Works with managers and employees to resolve grievances and concerns in a timely and complete manner
Participates in pre-construction reviews and other activities to ensure the timely and efficient execution of field operations
Coordinates work with other utilities, other Eversource departments, and outside contractors as necessary
Ensures work complete within budgetary guidelines
Prepares, reviews, and approves time, expense, materials and other company records in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with established guidelines
Demonstrates and role models a customer-first attitude
Seeks to quickly resolve customer issues by collaborating with employees and other departments
Fulfills storm duty assignments and participates in on-call rotation as required
Responsible for continuously monitoring the work planning process from initiation to close out for department work performed
Serves as primary construction liaison with the Customer Care, Engineering, Warehousing/Transportation, and Stations Operations organizations in addition to external stakeholders such as municipalities and other utilities
Ensures that all job packages are construction ready and that the material availability is adequate to meet the construction schedule
Coordinates external agencies (ie – Telco) and internal support to ensure that critical path is maintained on all large projects
Supports the scheduler in producing an accurate schedule encompassing all work to be performed in the areas within the planning window
Works closely with the Outside Supervisors to address emergent issues and customer priority jobs
Prepares weekly/monthly status reports highlighting the key performance metrics for the district
Requirements:
Working knowledge of methods, work practices, and procedures regarding the safe construction, operation, and maintenance of electric T&D facilities and infrastructure at both secondary and primary operating voltages
Possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Must maintain switching and tagging qualifications
Must have a strong knowledge of computers and related technology and have the ability to learn and utilize available information technologies
Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Word & Excel)
A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent related experience required
Five to ten years of related experience is required
Valid Motor Vehicle License required
Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required
Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary
Work is conducted outside, in varied conditions and terrain including adverse weather conditions, and in a normal office environment which requires sitting, walking, standing, stair climbing and completion of paperwork
Drives to various job site locations and customer premises to supervise work, and review or discuss construction job requirements
May work with computers for long periods of time during the day
Subject to shift work including weekends
Off-hour on-call responsibility is required on a rotational basis
At times requires working long hours in response to outage situations and shift coverage requirements
Must be able to manage multiple activities simultaneously to meet deadlines and customer requirements
Requires being able to effectively relate to customers and the general-public under stressful circumstances and for prolonged periods
Must be able to clearly articulate job and safety related information to employees and to effectively address performance issues in a constructive manner
Requires being able to respond to problem situations in a timely manner at all hours of the day or night
Nice to have:
Previous experience in electric distribution is preferred
Previous experience in a supervisory role is also preferred