Essential Functions
- Assign, direct and oversee work performed by Specialists.
- Plans, organizes, and manages the Gas Maintenance and Construction field workload through accurate coordination and scheduling, with others.
- Exercises independent judgment in the supervision and oversight of in-house crews and contractors engaged in the operation, maintenance and construction of Eversource gas distribution system.
- Communicates with customers and community officials concerning all aspects of utility construction, operations, maintenance and service delivery.
- Exercises independent judgment in serving as the on-scene supervisor to outages. Responds to and classifies reported gas leaks.
Ensures all engineering and gas control procedures are followed.
- Participates in the supervisory on-call rotation, which involves assigning and directing the work of unionized internal work crews.
- Ensures the safety of personnel by taking direct preventive measures, conducting effective weekly safety meetings and ensuring all related procedures, standards, rules and laws are understood and followed.
- Ensures that work performed by Specialists and internal / external crews is in accordance with appropriate Company standards and work methods including monitoring the work of Specialists and internal / external crews for a high quality of workmanship and productivity.
- Responsible for providing complete, accurate and timely work packages for work crews including required permits, dig safe authorization, drawings and other related instructions.
- Monitors current and future workload of Specialists and internal crews alike to ensure district plans and schedules maximize productivity, control costs and meet or exceeds service level agreements.
- Ensures rigorous compliance with regulatory and Company work rules and procedures.
- Initiates, and conducts investigations concerning appropriate disciplinary action for Specialists and other unionized employees when required.
Understands and complies with the labor contract and works to resolve initial grievances.
- Participate in hiring panels involving the recruitment of Specialists.
- Reviews and approves billing for accuracy and completeness, in accordance with contract language.
- Requires routine daily travel to oversee projects located within the Eversource Gas Service territory.
Qualifications :
- Requires knowledge of gas distribution system design, operations, maintenance, and construction principles and practices, safety standards and business processes.
- Requires project and schedule management skills including computerized work and materials management and scheduling tools.
- Working knowledge of the labor contracts.
- Requires communication, interpersonal, conflict resolution, attention to detail, and teamwork skills.
- Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g. Microsoft Word & Excel).
- Existing skills or ability to independently develop skills in reading and interpreting complex construction drawings including civil, electrical, telecommunication, Process &Instrumentation Diagrams, and mechanical plans is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, related discipline or equivalent experience.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in Gas Distribution, and / or Field Service design and / or installation, servicing customers or utility operations.
- Supervisory experience is preferred.
- Valid Motor Vehicle License required.
Compensation and Benefits :
Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program. The annual salary range for this position is $114,720.00to $127,470.
00, plus incentive. Salary is commensurate with your experience. Check out the career site for an overview of benefits.
Working Conditions :
Work is conducted outside, in varied conditions and terrain including adverse weather conditions, and in a normal office environment.
Work requires sitting, walking, standing, stair climbing, completion of paperwork, using a telephone and computer and attending meetings.
- 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 will be required on a rotational basis.
- At times, requires working long hours in response to outage situations and shift coverage requirements.
- Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
- Must be available to travel between MA / CT / NH as necessary.
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