What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSISTANT ELECTRIC SUPERINTENDENT position at City of Fairhope, AL?
Salary : $76,844.35 - $104,679.74 Annually
Location : Fairhope, AL
Job Type : Full-Time
Job Number : FHP00140
Department : Public Utilities
Division : Electric
Opening Date : 11 / 25 / 2024
Closing Date : 3 / 31 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central
FLSA : Exempt
Description
Under the general supervision of the Electric Superintendent, this employee manages the work of the Electric Department's work crews, including planning and coordinating crew work schedules, monitoring work crew activities and performance and ensuring all work crews are properly staffed and equipped. The employee supervises work in progress and determines supply and material needs for project work. This employee assists the Superintendent with long-term planning for the department. The employee assists in selecting new department employees. This employee interacts with contractors involved with electric utility work; informs contractors of project expectations and ensures that contractor's needs are being met. The employee makes purchasing requests utilizing the City's adopted purchasing guidelines. This employee monitors and enforces City safety regulations and procedures for all field work crews. The employee attends management and supervisory meetings. This employee supervises meter testing, including supervising meter technicians. The employee programs and maintains substation relay and ensures that relays are operating properly. This employee programs electric meters and traffic signal units. This job is considered safety sensitive and is subject to a pre-employment background check and random drug screens.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : The following list was developed through a job analysis; however, it is not exhaustive and other duties may be required and assigned. A person with a disability which is covered by the ADA must be able to perform the essential functions of the job unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION : Field Crew Management and Assistance. Manages field crews (boring, underground, secondary, and meter / substation crews) involved in a variety of Electric Department operations and tasks.
- Manages field work crews involved in Electric Department operations and tasks.
Prepares field crew work schedules; ensures field crew work is coordinated with other department's work plans and that all crews are properly staffed and equipped.
Makes field work crew task assignments.
Assists field crews in moving equipment to and from work sites.
Monitors field crew activities and performance.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION : Makes Purchases. Makes purchases utilizing established City purchasing guidelines and procedures.
Uses established City purchasing regulations when making all purchases.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION : Contractor Relations. Interacts with contractors involved in City project work.
Communicates work or project expectations with contractors; monitors contractor performance as work progresses.
Responds to contractor requests for direction or information.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION : Safety Awareness. Communicates and enforces City safety regulations and procedures with all field work crews; ensures work crews routinely practice all adopted safety procedures and practices.
Enforces safety guideline observance for all field crews.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION : Supervises and Performs Meter Testing. Supervises and performs substation relay and meter testing.
Performs substation relay and meter testing in accordance to adopted testing standards and guidelines.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTION :
Performs other job-related duties as required or assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum of five (5) to ten (10) years of experience in electric system operation, construction, and maintenance.
Ability to travel to attend professional development workshops or training programs; must be able to travel to participate in mutual aid assistance efforts.
Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and an initial drug screen.
Supplemental Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Communication skills to effectively communicate internally and externally, both orally and in writing.
Verbal skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, supervisors, contractors, and electric utility organizations.
Writing skills to prepare professional letters, reports and other materials using correct English, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Reading skills to understand and interpret City policies and guidelines.
Math skills to perform basic calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
Ability to perform supervisory functions.
Ability to operate standard office equipment.
Ability to read and understand construction drawings and specifications.
Ability to use computers and office productivity software.
Ability to program and maintain substation relays and meters.
Ability to operate vehicles used to transport field crew equipment.
Ability to maintain professional attitude.
Ability to make purchases utilizing City purchasing guidelines and procedures.
Ability to use a telephone.
Ability to effectively manage work time.
Ability to deal with all contacts in a courteous and patient manner.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality dealing with personnel records.
Ability to prioritize work projects and multi-task.
Ability to organize files and work projects.
Ability to work with little or no supervision.
Ability to drive.
Physical Demands
The work requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching or similar activities; recurring lifting moderately heavy items such as record boxes. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity.
Work Environment
The work environment involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress which require a range of safety and other precautions, e.g., working at great heights under extreme weather conditions, or similar situations where conditions cannot be controlled.
The City of Fairhope offers a wide variety of benefits to regular full-time employees.
As a regular full-time employee with the City, you are eligible to enjoy the following benefits :
Affordable Vision Insurance
Affordable Dental Insurance
Employer paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Symbol Health Solutions
Discounted membership at Fairhope Recreation & Fitness Center
Discounted Quail Creek Green Fees
Employer paid Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Dependent Care Account
Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)
Paid Sick Time
Paid Vacation Time
City approved paid Holidays
Regular Part Time employees who work 29 hours per week participate in the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)
Salary : $76,844 - $104,680
