What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electric Line Operations Supervisor position at City of Kinston, NC?
Salary : See Position Description
Location : Kinston, NC
Job Type : Full-Time Regular
Job Number : 01307
Department : Public Services
Division : Electric
Opening Date : 02 / 07 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 14 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Eastern
Description
Starting Salary $84,780.80
Performs complex skilled technical and administrative work supervising the construction and maintenance of the electric distribution lines and related installations, and related work as required. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Electric System Superintendent. Full supervision is exercised over line construction and maintenance crews.
Essential Functions
- Plans, organizes and directs the work of line construction and maintenance crews.
- Supervises the construction and maintenance of transmission and distribution lines, street light circuits and traffic signals.
- Reviews service and work orders.
- Verifies job briefings.
- Writes and / or approves switching orders.
- Routes paper work to appropriate divisions and department.
- Assists in the development and implementation of department budget.
- Prepares time and work records.
- Prepares periodic reports.
- Assists in the recruitment and selection process; recommends candidates for hire; recommends salary increases, disciplinary actions and terminations.
- Reviews electrical plans; requests price quotes from vendors; prepares estimates; requests material from warehouse stock; layout job fro line crews; assigns daily work.
- Teaches portions of the Lineman Career Development Program; assist in teaching pole climbing; serves on various committees; maintains training files on employees.
- Investigates customer complaints and recommends remedial actions.
- Checks distribution system and determines future needs; determines need for and verifies tree trimming activities.
- Troubleshoot overhead and underground lines; participates in power restoration activities during outages.
- Coordinates out of town crews during storm outages.
- Maintains database on poles, transformers, street lights and work orders; ships defective transformers for disposal; ensures rubber protective gloves are in test date.'
- Performs related tasks as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Physical Demands
This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently walking and speaking or hearing and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to vibrations; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, large earth-moving equipment).
All full-time regular employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package which includes, vacation, and sick leave and twelve holidays. Also available are medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. For an overview of the City of Kinston's benefits package offered please click here : .
Salary : $84,781
