What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Supv Operations position at National Grid?
About Us
National Grid is hiring a Supervisor, Substation Worker for our Electric Division in Somerset, MA. This is an in-office and in the field position
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.
The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
Job Purpose
To supervise Substation operations, maintenance, and construction teams within our electric utility.
Key Accountabilities
Salary: $122,000 - $144,000
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
National Grid is hiring a Supervisor, Substation Worker for our Electric Division in Somerset, MA. This is an in-office and in the field position
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.
The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
Job Purpose
To supervise Substation operations, maintenance, and construction teams within our electric utility.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensure timely review of construction designs, plans, construction schedules and other requirements to meet business plan goals, and construction schedules required to meet the customer need dates.
- Interfaces externally with major Industrial and Commercial customers as well as relevant external stakeholders.
- Supervises direct reports in their response to system outages and contingencies.
- Motivates, counsels, coaches, and develops direct reports and others; establish clearly defined goals and standards of divisional employee performance.
- Ensure proper administration of the labor agreement and all safety and human resource policies and procedures.
- Develop and maintain effective communications with Union Leadership and all department employees.
- Effective planning, leadership, communication, and supervisory skills.
- Assist with the personal development, coaching and mentoring of junior team members.
- Ability to work off-hours and on call rotations. This includes requiring travel outside the division for emergency assignments.
- Bachelor's degree preferred with specialized training in basic electricity and electric theory, national application standards and job-related experience -OR- knowledge equivalent to that acquired through completion of a two year technical school plus additional specialized training with 4 years qualifying experience.
- Technically proficient within subject matter with some experience leading a team involved in operations and maintenance.
- Knowledge of Substation electrical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, switches, instrument transformers, metering equipment, voltage regulation and power quality and applying OSHA standards.
- High voltage electrical safety rules, SMPs, EOPs, and industry best practices and work methods.
- Must qualify for Authorized Persons List to coordinate and initiate switching activities within and across various operations teams.
- Ability to accurately interpret Substation one lines, specification sheets, prints, schematics, diagrams and instructions information to construct, maintain and troubleshoot effectively.
- A valid driver's license with a safe driving history that meet's National Grid's Safe Driver policy is required.
- Must qualify for National Grid's Clearance and Controls Authorized persons list.
- Knowledge of all applicable EOPs related to underground or overhead line construction including OSHA 1910.269
Salary: $122,000 - $144,000
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
Salary : $122,000 - $144,000
