Job description
More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.
Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.
This position will provide direct first-line supervision to approximately 10-15 employees and/or staff augmentation contractors of adherence to safe work practices, design and construction standards, and company policies; human performance; workforce productivity; timeliness of work completion; and employee development. The position will have responsibility for the execution and documentation of work to ensure compliance with OSHA, NERC, environmental and other regulations associated with the construction and maintenance of transmission assets. Position will also be responsible for administering bargaining unit agreements (where applicable), building a collaborative work environment with all employees, addressing and resolving employee issues, and resolving conflict between employees.
Primary responsibility will be within a specific geographic area within the six-state regulated service territory of Duke Energy, but as required work can also be elsewhere either within or outside of Duke’s normal service territory. Voltage levels in the assets within the responsibility of this position are typically 44kV to 765kV.Large power equipment includes high voltage breakers and transformers ranging in value from $100,000 to $2,000,000 each. This position will have responsibility and accountability for timely execution of assigned work and adherence to capital and O&M budgets as defined for the supervised work group.
Project scopes may include major substation and transmission line repairs or refurbishment projects including energized work for Transmission Projects, Transmission Maintenance, Company generation plants, and external customers. Restoration of system outages and response to equipment failures and emergencies. Establishing and maintaining positive customer relations with internal and external customers
This workgroup is “on call” 24/7 for supporting system emergencies/emergent projects. Fosters a culture that values self-reporting of compliance violations/errors/Human Performance events, continuous improvement, and consistency between each area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
Maintains productive and motivated work force to ensure a cohesive team effort:
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Actively shares information with employees.
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Develop a culture of two way communication, encouraging employee feedback and providing communications to Manager of Transmission C&M Services.
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Enable employees to make decisions within boundaries of process and goals.
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Resolves employee issues such as corrective actions, IBEW contract admin. (where applicable), etc.
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Develop a culture which supports continuous employee development (training, career development, technical)
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Provide individual employee feedback to ensure continuous improvement.
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Ensure safe working conditions and practices by providing adequate safety training of work practices and procedures.
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Perform safety observations of work performance by crew members.
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Initiate action to promptly correct potential or actual safety problems.
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Investigate team and individual questions or concerns responding in a timely manner.
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Communicate concerns to department management and others.
Implement Continuous Improvement:
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Serve as model of leadership for change.
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Analyze feedback to ensure appropriate actions are taken to positively impact results.
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Provide performance feedback to leadership for continuous improvement.
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Ensures implementation of organizational improvements and technology.
Serves as local contact for various company issues:
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Support employees in other organizations who report locally.
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Serve as local contact for facilities, transportation, communications, etc.
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Serve as local contact for Customer Services organization.
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Serves on peer-level or other department teams in support of company objectives.
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Supports peers in organization through sharing of best practices and learnings.
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Ensure that customer incidents are thoroughly investigated and reviewed with responsible employee.
Basic/Required Qualifications
HS/GED and 8 plus years work related experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Associates degree
Additional Preferred Qualifications
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Working knowledge of applicable safe work practices and standards
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Ability to motivate team members and lead others through changes.
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Ability to work in a self-directed manner to achieve high-quality and high-quantity results.
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Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build cooperative working relationships, including across departmental boundaries.
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Effective written & oral communication skills
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Working knowledge of the transmission and distribution systems, stations and equipment and associated safety policies, practices, and procedures.
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Prior knowledge or experience in the specific area of responsibility of the position
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General familiarity with regulatory requirements applicable to the position (e.g., NERC, EPA, state utility regulators, etc.)
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Effective conflict management and negotiation skills
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Experience with represented employees and labor contracts (in regions where this is applicable)
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General understanding of budgeting practices and charging guidelines
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Effective problem solving and analytical skills.
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Working knowledge of software applications such as Microsoft Office products and familiarity with retrieving all applicable corporate information
Specific Requirements
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Valid driver’s license
Travel Requirements
Not required
Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
Yes
Represented/Union Position
No
Visa Sponsored Position
No
Posting Expiration Date
Monday, April 10, 2023
All job postings expire at 12:01 AM on the posting expiration date.
Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.
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