Senior Supervisor, Substation

Overview

Lead field operations for substation protection relaying, ensuring safety and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• switching coordination
• outage response
• crew scheduling
• safety compliance
• quality monitoring
• performance management

Tasks

-Apply creative problem-solving skills in a team environment. -Encourages an environment of teamwork, resourcefulness, and problem solving to get the job done. Shares information and encourages participation in the decision making process. Removes obstacles through communication and collaboration with others. -Qualify for Authorized Persons List to coordinate and initiate switching. -Ensures employees attend required scheduled training. -Responds to regular and off-hour emergency outages, taking necessary steps to safe guard customers and employees during restoration of our electrical system in a timely manner. -Ensures work is completed in accordance with appropriate company policies, and standards are met through monitoring of work. Provides employee feedback, and seeks to understand and resolve quality issues. -Qualify for Authorized Persons List to coordinate and initiate switching applications. -Collaborates with the Coordinator - Protection in developing a schedule and assigning crews in order to ensure efficient productivity. -Ensures the safety of personnel by Promoting National Grid's Safety vision, leading a safe work culture, and ensuring compliance with OSHA Standards and National Grid Safety Rules. -Manages performance through observation and evaluation of employee work practices. Identifies, builds and communicates performance metrics and meets set performance levels. Fosters continuous improvement in the workplace. -Taking ownership for driving performance

Requirements

• associate's degree
• bachelor's degree
• protection relaying
• electric operations
• microsoft office
• osha

What You Bring

-Knowledge of: collective bargaining agreements, construction standards, work methods, safety regulations, and environmental procedures. -Exhibit knowledge of Protective Relaying & Test vehicles, tools, and equipment. -Associate's Degree with five years of experience in protection relaying, or similar technical field, servicing customers, and supervising employees. or -Minimum of seven years electric operations experience, or similar technical field. -Portray an understanding of corporate finance and budgeting practices. -Bachelor's Degree with three years of experience in electric utility operations and substations, or similar technical field, servicing customers and supervising employees. or -Demonstrating integrity and openness in all relationships -Display well-developed verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively interface and communicate with people at all levels across organizational boundaries. -Ability to work off-hours and on call rotations sometimes requiring travel outside the Division for emergency assignments. These assignments and situations can require working off shifts as necessary to meet business needs. -Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, and civil drawings; and schematics, one-line diagrams and circuit maps. -Possesses working knowledge of electrical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, switches, instrument transformers, metering equipment, voltage regulation and power quality; OSHA standards, National Grid safety rules, Electric Operating Procedures, and best practice work methods. -Possess a valid driver's license with a safe driving record. -Understands and enforces the collective bargaining agreement. -Demonstrate proficient computer skills involving utility applications, Microsoft office, and field use of laptop computers. -Must successfully complete job specific National Grid Performance Supervisor training courses within allotted timeframe.

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About National Grid

-Plays a critical role in delivering electricity and gas to millions of homes and businesses. -Operates in both the UK and US, ensuring safe and reliable energy distribution. -Deeply involved in the development of renewable energy infrastructure, including wind and solar projects. -Key projects include cross-border power links to improve energy security and integrating low-carbon solutions. -Continually innovates to meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impact. -Operates in both electricity and natural gas distribution across a vast geographical area in the US. -Invests in sustainability initiatives and clean energy infrastructure.

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