Distribution Technician Supervisor - WV & MD Operations - Williamsport Service Center

FirstEnergy; Williamsport (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstEnergy's Potomac Edison is seeking a Substation Supervisor to lead planning, scheduling, and oversight of substation construction and maintenance projects. The role involves guiding field teams, coordinating resources, and ensuring regulatory compliance while maintaining safety as a core value.

The position requires strong leadership, budget management, and proficiency with tools like Cascade, SAP, GIS, CREWS, FEWS, and AutoCAD. Travel to various facilities may be requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Engineering Tech or related field with 4+ years of related work experience.
• Awareness of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC).
• Ability to interpret work requests, drawings, schematics to develop accurate work plans.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to work with all levels of staff and customers.

Responsibilities

• Supervise planning, scheduling, and monitoring of substation projects.
• Lead weekly work plan meetings and allocate labor resources.
• Review capital orders for time, material, and invoices; manage budgets.
• Coordinate with customers, contractors, and internal teams; provide status updates.
• Maintain Cascade data and provide training and support.
• Ensure safety and regulatory compliance across activities.

Skills

Leadership

Project planning

Safety management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology or related field

Associate's degree in Engineering Technology or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

GIS

CREWS

FEWS

FWRD

OMA

CAD/AutoCAD

PowerBI

Qlikview

Cascade

Job description

About The Opportunity

This is an open position with Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [PE]

Job Description

FirstEnergy

This is an open position with Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [PE]

This position is responsible for supervising the planning, scheduling, and monitoring of Substation construction and maintenance Projects. Reporting location to be determined based on successful candidate location.

Responsibilities Include

• Demonstrating and directing a solid commitment to all aspects of safety, strengthening the commitment to safety throughout the substation organization.
• Coordinating and supervising the daily activities of Substation Distribution Techs, administrative support, and bargaining unit personnel by making decisions guided by policies, procedures, and business plan which help to drive continuous improvement across the business unit and FirstEnergy.
• Conducting applicant interviews, managing employee’s performance to achieve established objectives, conduction performance reviews with employees and providing coaching on an ongoing basis.
• Conduct weekly work plan meetings with substation leadership in order to ensure adequate labor resources are available to complete planned work.
• Reviewing capital orders to ensure correct time, material, and invoice charging.
• Allocate and track labor resources for maintenance and construction activities.
• Provide labor budget forecast to ensure all work is completed within budget.
• Identifying and coordinating the specific construction and maintenance work activities and workforce required to complete a work request in compliance with company standards and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Coordinating work request activity with other customers, contractors, internal entities, and line department sections (including contacts beyond normal work hours, as appropriate), and providing status updates when requested.
• Track completion of Regulatory required maintenance for Substations and Controls using Cascade and Excel. Provide regular updates to ensure State and BES regulatory commitments are fulfilled.
• Manage the PE Substations Capital Spare Equipment Inventory utilizing Excel and Cascade to maintain an updated record of spare equipment.
• Manage Cascade data and lead effort to maintain accurate Cascade data, including adding, modifying, and deleting equipment in Cascade. Provide equipment update information to plant accounting. Providing Cascade training and support.
• Attend project planning meetings and monitor anticipated material, construction drawing and outage availability to determine when internal Substation labor will be required.
• Learn processes related to Capital Portfoilo, Engineering workflow, work order finances etc. in order to serve as a resource to others.
• Aiding during emergencies and storm-related activities and traveling to various off‑site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested.

Qualifications Include

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline and four (4) years of related work experience is required; or Associate's degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline and eight (8) years of related work experience is required; or High School Diploma (or GED) 10 years of related work experience is required. Related work experience is knowledge of construction and maintenance practices (i.e., overhead lines, underground lines, substation, etc.), procedures, work methods, materials, equipment, and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities.
• Awareness of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC).
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interpret work requests, engineering drawings, schematics, equipment instruction manuals and procedures to develop accurate work plans.
• Working knowledge of the purpose, function, and operating characteristics of equipment and systems, (i.e.: substation, overhead lines, underground lines), as well as working knowledge of construction methods, maintenance practices, service practices, standards, and procedures.
• Skill in the development, collection, organization, and analysis of information from a variety of sources to compile and monitor reports (i.e., Qlikview, PowerBI, Cascade, OPPM, ITOA, etc.), providing information on backlog and productivity.
• Superior analytical skills and be able to effectively work with all levels of employees, as well as with customers, contractors, and the general public, in a professional and courteous manner.
• Knowledge of residential, commercial, and utility electrical distribution and control systems.
• Full proficiency with PC software applications including Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.) along with knowledge of SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), FEWS (work scheduling), FWRD (field worker remote display), power outage reporting system (OMA), computer aided drafting (CAD/AutoCAD) and Energy Delivery Outage Application. Experience with database query tools.
• Able to understand and apply knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements.
• Understand and apply the company's Accident Prevention Handbook to safety in the workplace.
• Able to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve problems on projects and/or processes.
• Provide both internal and external quality customer service and demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must possess leadership qualities that allow one to provide effective guidance to others, coach others in effective decision-making and facilitate meetings.
• Must have a personal vehicle to commute to various facilities and locations as required, possessing a valid driver's license.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401 (k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement.

• Competitive pay plus incentive compensation
• A company-sponsored pension plan
• 401 (k) savings plan with matching employer contribution
• A choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs
• Skills development training with tuition reimbursement

Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1 B visas at this time.

Safety

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co‑workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident‑free, injury‑free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world‑class safety standards.

FirstEnergy Human Resources Team