Manager Operations - PA Operations - New Castle Service Building/Cranberry Service Building

FirstEnergy Corp; New Castle (PA); Presencial; USD 90 000 - 150 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

FirstEnergy Corp is seeking a Manager, Operations for the New Castle and Cranberry service centers. This role leads the 24/7/365 electric utility operations, ensuring safe, reliable delivery of electricity in compliance with regulations, with responsibility spanning planning, directing, and reviewing activities in a regional area.

You will guide the operational group, supervise supervisors, develop staffing and development plans, and coordinate with union leadership to promote a culture of

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree preferred; in lieu of degree, equivalent training/experience considered.
• Experience in leadership roles and HR policy administration is desirable.
• Ability to lead by example and drive change while maintaining safety and reliability.

Responsabilidades

• Foster a high-performing safety culture and empower staff to speak up.
• Develop relationships with peers, staff, and union leadership to enhance safety, inclusion and accountability.
• Implement safety and environmental safeguards to minimize hazards within regulations.
• Contribute to goals, priorities, policies, and budgeting for the region.
• Plan and supervise the operational group; monitor progress and support staff as needed.
• Engage leadership to set milestones and benchmark safety, reliability, and customer service.
• Interpret collective bargaining agreements and company policies.
• Respond to customer complaints and regulator inquiries.
• Oversee area budget for personnel, materials, equipment, and maintenance.
• Develop supervisors and staff, set development targets and succession plans.
• Coordinate emergency response and outage restoration efforts.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Safety culture

Communication

Change management

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Ferramentas

Computer applications

Descrição da oferta de emprego

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company.

This position is for a Manager, Operations and will be responsible for New Castle and Cranberry service centers. The selected candidate may report to any of these locations.

The Manager serves as a leader for the area's 24/7/365 electric utility operations, managing the lines organization. The position is responsible and accountable for the safe and reliable delivery of electricity, in compliance with regulatory requirements and with an eye toward ensuring future sustainability of operations. It will plan, organize, direct and review activities within a regional area, ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory, operational, procedural, and budget guidelines.

This position will provide leadership consistent with our core values, holding safety, DE&I, ethical and complaint behavior, stewardship and customers service as essential to success. This position will lead, direct, and provide technical expertise and guidance to the operational groups managed, including essential personnel required to respond to and react to a variety of emergency / urgent situations. It requires significant field and administrative responsibilities.

Job Duties

• Foster a high-performing safety culture where employees own, promote, and reinforce safe behaviors and feel empowered to speak up
• Establish and develop substantive working relationships with peers, staff and union leadership, and create an environment and implement changes where needed to enhance FirstEnergy's culture of safety, compliance, inclusion, accountability, and innovation, foster a learning organization in which employees feel empowered to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and think creatively.
• Initiate and monitor implementation of appropriate safety and environmental safeguards in accordance with applicable regulations and professional practice to ensure that employee, community and environmental hazards and impacts of operational activities are eliminated or reduced to acceptable risk levels
• Serve as a member of the management team and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, priorities, policies, procedures, project prioritization and problem resolution
• Plan, organize, control, integrate and evaluate the work of the operational group. Compile and assess data to review progress of work. Review and advise staff at various phases of work and provide support as needed
• Work with director, other managers, and supervisors to engage employees to establish and achieve milestones and appropriate benchmarking measures for safety, reliability, customer service, financial performance, and compliance
• Interpret and apply collective bargaining agreements and company policies
• Respond to customer complaints and formal regulatory authority inquiries
• Oversee preparation and subsequent control of area budget for personnel, material, equipment, construction, operations and maintenance.
• Plan, organize, develop and monitor the performance of assigned supervisors and staff, establishing performance requirements and personal development targets, monitor performance and provide direction for performance improvement and development
• Engage with employees and union leadership to create a culture of inclusion and teamwork
• Recommend appropriate staffing levels and actively promote developmental assignments for high potential employees to ensure adequate succession and career development opportunities
• Coordinate response efforts and assist in the emergency outage restoration process

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and approachable leader, with a demonstrated track record of safe operations excellence and people leadership
• Functions both independently and as part of a team and can communicate, promote, and drive positive change and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated learning agility and ability to develop technical acumen and working knowledge of distribution operations
• Seven (7) years' experience in the electric utility industry highly preferred - distribution engineering, transmission, line construction, maintenance practices, including performance in a leadership capacity.
• Equivalent training and experience in progressive leadership roles will be considered in lieu of industry specific experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred. In lieu of degree, equivalent training / experience will be considered.
• Experience administering collective bargaining agreements and HR policies fairly and equitably for all employees is highly desirable.
• Ability to: Lead by example, facilitate and lead teams through change, promotes the values of trust and integrity
• Analyze difficult and complex issues and strategies, reach sound and logical fact-based conclusions and recommendations
• Evaluate departmental practices and make sound recommendations for improvements; develop and implement appropriate procedures and controls
• Exercise sound expert independent judgment and political acumen within general policy guidelines
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees
• Operate and learn various computer applications

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. 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-1B 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.