Senior Power Distribution Supervisor

Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Klawock (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island seeks an Electric Distribution Supervisor to lead Journeyman and Apprentice Linemen, oversee safety, performance, scheduling, and labor contract adherence, and coordinate with engineering, generation, and customer service.

You will build work plans, manage staffing, training, and performance, and ensure reliable, cost-effective distribution construction, maintenance, and service for the island community.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in electric utility operations, electric distribution, line construction, utility engineering, staking, construction management, project management, or a closely related field.
• Experience supervising employees, field crews, contractors, or operational teams.
• Working knowledge of electric distribution systems, construction and maintenance practices, operating voltages, and utility safety requirements.
• Experience planning work, coordinating resources, tracking schedules, and addressing competing operational priorities.
• An equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the direct supervisor and primary management contact for assigned Journeyman and Apprentice Linemen.
• Represent AP&T management in directing work, applying company policy, administering the collective bargaining agreement, and addressing employee relations matters.
• Set clear performance expectations and provide regular coaching, feedback, training, personnel development, and performance evaluations.
• Participate in and make recommendations regarding hiring, onboarding, promotion, job progression, corrective action, discipline, and termination in coordination with Employee Services and company leadership.
• Manage attendance, conduct, qualifications, training requirements, long-term assignments, and succession needs.
• Build constructive labor-management relationships while maintaining the Company's management rights and operational responsibilities.
• Promote AP&T's employee-owner culture through communication, accountability, teamwork, and responsible use of company resources.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA, NESC, AP&T safety rules, operating procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure crews are appropriately trained, qualified, equipped, and assigned for the work to be performed.
• Monitor safety performance and field execution at a supervisory level without replacing the Line Foreman's responsibility for direct jobsite leadership and day-to-day work methods.
• Identify and address safety concerns, support incident reviews, track corrective actions, and reinforce lessons learned.
• Exercise stop-work authority and ensure unsafe conditions are promptly corrected or escalated.
• Develop short-term and long-range work plans for distribution construction, maintenance, service work, system repairs, and upgrades.
• Prioritize and schedule work based on safety, reliability, customer needs, staffing, budget, material availability, and operational risk.
• Assign crews, equipment, and qualified employees appropriate to the scope of work and applicable contract requirements.
• Track schedule performance, productivity, overtime, backlog, project status, and other crew metrics; address performance gaps and communicate results to management.
• Coordinate line crew work with engineering, generation operations, customer service, permitting agencies, municipalities, contractors, and joint-use partners.
• Support emergency response, outage restoration, and storm recovery, including participation in the on-call rotation as assigned.
• Apply the collective bargaining agreement consistently in daily operations.
• Ensure crew assignments, overtime distribution, job progression, scheduling, and other working conditions follow contract requirements.
• Document and address attendance, conduct, and performance concerns in coordination with Employee Services and management.
• Participate in investigations, grievance handling, labor-management discussions, and resolution of workplace concerns.
• Maintain appropriate management documentation and protect confidential employee and labor-relations information.
• Work with the Operations Manager, Line Foreman, engineering resources, and crew members to develop or review cost and schedule estimates for line extensions, new or upgraded services, distribution upgrades, and related projects.
• Review staking information, material lists, job packages, and crew input for completeness, constructability, and quality before final processing or approval.
• Complete or support line-extension workbooks, permitting needs, special equipment needs, contractor requirements, and other project cost inputs.
• Lead or coordinate the development and review of switching orders and outage plans within the employee's qualifications and company authorization.
• Plan and track execution of basic line extensions and new services; the union crew performs installation and field execution.
• Participate in pre-construction reviews and confirm work packages are complete, practical, and ready for execution.
• Verify material availability and coordinate purchasing, substitutions, rentals, contractors, and delivery timing.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and field progress; resolve or elevate barriers that affect execution.
• Coordinate electrical distribution and generation-related projects with the Power Plant Superintendent and other operational leaders.
• Confirm work is closed out with complete records, accurate costs, and required documentation.
• With support from the Metering Superintendent, oversee line crew work involving meter programming, installations, exchanges, re-reads, reconnects, and non-pay disconnects.
• Assist with planning and implementation of meter audits and corrective work.
• Address or coordinate customer concerns related to outages, construction impacts, service upgrades, and field activities.
• Coordinate with local governments, permitting agencies, other utilities, and joint-use partners on shared work and access needs.
• Review and approve time records, material usage, expenses, invoices, work orders, and supporting documentation within delegated authority.
• Maintain accurate records for audits, compliance, employee matters, project closeout, and operational reporting.
• Prepare regular status reports on safety, staffing, schedule performance, productivity, budget, backlog, training, and key operational risks.
• Identify process improvements and raise concerns early when work, staffing, materials, safety, cost, or schedule are at risk.
• Perform other related management and operational duties as assigned.

Skills

People leadership

Decision making

Planning

Scheduling

Communication

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

NISC system

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field

Journeyman Lineman certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

NISC utility work management system

Job description

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island seeks an Electric Distribution Supervisor to lead Journeyman and Apprentice Linemen, oversee safety, performance, scheduling, and labor contract adherence, and coordinate with engineering, generation, and customer service.

You will build work plans, manage staffing, training, and performance, and ensure reliable, cost-effective distribution construction, maintenance, and service for the island community.