Supervisor Maintenance T&D

Searchbox l.l.c.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona Public Service is seeking a Supervisor, Maintenance T&D to oversee system-wide reliability and line maintenance for the Metro, South West, and South East, Northern, & Four Corners divisions.

This role leads crews, coordinates across departments, and acts as a technical consultant to ensure safe, reliable transmission and distribution facilities in Arizona. The position requires a high school diploma/GED with seven years of T&D experience and proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED plus seven years of experience in the design, construction, operations, or maintenance of transmission and distribution electrical facilities.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities and effective interpersonal skills.
• Position requires periodic after-hours responsibility to develop an organization focused on safety, quality, timely, and cost-effective reliability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating crews to maintain T&D electrical systems and ensure reliability.
• Leading the team and facilitating communication across departments.
• Act as the technical consultant to teams/groups as required.
• Promoting safety, managing budgets, and optimizing performance.
• Supporting employee development and fostering customer satisfaction.
• Oversee the coordination of crews throughout the system to complete maintenance and operation of T&D electrical facilities to provide for system reliability requirements.
• Serve as a communications, coordinating, scheduling and technical liaison to their own group and among other stakeholders within the company, leaders and departments, as appropriate.
• Provide effective leadership to the maintenance team to ensure individual contribution and team success supports corporate reliability plan by communicating the overall direction and performance expectations.
• Promote safe working attitudes and practices; conduct timely effective Safety meetings and overall program.
• Develop the unit budget, and ensure funded targets are achieved through ongoing monitoring of performance and costs, making necessary changes to improve effectiveness.
• Manage and develop employees, encouraging teamwork, customer advocacy, and personal accountability. Support individual employee development through training and developmental assignments, performance management, and coaching.
• Promote Customer Satisfaction by providing an effective interface with internal and external customers, establishing reasonable expectations up front, and then meeting the expectations.

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona. Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country's fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

APS is looking for a Supervisor, Maintenance T&D. This leader will oversee system wide reliability and line maintenance for the Metro, South West, and South East, Northern, & Four Corners divisions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating crews to maintain T&D electrical systems and ensure reliability.
• Leading the team and facilitating communication across departments.
• Act as the technical consultant to teams/group as required.
• Promoting safety, managing budgets, and optimizing performance.
• Supporting employee development and fostering customer satisfaction.

Minimum Requirements

High school diploma/GED plus seven (7) years' experience in the design, construction, operations, or maintenance of transmission and distribution electrical facilities, as well as demonstrated leadership qualities and effective interpersonal skills. Position will require periodic after-hours responsibility for developing an organization that is focused on providing safe, quality, timely, courteous and cost-effective reliable system additions, improvements and upgrades. Technical and interpersonal skill levels will be assessed to complement the team's current breadth/depth of technical knowledge, business acumen, and organizational effectiveness.

Major Accountabilities

1. Oversee the coordination of crews throughout the system to complete maintenance and operation of T&D electrical facilities in order to provide for system reliability requirements.
2. Serve as a communications, coordinating, scheduling and technical liaison to their own group and among other stakeholders within the company, leaders and departments, as appropriate.
3. Provide effective leadership to the maintenance team to ensure individual contribution and team success supports corporate reliability plan by communicating the overall direction and performance expectations.
4. Promote safe working attitudes and practices; conduct timely effective Safety meetings and overall program.
5. Develop the unit budget, and ensure funded targets are achieved through ongoing monitoring of performance and costs, making necessary changes to improve effectiveness.
6. Manage and develop employees, encouraging teamwork, customer advocacy, and personal accountability. Support individual employee development through training and developmental assignments, performance management, and coaching.
7. Promote Customer Satisfaction by providing an effective interface with internal and external customers, establishing reasonable expectations up front, and then meeting the expectations.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job‑related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.

Onsite

Requires work to be performed in the field and/or at an APS facility. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, this may include, but is not limited to, working at a power plant, job site, or in the community.

Employees are expected to reside in Arizona (or New Mexico for Four Corners-based employees).

Role types are subject to change based on business need.

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