Supervisor New Business-Rockford, IL

Pepco; Lombard (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 15%

401(k) match

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Generous PTO

Job summary

Exelon is seeking a New Business Supervisor to lead a high-volume, fast-paced design and service delivery team. You will supervise engineers, clerical staff, and inspectors, ensuring safety, policy compliance, and on-time completion of service requests for commercial, industrial, and residential cases.

You will oversee budgeting, CIAC handling, and performance metrics, while coordinating with Work Management, Construction, Standards, Pricing, and Real Estate to optimize customer satisfaction and

Qualifications

• 4-7 years internal utility company experience or equivalent external experience.
• 2-3 years internal supervisory experience or validated supervisory assessment.
• Ability to prioritize in a multi-tasking environment and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for New Business management and bargaining unit employees.
• Supervise staff to ensure adherence to standards and safety rules.
• Manage customer interactions to deliver focused service and timely responses.
• Contribute to budgets and track performance against key indicators.
• Coach for quality and performance improvement across the team.
• Identify training needs and schedule instruction.
• Promote safety through audits and field safety participation.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Project management

Communication

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Tools

CIMS

Passport

TED

Job description

Who We Are

We're powering a cleaner, brighter future. Exelon is leading the energy transformation, and we're calling all problem solvers, innovators, community builders and change makers. Work with us to deliver solutions that make our diverse cities and communities stronger, healthier and more resilient. We're powered by purpose-driven people like you who believe in being inclusive and creative, and value safety, innovation, integrity and community service. We are a Fortune 200 company, 20,000 colleagues strong serving more than 10.7 million customers at six energy companies -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). We're committed to creating an environment where every person can thrive. Our employee experience is grounded in four tenets that guide how we support our people: purposeful careers, growth opportunities, community impact, and support to thrive. In our relentless pursuit of excellence, we elevate diverse voices, fresh perspectives and bold thinking. And since we know transforming the future of energy is hard work, we provide competitive compensation, incentives, excellent benefits and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.

Are you in?

Primary Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a high-volume workload within a fast-paced and dynamic operational environment. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively while maintaining accuracy and efficiency under pressure.

Responsible for providing safe and reliable designs for overhead and underground service for single phase and three phase commercial, industrial and residential customers. These responsibilities include managing the design processes required to provide service per customer service application requirements. The supervisor must work closely with other internal work groups (Work Management, ESO, Construction and Maintenance, Field & Meter Services, Standards, Distribution Pricing, and Real Estate) to assure that customer requested need dates are tracked, scheduled and completed with appropriate priority. This position is also responsible for customer satisfaction related to design scope, schedule, responsiveness, accurate project cost, and CIAC collection. New Business Supervisors also provide financial oversight and assist Manager in developing budgeting forecasts Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.

Primary Duties

• Provide leadership and direction for the New Business management & bargaining unit employees.
• Supervise technical and clerical employees within the Regions and the Customer Request Group to ensure adherence to company standards, policies and procedures by members of the work group. Enforce all applicable company, city, state and federal safety rules and regulations.
• Establish and manage the customer interaction to ensure that the New Business employees are focused on the customers' needs and are delivering customer focused service.
• Provide input for the preparation of budgets and implement corrective measures as required. Participate in related New Business meetings and conference calls. Monitor performance of all key indicators.
• Supervise employee performance by setting standards, monitoring workload, and auditing job quality to ensure the organizational goals are met. Coach individuals for continued quality and improved performance.
• Identify training needs within the work group, job specific and cyclic, and schedule appropriate instruction.
• Serve as a lead role in promoting safety by conducting office and field safety audits and participate in a SRP role.

Job Scope

• Major responsibilities include supervising the administration of engineering and design of all single-phase and 3 phase commercial, industrial and residential service requests. These activities include line extensions, service connections, relocations, temporary services, make ready, demolitions, and customer inquiries.
• Supervise a staff of 12-15 bargaining unit employees comprised of General Service Reps., Service Reps., Construction Order Clerks, New Construction Reps, City of Chicago Inspectors and management employees.
• Interface with manger to determine Work Plan and discuss resource and workload issues. Provide performance updates and process improvements.
• Responsible for the New Business Regional expenditures of approximately $3 to $5 million and $1 to $3 million in CIAC collection.
• Responsible for proper application of rate policies and company standards by supervised personnel and adopt best practices for the supervision of customer requests.
• Interface with Work Management, Construction and Maintenance, Standards, Distribution Pricing, and Real Estate to build consensus in work practices and achieve improved customer satisfaction.
• Interface with Field & Meter Services to ensure timely meter installation in support customer satisfaction and Revenue Management.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-7 years internal utility company experience (e.g., ComEd, PECO), or equivalent external experience
• 2-3 years internal supervisory experience (e.g., ComEd, PECO, BSC, ExGen), or receive acceptable rating on Supervisory Assessment
• Ability to work independently and as a team member, including the ability to handle conflicting priorities in a multi-tasking environment.
• Strong interpersonal, problem solving, motivational, negotiation, time management, and oral/written communication skills are required.
• Ability to create effective working relationships with employees, customers, other departments, and outside agencies.
• Knowledge of company safety, rate and various operating policies and procedures.
• Ability to solve technical problems and to have a working knowledge of computers and desktop applications, with emphasis on basic knowledge of CIMS, Passport and TED.
• Knowledge of the Work Management process.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, establish trust, communicate effectively and foster culture change.
• Working Knowledge of the design, construction and operation of the distribution system.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or graduate level work in Engineering, Business Administration or related field.

Benefits

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $83,200.00/Yr. – $114,400.00/Yr.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15%
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional support
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonus program
• And much more

Note: Exelon-sponsored compensation and benefit programs may vary or not apply based on length of service, job grade, job classification or represented status. Eligibility will be determined by the written plan or program documents.