Supervisor - Gas Maintenance & Ops

* Exercises independent judgment in the supervision and oversight of in-house crews and contractors engaged in the operation & maintenance of the natural gas distribution system

·       Schedules the work of distribution street crews. Assess the scope of projects and assigns the appropriate crew and skills balance. Arranges for any special equipment and ensures that all material needs are met.

·       Monitors accuracy of Gas Records for auditing purposes and ensure compliance.

·       Works with the state and government regulatory agencies.

·       Coordinates safety training, documentation, inspections, and accident investigations.

·       Use full range of technical knowledge & experience to assist & support management with providing a safe work environment, performing job inspections, meeting compliance requirements, company objectives & assisting the applicable teams to achieve & exceed goals.

·       Utilize Company training modules to provide or support training for field employees and external public agencies such as fire departments utilizing presentation tools PowerPoint or other applicable applications.

·       Maintain business records, reports and works with confidential matters.

·       Meets with contractors and customers, resolves conflicts, prepares reports, supports Company policies and procedures and creates correspondence along with documenting these notifications in the Company databases.

·       Communicates with customers and community officials concerning all aspects of possible natural gas utility construction, operations & maintenance.

·       Assist Technical Services with remediation efforts.

• →Participates in the supervisory on-call rotation, which involves assigning and directing the work of unionized internal work crews.
• →Exercises sound independent judgment while serving as the on-site supervisor during outages or other natural gas emergencies, ensuring safe and efficient response and remediation.
• →Initiates, and conducts investigations concerning appropriate disciplinary action for bargaining unit employees when required. Understands and complies with the labor contract and works to resolve initial grievances and other matters in collaboration with Labor Relations team.

·       Will conduct employee evaluations for annual performance appraisal process.

·       Provides leadership in gas emergencies to ensure safe and compliant field response to restore gas distribution system to normal conditions.  Organize and plan emergency response with other key support organizations.

Supervisor experience preferred

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.  This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.