Light Distribution Superintendent

The Position

The purpose of this classification is to perform supervisory work functions associated with daily operations and activities of the Light Division; including but not limited to: installation, maintenance and repair of the overhead power distribution, underground power distribution, electrical substations, wells, gas plants, street lights, security lights, and computerized data system sites in compliance with all Federal, State and Local guidelines, regulations, ordinances and codes.

Duties

Supervises, directs, and evaluate assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals; provides advice, guidance, and technical expertise to staff member; keep abreast of current City of Albany (COA) Human Resources policies and procedures and following the same.

Supervises the daily operations and activities of the Light Division, including installation, maintenance and repair of the overhead power distribution, underground power distribution, electrical substations, wells, gas plants, street lights, security lights, and computerized data system sites.

May be required to work after normal business hours, weekends, holidays in the event of a natural disaster, power outages, down power lines, trees, etc. or any disruption of the service to Utility customers; during periods of severe weather, required to notify immediate supervisor for any instructions.

Organizes and priorities department workload; coordinates departmental work activities with those of other divisions/departments, contractors, engineers, utility companies, outside agencies, or other individuals; makes work assignments; ensures adequate staffing during emergency situations.

Monitors status of the work in progress; inspects completed work; analyzes settings on breakers, recloser and fuse coordinates; performs diagnostic testing on systems and equipment.

Verifies the engineering correctness of work orders and projects; reengineers work orders and projects as needed.

Develops standardized testing procedures based on sound engineering practices.

Supervises design of new systems.

Supervises field crews in restoring interrupted power.

Monitors and implements precautionary work methods and safety equipment to ensure safety of work crews and the public.

Recommends long and sort term goals and objectives for the department; recommends program changes, organizes changes, and staffing changes; develops standards governing the quantity and quality of service; makes recommendations to director.

Drafts divisional budgets, presents budget recommendations to Director and Finance Team; monitors spending of all divisional sections to remain within budget restraints; establishes and recommends organizational changes to reduce budgets.

Presents divisional needs to Directors, Assistant City Managers and City Manager to recommend rate changes for the Light Division.

Processes a variety of documentation associated with departmental operations, per established procedures and within designated timeframes; makes applicable calculations; analyzes trends; prepares and generates reports; maintain records.

Prepares and/or completes various forms, correspondence, reports, work orders, billing statements, purchases requests, performance appraisals, equipment specifications, and other documents.

Receives various forms, reports, work orders, purchase requisitions, timesheets, job applications, bid specifications, electrical diagrams, maps, manuals, or other documentations; reviews completes, processes forwards or retains as appropriate.

Reads and interprets electrical diagrams, blueprints, and maps.

Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, review or modify data in computer database; verifies accuracy of entered data; makes corrections as appropriate; uses knowledge of various software programs to operate a computer in an effective, efficient manner.

Operates a variety of equipment, machinery and tools associated with department operations.

Maintains inventory of department equipment, tools, supplies and materials; ensures availability of adequate materials to conduct work projects; initiates requests for new or replacement materials; supervises general maintenance activities necessary to maintain machinery, equipment and tools in operable conditions.

Researches, analyzes and recommends new equipment and products for potential use within the department; develops technical specifications for vehicles and equipment for bid processing.

Supervises general maintenance activities necessary to maintain machinery, equipment and tools in operable conditions.

Monitors vendor and contractor performance; researches and resolves problems.

Communicates with management, employees, city departments, contractors, other utilities, the public and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, resolve problems, or give/receive advice/direction.

Communicates via telephone and/or two-way radio; provides information; takes and relays messages; responds to request for service.

Responds to routine request for information from employees, officials, the public or other individuals.

Responds to complaints and questions related to department operations; provides information, researches problems, and initiates phone calls.

Maintains a comprehensive, current knowledge and awareness of applicable laws/regulations; maintains an awareness of new trends and advances in the profession; reads professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; attends workshops and training sessions as appropriate.

Additional Functions

Operates a motor vehicle in the performance of duties.

Attends community and home owner association meetings to establish relationships with citizens and businesses.

Attends Board meetings and commission meetings, make presentations on matters concerning their respective division.

Performs Other Related Duties As Required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages 3-4 subordinate supervisors who supervise a total of 30 employees in the Light Division. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Also directly supervises 4-8 non-supervisory employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or closely related field required; supplemented by ten (10) years managerial experience and/or training that includes electrical distribution/transmission systems, electrical engineering, utility operations, computer operations and activities preferred; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current Georgia driver's license, Integrated Transmission System Switching School Operator Certification, GDOT Flagging, CPR

Core Competencies & ADA Compliance

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Use of Technology - Demonstrates required skills; adapts to new technologies; troubleshoots technological problems; uses technology to increase productivity; keeps technical skills up to date.

Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.

Continuous Learning - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; seeks feedback to improve performance; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.

Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data; designs work flows and procedures.

Design - Generates creative solutions; translates concepts and information into images; uses feedback to modify designs; applies design principles; demonstrates attention to detail.

Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Project Management - Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget; manages project team activities.

Managing Customer Focus - Promotes customer focus; establishes customer service standards; provides training in customer service delivery; monitors customer satisfaction; develops new approaches to meeting customer needs.

Cooperation - Establishes and maintains effective relations; exhibits tact and consideration; offers assistance and support to co-workers; works cooperatively in group situations; works actively to resolve conflicts.

Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.

Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates group presentation skills; participates in meetings.

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.

Team Leadership - Fosters team cooperation; defines team roles and responsibilities; supports group problem solving; ensures progress toward goals; acknowledges team accomplishments.

Performance Coaching - Defines responsibilities and expectations; sets goals and objectives; gives performance feedback; motivates for increased results; recognizes contributions; encourages training and development.

Change Management - Develops workable implementation plans; communicates changes effectively; builds commitment and overcomes resistance; prepares and supports those affected by change; monitors transition and evaluates results.

Delegation - Delegates work assignments; matches the responsibility to the person; gives authority to work independently; sets expectations and monitors delegated activities; provides recognition for results.

Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others; inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; accepts feedback from others; gives appropriate recognition to others.

Managing People - Includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement; takes responsibility for subordinates' activities; makes self-available to staff; provides regular performance feedback; develops subordinates' skills and encourages growth; solicits and applies customer feedback (internal and external); fosters quality focus in others; improves processes, products and services; continually works to improve supervisory skills.

Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Visionary Leadership - Displays passion and optimism; inspires respect and trust; mobilizes others to fulfill the vision; provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates.

Recruitment & Staffing - Utilizes recruitment sources; exhibits sound interviewing skills; presents positive, realistic view of the organization; analyzes and forecasts staffing needs; makes quality hiring decisions.

Impact & Influence - Pursues and wins support for ideas; displays ability to influence key decision-makers; achieves win-win outcomes; uses authority appropriately to accomplish goals; addresses divergent opinions.

Conflict Resolution - Encourages open communications; confronts difficult situations; maintains objectivity; keeps emotions under control; uses negotiation skills to resolve conflicts.

Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; displays orientation to profitability; aligns work with strategic goals.

Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; develops and implements cost saving measures; contributes to profits and revenue; conserves organizational resources.

Diversity - Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes a harassment-free environment; builds a diverse workforce.

Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and principles; upholds organizational values.

Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values; benefits organization through outside activities; supports affirmative action and respects diversity.

Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; analyzes market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Sales Skills - Initiates new contacts; maintains customer satisfaction; maintains records and promptly submits information.

Personal Appearance - Dresses appropriately for position; keeps self well groomed.

Achievement Focus - Sets and achieves challenging goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; measures self against standard of excellence; recognizes and acts on opportunities; takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

Consultative Selling - Qualifies potential customers; builds rapport and establishes trust; asks questions to discover client business needs; applies product and market knowledge effectively; presents solutions that meet customer objectives; manages and documents sales process.

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.

Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Initiative - Volunteers readily; undertakes self-development activities; seeks increased responsibilities; takes independent actions and calculated risks; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when needed.

Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.

Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.

Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.

Quantity - Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.

Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, Auto-CAD, SCADA

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include physical vision, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additionally, during times of storm damage, may encounter all weather related conditions including but not limited to extreme heat, extreme cold, working in the rain, snow sleet or hail to restore power at all times of the day and night.

The City of Albany, Georgia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Albany, Georgia will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Employer Paid: Vacation Pay, Sick Pay, Holiday Pay, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Defined Benefit Retirement Plan

Optional:Vision Insurance, Short Term Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, 457(b) Plan

Whole Life Insurance, Critical illness Insurance, Discounted YMCA Membership

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Do you have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field required?

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Do you have ten (10) years managerial experience and/or training that includes electrical distribution/transmission systems, electrical engineering, utility operations, computer operations and activities preferred; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job?

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• No
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