Hands On Circuit Breaker Shop Supervisor

ABB•South Charleston, WV

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Breaker Repair Shop Supervisor is responsible for ABB’s service center in Charleston, West Virginia, which primarily performs breaker inspections and repairs. The role develops practical and innovative approaches to meeting goals, executes defined work using relevant understanding and experience, and contributes to short-term and some long-term business objectives. The position is onsite and supports ABB’s Electrification Division in the United States. It reports to the Service Manager; the posting also states that it has a solid-line reporting relationship to the Field Services Operations Leader.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in an electrical or mechanical repair shop.
Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time to support business-led initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Experience with electrical controls and power-delivery systems, including breakers, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, power panels and motor control centers, generators and transformers, automatic transfer switches, and electromechanical repairs.
Experience with wiring diagrams, including one-line electrical drawings, blueprints, and schematics.
Experience with test equipment and instruments.
Relay testing and installation experience preferred.
Experience with instruments, PLCs, and DCS preferred.
Parallel switchgear experience preferred.
Variable frequency drive experience preferred.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Analytical and quality-improvement ability.
Proficiency in repair troubleshooting, shop operations, and testing assigned programs or hardware.
Ability to make formal presentations to all audiences.
Ability to work with maintenance, engineering, and management at all levels.
Project management or supervisory experience, including meeting deadlines and handling resources and budgets.
Ability to lead and influence customers and peers.

Responsibilities

Preserve ABB’s safety culture as a priority in all aspects of work, including looking out for coworkers, and conduct Environmental Health and Safety inspections.
Maintain an inventory tracking sheet for repairs being handled by the shop.
Inspect and repair breakers delivered to the shop.
Prepare change orders and send them to customers for additional repairs.
Process purchase order revisions and ensure the ERP system is updated with sales and cost amounts.
Order repair parts through the ERP (SAP) system and receive purchased items in SAP.
Supervise labor on breaker repairs when additional help or technicians join the team.
Ship, deliver, and pick up serviced breakers or equipment.

Benefits

Medical plan options, including a PPO and a high-deductible plan with a Health Savings Account.
Dental plan options.
Vision benefit.
Company-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
Voluntary life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
Company-paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage, with an option to increase long-term disability coverage.
Supplemental benefits, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
Parental leave of up to 6 weeks.
Employee Assistance Program.
Health Advocate support for mental and behavioral health, health navigation, virtual health, and infertility and adoption.
Employee discount program.
401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions receive vacation under a permissive time-away policy.