Transmission Supervisor III

Southern Company•Virginia Beach, VA

About The Position

Job Summary: The purpose of this position is to lead and supervise employees who maintain and operate the gas Transmission system pipelines, Regulator Stations, Emergency Valves, Large Meter stations, and station equipment. The incumbent in this role directly supervises internal resources that sustain and preserve gas utility infrastructure integrity and customer safety, while delivering on financial and operating objectives. This person drives quality, safety and compliance expectations and ensures that those standards are met within a functional or regional area. Job Responsibilities: Functional Expertise: Responsible for overseeing the successful operation and maintenance of gas utility regulation infrastructure. Responsible to Prepare/Check/Approve Flow Interruption and HazOp plans for main tie in and complex facility installation or retirements. Responsible for maintaining adequate system pressures, system ERX reviews and ensuring timely corrective action. Directs and manages emergency response efforts. Responsible for overseeing and auditing compliance records to ensure complete, accurate and taking timely action to correct any anomalies to ensure compliance requirements are met. Accountable for driving field decision-making and coordinating with centralized scheduling, internal and/or external service providers and support departments and external agencies to ensure that work is performed as planned, permitted and scheduled. Responsible for maintaining compliance with local, state and federal regulations, overseeing and auditing compliance records to ensure complete, accurate and taking timely action to correct any anomalies to ensure compliance requirements are met. Coordinates ongoing OQ training as needed, ensuring all newly promoted employees receive appropriate training and qualifications in appropriate areas. Responsible for ensuring employees have proper tools and equipment to perform duties. Responsible for driving safety, quality, and workmanship. Responsible for execution and delivery of projects on time and on budget. Ensures equipment is in good working condition and facilitates the repair of damaged equipment. Responsible for ensuring specialty regulator parts are available. Business Acumen: Sets performance expectations and direction for direct internal reports within a functional or sub-regional area of responsibility. Responsible for partnering with centralized scheduling to determine and ensure resource, tool and maintenance techniques meet demand. Responsible for monitoring monthly annual capital and operating expense spend and implements cost control within a functional and/or geographical area. Responsible for identifying areas for process improvements or best practices and making recommendations. Engagement: Responsible for enhancing productivity of direct reports through training, motivation and performance coaching. Responsible for maintaining customer satisfaction through timely and thorough communication with individual customers, municipalities and other governmental agencies. Instill corporate values and personal responsibility into workgroup. Driving Results: Responsible for monitoring work goals and objectives for safety, quality, cost management, productivity and customer service. Measures employee performance for safety, quality and productivity. Responsible for driving change and coaching and developing staff through effective feedback and performance evaluation. Responsible for creating and implementing improved processes and techniques to enhance operating environment. Responsible for leading assigned business plan initiatives.

Requirements

10+ years’ experience in gas utility operations
HS graduate
Valid driver’s license
Read and interpret project design plans – proficiency.
Size regulator and reliefs – proficiency.
Emergency response knowledge and action planning.
Written and verbal communication.
Technical skill sets.
Gas construction and operating principles.
Critical thinking process and identifying effective solutions.
Geographic Information System (GIS) or comparable system - intermediate proficiency.
PeopleSoft Financials - intermediate proficiency.
MS Excel, Word and Access - intermediate proficiency.
System hydraulic modeling evaluation.

Nice To Haves

15+ years’ experience in gas utility operations
BS in Construction or Engineering
Previous technical knowledge in operation and maintenance of Gas Transmission pipelines and stations, regulators, large gas meters, customer relations, Supervision within FieldOps or ConOps.
Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.
Proficient at Windows Office applications (Word, Excel), Company business systems (WMIS, Asset Repository, BI).

Responsibilities

Overseeing the successful operation and maintenance of gas utility regulation infrastructure.
Prepare/Check/Approve Flow Interruption and HazOp plans for main tie in and complex facility installation or retirements.
Maintaining adequate system pressures, system ERX reviews and ensuring timely corrective action.
Directing and managing emergency response efforts.
Overseeing and auditing compliance records to ensure complete, accurate and taking timely action to correct any anomalies to ensure compliance requirements are met.
Driving field decision-making and coordinating with centralized scheduling, internal and/or external service providers and support departments and external agencies to ensure that work is performed as planned, permitted and scheduled.
Maintaining compliance with local, state and federal regulations, overseeing and auditing compliance records to ensure complete, accurate and taking timely action to correct any anomalies to ensure compliance requirements are met.
Coordinating ongoing OQ training as needed, ensuring all newly promoted employees receive appropriate training and qualifications in appropriate areas.
Ensuring employees have proper tools and equipment to perform duties.
Driving safety, quality, and workmanship.
Execution and delivery of projects on time and on budget.
Ensuring equipment is in good working condition and facilitates the repair of damaged equipment.
Ensuring specialty regulator parts are available.
Setting performance expectations and direction for direct internal reports within a functional or sub-regional area of responsibility.
Partnering with centralized scheduling to determine and ensure resource, tool and maintenance techniques meet demand.
Monitoring monthly annual capital and operating expense spend and implements cost control within a functional and/or geographical area.
Identifying areas for process improvements or best practices and making recommendations.
Enhancing productivity of direct reports through training, motivation and performance coaching.
Maintaining customer satisfaction through timely and thorough communication with individual customers, municipalities and other governmental agencies.
Instilling corporate values and personal responsibility into workgroup.
Monitoring work goals and objectives for safety, quality, cost management, productivity and customer service.
Measuring employee performance for safety, quality and productivity.
Driving change and coaching and developing staff through effective feedback and performance evaluation.
Creating and implementing improved processes and techniques to enhance operating environment.
Leading assigned business plan initiatives.