Title: Division Supervisor (JAX)    
Company: Peoples Gas System
State and City: Florida   -  Jacksonville
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Division Supervisor will provide leadership to division operations personnel who perform a variety of job functions, including but not limited to: meter activities, inspections, locates, natural gas emergencies and/or the installation and maintenance of natural gas mains and services. The Supervisor will oversee successful completion of assigned job activities by planning, organizing, and monitoring procedures and processes. The Supervisor, in conjunction with the Division Manager, ensures that division goals are in alignment with the Company’s business plan.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities: 

• Provides leadership, training, and coaching of assigned division operations personnel to ensure understanding of job responsibilities, development of skills and maximized performance. Involved in Selection for Excellence, Performance Reviews, Individual Development Planning, and team member hiring, promotions, progressions, recognitions/rewards, positive disciplines, and separations from the organization. Creates and adjusts work schedules for assigned personnel (vacations, holidays and emergency call-out) and updates work force management programs for automatic routing.
• Coordinates the maintenance and repair of Division Office facilities, fleet vehicles, off-road equipment and power-driven tools and equipment.
• Coordinates and assures the successful completion of all residential and commercial meter sets, change–outs, and turn-on/offs, mains, and service installations, locates and inspections. Periodically conducts field site visits and investigates and resolves a variety of customer concerns and issues.
• Coordinates and regulates the use of contractors. Approves contractor billing, as-built drawings submitted by subcontractors and performs final inspections.
• Maintains required qualification records for all team members and contractors, including plastic pipe fusion and welding tests.
• Assists engineers in project design work, as well as coordinating construction jobs between contractors and municipalities.
• Maintains all Public Service Commission requirements as they pertain to the PGS natural gas distribution system.
• Responsible for the (PCO) periodic meter testing program, accelerated meter testing program and the sample-testing program.
• Maintains inventory at the division office facility through the ordering of meters, regulators and ERT units, including supplies for construction jobs.
• Investigates Company involved incidents/accidents and responds to after-hour emergencies and gas outages, performing as the After-Hours Coordinator/Supervisor on a rotating basis as assigned on the call-out Duty Schedule.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

What We’re Looking For

Must Haves:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED.
• Minimum of 4 years of a related natural gas utility operations experience, including 2 years in a leadership role providing direct oversight and control of a team or project in operations, safety or engineering.
• Must be computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Thorough knowledge of company policies/procedures and Public Service Commission requirements; Ability to multi-task, delegate to others and respond effectively to high level stress situations.
• Excellent interpersonal, team building and demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to coach and develop personnel.
• Strong oral and written communications skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely express and exchange ideas and to effectively conduct presentations.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Associates or Technical Degree

Competencies:

• Takes Ownership and Acts with Integrity
• Drives Operational Excellence for Customers
• Thinks Strategically and Exercises Sound Judgement
• Speaks up on Safety, Health, and the Environment
• Develops People and Teams

Working Conditions  

• Successful candidate must reside within 45 miles of the Jacksoncille Division office location to ensure business continuity and emergency response time.
• Will be required to act as the After-Hours Coordinator/Supervisor on a rotating basis as assigned on the call-out Duty Schedule.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to pass a pulmonary function test for use of respiratory equipment.
• Must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work assigned.
• Must be able to ascend/descend ladders, stairs and the like using feet, legs, hands and arms.
• Must be able to maintain balance when walking, standing, or crouching, on/in narrow or slippery surfaces and/or spaces.
• Must be able to independently operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner.
• Must be able to independently enter/exit a motor vehicle as required during an eight hour shift.
• Must be able to bend and/or stoop requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Must be able to kneel and or crouch by bending legs at knees to come to rest at knees and bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Must be able to walk, stand or sit for periods of time.
• Must be able to grasp/handle small hand tools and other objects by applying pressure with fingers and palms
• Must be able to work primarily with fingers (pinching, picking, etc.) rather than using the whole hand or arm.
• Must be able to pull, push, lift and carry objects weighing up to 35 lbs.
• Must have vision correctable to 20/40.
• Must not have an average hearing loss greater than 40 decibels in the better ear at frequencies of 500, 1000 and 2000 with or without a hearing aid.
• Must be able to smell gas odorant in normal concentrations.
• Must be able to perform repetitive motions by extending arms and hands in any direction with substantial movement of wrists, hands, and fingers.
• Must be able to rotate and revolve body (twist) as to face in another direction.
• Must be able to work outside for extended periods of time.

The successful applicant will be required to take and pass a Baseline Medical Examination as part of the pre-employment screening once an offer has been accepted. A pre-employment drug screening, as well as a background check (including education, employment, criminal and motor vehicle) will also be conducted as part of the pre-employment screening. A physical may be conducted if required for the role.