Summary

Supervises employees on the job site and ensures compliance with safety standards; performs electric line construction and maintenance work; performs service calls; schedules maintenance work; assists in the design and construction of electric lines; performs traffic control functions at job sites; and prepares requisitions for department materials, equipment, and supplies. Provides leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training and guidance to departmental personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Supervises employees on the job site, including assigning and reviewing work and training employees in safe electric system construction and maintenance procedures, construction standards, transformer connections, feeders, and location of sectionalizing equipment;
• Performs electric line construction and maintenance work on energized primary and secondary structures and equipment;
• Performs service calls, including locating trouble areas and making repairs;
• Installs and repairs electric poles, including digging holes for new poles, framing poles to required specifications, installing electrical services and connectors, and transferring wires from old to new poles, using bucket to perform duties;
• Schedules maintenance work on new and existing electric lines;
• Ensures that all work is done in compliance with established safe operating procedures, including conducting job site and system safety inspections;
• Coordinates switching of main feeders;
• Sizes meters and transformers for electric loads;
• Assists in the design and construction of electric lines;
• Performs traffic control functions at job sites;
• Prepares requisitions for department materials, equipment, and supplies; and
• Monitors loads of substation and main feeders.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises employees, including assigning and reviewing work, conducting performance reviews, training employees, and making recommendations regarding hiring, promoting, disciplining, and/or dismissing employees.

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. To be classified for this position, an individual must have completed the requirements for Crew Leader in the Electric Department Employee Development Program. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school graduation or its equivalent plus six years of field experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge Of

General management principles; electrical system management principles, practices, procedures, and safety codes; and standard office practices and procedures.

Skill/Ability To

Maintain and repair electrical systems; establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and the general public; communicate effectively; operate equipment and tools used in maintaining and repairing electrical systems; and read and understand manuals, policies, and other documents.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Valid Texas commercial driver's license (A CDL).

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 required to engage in moderate to strenuous physical activity, work with tools and equipment, drive vehicles or equipment, perform repetitive motions, perform work involving the entire body, stand, and walk and balance on all types of surfaces. The employee is required to bend from the waist, crouch or squat, kneel, sit, crawl, climb, twist, and reach with arms and hands. The employee is required perform job duties from various heights, lift and/or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds, such as materials and equipment, and must carry, push, and pull materials. The employee may be required to sit, use hands to operate office equipment, including telephone and computer keyboard, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear. The employee must be able to see clearly, with or without vision correction, in close situations, at a distance, and peripherally, and be able 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.

The employee occasionally faces difficult and stressful situations. The employee has frequent contact with other employees both within and outside of the assigned department, including the public and other organizations. The work environment requires that the employee exercise caution at all times and adhere to safety standards to avoid the risk of personal injury. The employee is exposed to outdoor elements, loud noises, vibrations, and respiratory hazards such as dust, gases, and chemicals. The employee may be required to work with live electric wires. The work environment is noisy and distracting.