Overhead Foreman

About the role

The Foreman position is responsible for overseeing the construction, maintenance and operation of electrical systems, to ensure assigned projects are completed in accordance with design, budget, and schedule. This position is responsible for knowing and appropriately utilizing company policies/processes, proper care and utilization of company equipment, and on-the-job training of crew members.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to crews to ensure safe, efficient, and quality operations.
• Thorough knowledge of safety policies and guidelines and ensures the crew is adhering to same.
• Thorough knowledge of overhead and underground distribution construction, maintenance, troubleshooting and operations including extensive switching experience.
• Knowledge and ability to install, troubleshoot, replace and/or remove common distribution equipment including but not limited to transformers, capacitors, regulators, reclosers, switches, GOABs, CT/PT metering, and underground switchgear.
• Appropriately plan work including manpower, equipment and material needs, and develop "look ahead" schedules.
• Ensures work progress, equipment, and construction sites are safe, specifications are met, and work is according to schedule.
• Ensures company and customer tools and materials are properly utilized, cared for, and secured daily.
• Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.
• Work through the General Foreman to recruit qualified applicants and assign classifications according to demonstrated skills and abilities.
• Maintain positive relationships with crew members, existing customers and cultivate professional relationships with potential customers.
• Ensure required forms, paperwork, and other information is completed and submitted including but not limited to Job Safety Analyses, electronic driver's logs, vehicle inspections, line tools/equipment inspections, timesheets, expense reports, incident reports, and redlining of work orders.
• Ensure all required inspections of tools and equipment are performed such as rubber gloves, blankets, line hoses, insulated booms, hot line sticks, and insulated equipment handles.
• Must be able to read and understand technical information, manuals, policies, procedures, work orders, blueprints, spec books, system maps and diagrams.
• Possess planning/organizational skills and ability to delegate work in order to schedule crew, assign duties, and ensure completion of all projects within required deadlines.
• Possess good mathematical skills in order to calculate figures and amounts.
• Possess good communication skills to relay expectations and company goals and objectives to crew members.
• Possess leadership skills to provide guidance and training to assigned personnel in a safe effective and positive manner.
• Possess the ability to understand and use the English language, both oral and written, to communicate information, instructions, and ideas to other personnel.
• Must be dependable and trustworthy.

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.
• The position must have the ability to lift heavy objects weighing at times up to 50 pounds and carry that weight a minimum of 20 feet on a regular, recurring basis.
• The employee must be able to walk over uneven, steep, or difficult terrain for distances of over one mile on a regular, recurring basis and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions.
• The position requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination.
• The position requires the ability to climb up to and onto elevated equipment and stand for long periods of time.
• The position requires the ability to quickly move arms and legs.
• The employee must have excellent stamina.
• The position requires the ability to hear long distances, see long distances and differentiate between colors, and have depth perception.

Accessibility

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