Utilities Field Operations Supervisor - Weekends

Date Opened: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $63,605.87 - $79,507.34 Commensurate with Experience

SUMMARY

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 7,000 employees and a $2.39 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with 300,000 customer accounts and over 1000 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 23 budget is $535M and a five-year capital program of $2.5 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from all three major credit rating agencies as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

SALARY:

$71,557.00 - $79,506.00 Commensurate with Experience

JOB SUMMARY:

This position supervises assigned Field Operations crews and related functions along with assigned staff. Work involves: planning, organizing, coordinating, administering and overseeing daily field operations; supervising assigned crew or staff; evaluating operational performance and directing changes to resolve problems and ensure quality goals are met; auditing processes and procedures in the field and related office environment to ensure work is completed within quality and time guidelines; planning weekly schedules ensuring coverage; allocating work; visiting job sites daily; ensuring safety regulations are followed; making sure crew has tools and equipment necessary for their work; providing guidance to crews; ensuring proper documentation is maintained; and assisting in operating of heavy equipment and making repairs. This position also handles emergencies and customer complaints as well as works a rotating on call schedule.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Leads and develops a multi-skilled workforce supporting the goals and objectives of the organization; coaches and motivates team members; trains employees; and communicates needs and expectations to team members.

• Supervises and coordinates work activities of assigned staff; assigns work, monitors status of work, and inspects completed work; participates and provides input in staffing decisions relative to hiring, firing, discipline, and promotional opportunities; evaluates performance by completing performance reviews; mentors staff; and aids with career development.

• Monitors and assists with developing cost-effective work practices to improve team productivity.

• Assists with preparation of daily and week work schedules and plans; assists with prioritizing, scheduling, and assigning work orders; evaluates workloads; and schedules coverage during vacation, illnesses, and holidays.

• Ensures that proper work order documentation is completed for all job assignments.

• In emergency conditions, assists with work support requirements such as staging of parts, materials, supplies, and equipment.

• Ensures that work completed meets performance standards; performs field audits.

• Ensures field work meets industry standards as set forth by Charlotte Water.

• Assists in managing local contracts related to field operations.

• Ensures that effective and timely communications are maintained between team members and other appropriate stakeholders; attends team meetings.

• Provides technical expertise and work assistance to work teams; monitors and supports field operations; resolves team conflicts; and provides safety review.

• Provides inspections of in-progress and completed work for high priority work assignments to ensure that quality control and work site safety standards are maintained.

• Responds to customer issues in a timely and professional manner.

• Co-develops, reviews, and implements operational plans and goals; coordinates work with other teams, support groups, and leadership.

• Assists in the development and implementation of new ideas with Dispatch for reporting, filing, and communicating with the crews.

• Assists management in operational planning.

• Produces status reports for management.

• Responds to work in inclement weather, natural disasters, and high-profile events.

• Performs field work as needed; assists in repairing and maintaining water and sewer infrastructure; and operates heavy equipment such as backhoes, track hoes, front-end loaders, forklifts, skid steer, dump trucks, crew cab trucks, and trailers