Field Supervisor

**Field Supervisor**:

- Location: Balcatta, WA, AU, 6021- 4 Oct 2024As a Field Supervisor, you will be Responsible for the daily supervision and coordination of operational field crews in conducting planned and unplanned network activities to ensures all assigned field-based work is completed in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner whilst maintaining the integrity of the network.

**Your Role in Action**
- Coach safety representatives, prepare and present safety meetings and practice safe work principles.
- Arrange site inductions for crews and contractors.
- Maintain awareness of staff competencies through network compliance
- Ensure workers have required competencies to perform the tasks.
- Evaluate and accept 4-6 week works packages from Works Program and Planning
- Distribute on-site work activities to teams, ensuring that the workload is appropriately distributed to ensure resource utilisation.
- Ensure prompt attendance of crew members to faults and isolate the network for repairs to maintain the integrity of the network and minimise customer impact.
- Responsible for review and sign off for all time sheets, including approving overtime hours to be worked and validating hours registered on the time sheet.

**What Makes You a Great Fit**
- Relevant and current trade-based qualification in a discipline such as - Electrical Fitter / Mechanic Certificate 3, Trade Certificate or Distribution / Transmission Overhead or Certificate 3 Distribution Cable Jointer or equivalent
- At least 10 to 12 years demonstrated, extensive and broad technical experience in networks or transmission/distribution industry, including appropriate licenses or certificates of competency
- Highly developed teamwork and customer focus skills
- Demonstrated experience in the implementation and execution of operation plans
- A sound knowledge of networks construction maintenance and operations field practices
- Incident investigation skills
- Highly developed teamwork and customer focus skills
- Advanced written, verbal and report writing skills
- Experience in negotiation, conflict resolution and managing public and stakeholder relations
- Computer literate: Ellipse, MS Office suite -Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Valid WA Driver’s License Class ‘C’ or ‘C-A’

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

- Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
- Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
- The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
- Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
- An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
- An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
- In addition to standard leave, enjoy two wellness leave days each year.

**Applications** **close on 25th October 2024