Transmission Line Foreman

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Job Purpose

Supervise line crew(s) involved in the installation, maintenance and repairs of the underground and overhead electric transmission system and oversee equipment, materials, and record-keeping.

Key Accountability Areas

Responsibility:

• Supervises line crew(s) involved in the installation, maintenance and repairs of the underground and overhead electric transmission system
• Evaluates the performance of each crew member and initiates additional training or corrective action as may be necessary to bring performance up to standard
• Analyzes operational methods and develops improved procedures as needed.
• Establishes and maintains electric line clearances with other utilities. Installs high-voltage connectors; transformers and switches in manholes and vaults, securing equipment, and cables; and various service lines, power poles, meters, and metering devices.
• Regularly reporting project status to supervisors, site engineers and other officials

Safety:

• Trains, instructs, and mentors Line-workers to ensure that safety rules and procedures are followed

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility:

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery:

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance:

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development:

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements:

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality:

• Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation:

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic Qualification

Diploma Degree in Electrical Institute

Work Experience

6 to 10 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies

Quality Control

Safety

Troubleshooting

Communication

Multi-Tasking

Teamwork

Physically fit

Hand/Power Tool Proficiency

Equipment Maintenance

Quick learning

Adaptability