Thousand Oaks, California, United States On-site Employment

Southern California Edison is hiring a Field Supervisor

About the Role

At Southern California Edison, we are dedicated to powering our planet, reducing carbon emissions, and creating cleaner air for everyone. We are looking for a Field Supervisor to join the Clean Energy Revolution. In this role, you will provide direct leadership to a team of construction and maintenance line crews, ensuring safety, strategic work structuring, and operational excellence.

What You'll Do

  • Supervise line crews, troublemen, and streetlight repairmen in day-to-day operations, ensuring strict adherence to safety policies and procedures.
  • Resolve operational issues promptly, lead corrective actions, and conduct field visits to monitor job progress and correct unsafe conditions.
  • Address in-field employee disputes, adjust crew schedules and priorities as needs change, and monitor workload for effective resource utilization.
  • Verify the accuracy of overall records, crew timesheets, and work order documentation.
  • Provide mentoring, leadership, training, and development to employees, delivering coaching and feedback.
  • Interact with customers, city officials, and other external agencies to complete work and adhere to project timelines.
  • Optimize crew cost efficiency by managing overtime, crew size, and accurate tailboarding.
  • Ensure protection of company physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets and proper handling of sensitive information.

What We're Looking For

  • Two or more years of combined experience in an electric utility performing or supervising in planning, design, construction, maintenance, standards & development, system operations, field operations, engineering, or construction project management.
  • Possession of a valid Class C Driver's License.

Nice to Have

  • Knowledge of the collective bargaining agreement.
  • Experience with the Workit electronic work order system.
  • Previous experience as a Troubleman or E-Crew Foreman.
  • Typically five or more years of combined experience performing and/or supervising activities related to the design, construction, maintenance, and/or scheduling of the electric distribution system.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams or bargaining unit personnel, including applying the IBEW collective bargaining agreement.
  • Experience overseeing or executing medium to large construction projects with underground and overhead construction, maintenance, and operation of the electrical distribution system and associated regulatory requirements.
  • Experience reviewing work and leading the execution of work to ensure on-schedule completion.
  • Ability to plan and prioritize projects, including managing multiple simultaneous projects and identifying/allocating resources to meet project timelines.
  • Experience applying GO 95, GO 128, GO168 and Accident Prevention Manual rules.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively lead others by building strong working relationships, adapting leadership style, identifying developmental needs, and delivering coaching and mentoring.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with internal departments, customers, and union personnel.

Team & Environment

You will supervise a team of construction and maintenance line crews and a troubleman, reporting directly to the District Manager.

Work Mode

This is an onsite position based at an SCE facility or field location.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Required Skills
electric utility operationsplanningdesignconstructionmaintenancestandards developmentsystem operationsfield operationsengineeringconstruction project managementClass C Driver's Licenseincident responsecommunication
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Job Details
Department Skilled Trades - Construction
Category other
Posted 14 days ago