Leader, Dig Crew
Leader, Dig Crew
Job Locations
US-KS-Haysville
ID
2022-1919
Category
Operations
Type
Full-Time
Overview
This position is responsible for the daily operations and maintenance of pipeline for an assigned work location(s). This position will be responsible for overall leadership, implementation of strategies, management oversight, performance of employees, and achievement of goals and strategies for the assigned work location.
The Dig Crew Leader will be physically out on the job with assigned Dig Crew employees, which include Operators, Heavy Equipment Specialists, and essential personnel. The time of the Leader will be spent leading, interacting, and providing daily work directions to their direct reports. The Leader will ensure adherence to safety practices and corporate policies, procedures, and contractual requirements while confirming alignment with corporate direction, vision, mission, principles, strategies, and goals. The Leader will work with direct reports to improve processes and efficiencies and oversee operations, maintenance, inspection, and testing criteria and construction jobs. The Leader will identify and recommend educational needs to ensure all compliance requirements are met while improving procedures and work methods to better ensure operational safety, reliability, and efficiency.
The Dig Crew Leader is expected to set the standard for leadership within the organization, including but not limited to ensuring 100% compliance in the department's operations and maintenance areas. The Leader is to model the level of commitment and dedication expected through an unsurpassed work ethic, exhibiting unquestioned integrity, ensuring effective employee development through teaching, mentoring, coaching, correcting, recognizing, rewarding, and disciplining. The Leader is expected to champion change, advocate managed risk and supporting creativity and innovation. The Leader's responsibility is to communicate effectively and provide employees the support and resources necessary for the successful attainment of the Company's vision, mission, strategies, and goals. The Leader is personally accountable and holds employees accountable while valuing teams and being an engaged. The expectation is to create a productive team of individuals and identify needs and responding to them by taking proactive, rather than reactive measures. The Leader acts in a manner that inspires trust and trusting others in return; and, be committed to life-long learning.
The Dig Crew Leader will be required to schedule available Personal Time Off only during Company's major holiday breaks including: Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and each reporting location's public school's spring break. All scheduling of PTO is subject to prior management approval.
The Dig Crew Foreman must remain at the location for two (2) years.
Responsibilities
Leadership Specific
• Be personally accountable for performance of employees in reporting area and achievement of area's goals and strategies, teach employees in area to be likewise personally accountable.
• Demonstrate organization's leadership skills and traits as outlined below
• Serve as role model for Company's Guiding Principles and actively and vocally exhibit behaviors which champion its Vision and Mission and align with its direction
• Engage in regular, consistent performance management, including coaching, teaching, appraising, and mentoring
Position Specific
• Oversee, promote and direct safe, cost efficient, compliant, reliable operations and maintenance of assigned locations/facilities and equipment
• File and review required reports in timely, accurate manner
• Assist with development of operational budget, manage local budget effectively
• Provide hands-on supervision for employees, including planning, assigning, and directing work, recommending promotion/progression, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining, addressing complaints and resolving problems
• Provide input into system operating plan, including personnel requirements, material needs, subcontract requirements, facility needs, and tooling and equipment needs
• Direct resolution of operational issues to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays
• Help teach and ensure direct reports are aware of and comply with Company, government, and customer policies, procedures, and regulations, including Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive, confidential, proprietary, private information
• Develop, monitor, measure, communicate, and report on location-specific goals and strategies aligned with Company goals
• Engage in consistent, effective communications with employees, peers, coworkers, customers, and third parties
• Engage in continuous process improvement and expense reduction
• Effectively develop employees to work independently and as fully engaged departments and teams
• Creatively and constructively manage conflict and appropriately address and resolve employee disputes
• Set priorities and allocate resources to successfully manage diverse projects
• Develop positive, partnering relationships with customers in area and local governmental representatives
• Required to obtain and keep current Operator Qualifications on tasks required of the Dig Crew team members to be an OQ evaluator.
Qualifications
Minimum:
• 2-year certificate of completion from accredited institution/trade school or experience as determined by the company
• Valid driver's license and insurability
• Experience analyzing data and preparing compliance reports, statements, and projections
• Experience communicating data and concepts in a manner understandable to a wide range of individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Experience working in both a scheduled/structured and unscheduled/unstructured, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to teach area of expertise one-on-one and in small groups
• Ability to effectively manage costs within an overall budget structure
• Intermediate level computer skills in Microsoft Office Excel and Outlook, basic level skills with PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply applicable local, state and federal regulations and reporting requirements (i.e., DOT/PHMSA, OSHA, etc.)
Preferences:
• Experience in a leadership position (including serving as a nonprofit board leader, coach, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree
• Operations experience with high-pressure pipeline systems
• Knowledge of operations, maintenance and construction practices relating to pipeline operations
• Knowledge of Company's Operations & Maintenance manual
• Aptitude toward mechanics, construction
• Knowledge of natural gas transmission industry
• Experience understanding, interpreting, and applying applicable local, state, and federal regulations and reporting requirements
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