Senior Ops Supervisor, Vegetation Management Transmission

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National Grid is hiring a Senior Operations Supervisor for our Vegetation Management Transmission department in our Western NY service area. Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.

The Vegetation Management program at National Grid utilizes an internal management staff and an external contractor workforce to effectively deliver the annual program across Upstate New York. Major program components include annual cycle pruning, hazard tree mitigation programs, customer/new business work, system reliability/capital construction projects, transmission side‑line work, the Integrated Vegetation Management program (IVM), Substation Bare Ground Program and Natural Gas pipeline Vegetation Management.

The Transmission Forestry Supervisor will assist in achieving overall Department goals to optimize transmission system safety and reliability performance. This position will support the company’s capex program including large scale complex construction projects such as CLCPA. This position will be integral in the project development, planning, permitting, and delivery of forestry work to prepare the corridor for new assets.

• Contribute to the development of EMCP, procurement strategies, contract specifications, and planning to support project development.
• Develop estimates and budgets for large‑and‑small‑scale capex.
• Execute and deliver complex ROW clearing, hazard tree removals, access development, herbicide work, and environmental mitigation measures.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal and project specific regulatory requirements.
• Leverage knowledge of utility forestry, Article 7 and Part 102 requirements, utility procedures and best practices to assist project teams. Take ownership of delivering projects safely, on time, compliant, and within budget.
• Participate and contribute during project meetings and walkdowns.
• Provide forestry expertise in responding to inquiries from the public, regulators or government representatives. Provide professional, technical and legal input in support of all NGRID strategies and objectives.
• Leverage capex work to increase the reliability and safety of the transmission and sub‑transmission system.
• Support Environmental and permitting in obtaining all required permits.
• Plan, schedule and coordinate transmission vegetation work performed by contractors. Monitor contractor productivity to ensure timely completion of all work. Approve contractor timesheets and certify work as complete, prior to authorizing payments.
• Execute comprehensive field audits to ensure contractor compliance with vegetation management line clearances, specifications and environmental requirements.
• Evaluate Forestry contractor performance relative to NGRID safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist the department manager in coordinating all aspects of the Department’s activities while maintaining alignment with other Company functions including right‑of‑way, construction, environmental, and engineering.
• Implementation of NGRID Storm/Emergency restoration policies and procedures.
• Respond to customer inquiries and concerns while fostering and maintaining an effective working relationship. Maintain cooperative and proactive relationships with state and local environmental agencies and officials. Attend various customer, community and municipal meetings as required.
• Provide off hour coverage for routine emergencies as well as significant storm events.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Manage forestry requirements for capex program.
• Support Transmission Forestry Maintenance Operations as directed by Manager.

• A minimum of a two‑year degree in Arboriculture, Urban Forestry, Forestry or a related natural resources field or related Line Clearance field experience.
• 5 years’ experience in utility vegetation management is required, 10 is preferred (ROW Vegetation Management strongly preferred).
• Ability to work alone in remote locations and travel varied terrain by 4WD, ATV, foot and helicopter is essential.
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