National Grid

Supervisor, Dispatch

National Grid$93K — $109K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 3+ years in dispatching or field operations preferred
  • High school diploma with 5+ years in dispatching or field operations required if no degree
  • Preferred experience in the utility industry
  • Strong communication, organization, and planning skills
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a team
  • Calm under pressure and capable of quick decision-making
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office 365
  • Willing to work varied shifts including weekends

Responsibilities

  • Manage and execute monthly and annual emergency and non-emergency work plans
  • Act as a communication hub connecting various stakeholders
  • Analyze operational data to enhance customer satisfaction and cost-effectiveness
  • Motivate and train the dispatching team in daily operations
  • Oversee same-day dispatching for optimal productivity and compliance
  • Coordinate responses to gas issues ensuring public safety

Benefits

  • Career advancement opportunities within and across job bands
  • Supportive work environment emphasizing team collaboration
  • Potential for developing experience and technical skills
  • Engagement with multiple stakeholders including community and regulatory bodies
  • Focus on public safety and operational excellence
Full Job Description
National Grid is hiring a Dispatch Supervisor for our MA Gas CMS Dispatch department in Northborough, MA. This position is for the Sunday through Thursday overnight shift.

Our Team

We engage, manage, and motivate the MA Dispatching team through the efficient execution of Customer Meter Services (CMS) workload and Gas Field Operations support.

What You'll Do

  • Manage, plan and execute to the monthly and annual emergency and non-emergency workplan
  • Act as a communications HUB for field operations, customer, and community, regulatory, pipeline safety, engineering, and other stakeholders ensuring required support foundation is in place to be able to situationally execute to field incidents
  • Provide in-depth analysis of operational data to provide insights and recommendations to improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and improve effectiveness.
  • Effectively manage, motivate train, and educate the dispatching team through their daily operations
  • Take responsibility for the execution of same day dispatching of all work, ensuring optimal productivity, customer satisfaction and compliance with all relevant regulations
  • Contribute to the protection and safety of the public by coordinating the company's response to all gas issues


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in dispatching or field operations experience preferred
  • In lieu of degree, high school diploma or equivalent and 5+ years of dispatching or field operations experience required
  • Utility industry experience preferred
  • Ability to multi-task effectively and remain focused throughout workday
  • Strong verbal communications, organization and planning skills required
  • Proven experience effectively motivating, guiding, and leading a team
  • Temperament to remain calm when all around you is not
  • Capable of analyzing situations or significant amounts of work and make quick decisions
  • Proficiency with software applications, including Microsoft Office 365 required
  • Ability to work different shifts required, including some weekends


Salary

$93,000 - $109,000 a year

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

About National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom (where it owns and operates electricity and gas transmission networks) and in the Northeastern United States (where as well as operating transmission networks, the company is a producer and supplier of electricity and gas). National Grid has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.4 billion as of 23 September 2021, the 26th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Learn more about National Grid
Size
23,500 employees
Market Cap
$44 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
5 Year Trend
+4%
Revenue
$14.7 billion

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