**Field Supervisor**:
- Location: South Metro Depot - Forrestdal, WA, AU, 6112
- 20 Jun 2025
**Field Supervisor**
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Field Supervisor based at our South Metro Depot.
As a Field Supervisor for Construction and Primary Plant, you will be responsible for the daily supervision and coordination of field crews while ensuring all assigned work is completed in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner. You will also be responsible for ensuring that all field crews are trained in compliance with Western Power safety guidelines
**Your Role in Action**
- Allocate project works to teams, ensuring that the workload is appropriately distributed between team members to avoid unnecessary overtime
- Allocate maintenance works to teams, ensuring that the workload is appropriately managed and delivered safe and efficient.
- Assist with the creation and delivery of regular team safety meetings
- Participate in project planning/scheduling meetings
- Ensure work of crews is delivered on time and consistent with organisational policies and standards
- Conduct on-site inspections and quality assurance tasks to ensure that work undertaken by your teams is consistent with organisation policies and standards
- Understand and operate within Western Power's Occupational Health and Safety systems by reporting including duty of care responsibilities, identifying hazards, taking corrective action, and reporting and investigating all incidents/accidents
- Maintain knowledge of work standards, procedures, and network systems to ensure work is consistently completed to standard.
**What Makes You a Great Fit**
- Trade qualified - Electrical Fitter / Mechanic Certificate III. (Australian Qualified or endorsed)
- Trade Certificate or Distribution / Transmission Overhead or Certificate III Distribution Cable Jointer or equivalent (Australian Qualified or endorsed)
- Preferably 6+ years demonstrated experience in the networks or transmission/distribution industry, including appropriate licenses or certificates of competency
- Prior experience in a team supervision / coordination position
- Demonstrated experience in the implementation and execution of operation plans
- A sound knowledge of networks construction maintenance and operations field practices
- Accident investigation skills
- Highly developed teamwork and customer focus skills
- Experience in negotiation, conflict resolution and managing public and stakeholder relations
- Computer literate: Ellipse, MS Office suite -Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Advanced written, verbal and report writing skills
- Valid WA Driver's License Class 'C' or 'C-A'
- You MUST have full Australian work rights. Applications without this requirement will NOT be considered.
- By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:
- Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
- Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
- The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
- Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
- An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
- An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
- In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year
- On-site café available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.
**Applications** **close on 15 July 2025