Distribution Tech I/II/III/IV-Joint Use Location:Fairmont, WV, US, 26554 Job Function:Distribution Employee Type:Reg Full Time (FT) Requisition ID:11889 FirstEnergy at a Glance FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nations largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a diverse generating fleet with a total capacity of nearly 17,000 megawatts. About the Opportunity This is an open position with Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.[MP] This job is responsible for the joint use work for the Distribution function of the Company. -PROFICIENCY (Level I): Employees are in a learning curve with minimal experience, acquiring new skills and basic discipline-specific knowledge; requires direct supervision and assistance. Standardized Summary of Responsibilities:Distribution Tech. I Level -Demonstrate and direct a solid commitment to all aspects of safety. -Initiate and process invoices in SAP. -Monitor unpaid invoices and place collection calls to past due Joint Use customers. -Perform data analysis and calculations to ensure accurate invoicing for monthly cable and phone companies. -Assist in determining rental and Make Ready cost allocations. -Follow established guidelines when reviewing requests to attach any type of decorations to OpCo poles. -Assist with preparing Joint Use Recapitulation documentation and transmittals that conform to Joint Use Agreements and schedules. -Process joint use proposals transmitted to and from foreign companies and customers through the Joint Use Proposal specialized processes and automated notification system. -Assist line shops with escalation of priority work with various foreign utilities. -Communicate requirements and expectations to applicants to ensure policies are followed. -Assist in the interpretation and evaluation of data received from applicants and initiate DFUR notifications for Make Ready work when necessary. -Gain an understanding of company practices, Joint Use contracts and operating agreements for new and existing communications attachments. This may include rentals, net billing, Make Ready applications, internal and customer construction requests requiring billing, and other non-communication company attachments requests. -Assist in the input of attachment information into GIS (Mpat) for recording keeping and billing purposes.* -Ensure records, contracts, applications, permits, are entered into Filenet Corporate Records database. Track and record activities in monthly Joint Use Report. -Design JULEP work in CREWS and gather field data. -Assist with department reports such as completing update billing information on Financial Report for each work request and track status on Milestone Report. -Create CREWS billables for invoicing, breakout job costs to requesting attacher company and to other companies, and create CREWS billables to each responsible company.* -Maintain foreign attachments on Company poles and Company attachments on Telco owned poles in Spans. -Assist during emergencies and storm-related activities and travel to various off-site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested. -Attend all required regulatory training. Standardized Summary of Qualifications:Distribution Tech. I Level -Education -Related Work Experience* -Bachelors degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -0-1 years of related work experience -Associates degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -2-3 years of related work experience -High School Diploma (or GED) -+ -4+ years of related work experience Note: Related work experience is knowledge of construction and maintenance practices, procedures, work methods, materials, equipment and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities. -Gain knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC). -Gain an understanding of the Companys Accident Prevention Handbook and Manual of Operations and the practical application in the workplace. -Interpret work requests, engineering drawings, schematics, equipment instruction manuals and procedures to assist in the development of accurate work plans. -Gain knowledge of: -The purpose, function, and operating characteristics of equipment, and residential, commercial, and utility electrical distribution and control systems -Construction methods, maintenance practices, service practices, standards and procedures -Procedures and processes for the acquisition of materials, equipment and tools -Gain an understanding and knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements as appropriate. -Develop, collect, organize, and analyze information from a variety of sources to develop reports and provide information on backlog and productivity. -Professionalism to work with engineer and management personnel, as well as interface and work cooperatively with customers, contractors and the general public, in a courteous manner that demonstrates FirstEnergys rules of engagement. -Maintain strong working relationships at all levels. -Self-motivated and able to multi-task with competing priorities. -Provide quality customer service, both internally and externally. -Possess solid verbal and written communication skills. -Gain experience with PC software applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook, SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), and power outage reporting system (PowerOn). -Must have a personal vehicle to commute to various facilities and locations as required and possess a valid drivers license. -PROFICIENCY (Level II): Employees are proficient in job skills, demonstrate and apply an intermediate knowledge of skills required to perform the responsibilities, develop and display a questioning attitude; requires a lesser degree of supervision. Standardized Summary of Responsibilities:Distribution Tech. II Level -Demonstrate and direct a solid commitment to all aspects of safety. -Initiate and process invoices in SAP. -Monitor unpaid invoices and place collection calls to past due Joint Use customers. -Perform data analysis and calculations to ensure accurate invoicing for monthly cable and phone companies. -Determine rental and Make Ready cost allocations. -Follow established guidelines when reviewing requests to attach any type of decorations to OpCo poles. -Prepare Joint Use Recapitulation documentation and transmittals that conform to Joint Use Agreements and schedules. -Process joint use proposals transmitted to and from foreign companies and customers through the Joint Use Proposal specialized processes and automated notification system. -Assist line shops with escalation of priority work with various foreign utilities. -Communicate requirements and expectations to applicants to ensure policies are followed. -Interpret and evaluate data received from applicants and initiate DFUR notifications for Make Ready work when necessary. -Interpret company practices, Joint Use contracts and operating agreements for new and existing communications attachments. This may include rentals, net billing, Make Ready applications, internal and customer construction requests requiring billing, and other non-communication company attachments requests. -Provide guidance and assistance, including joint ride along, to designers for Make Ready designs. -Interpret to company personnel joint use issues including response to inquiries and complaints, and assistance with legal and claim investigations. -Oversee input of attachment information into GIS (Mpat) for recording keeping and billing purposes. -Ensure records, contracts, applications, permits, are entered into Filenet Corporate Records database. -Track and record activities in monthly Joint Use Report. -Review fiber project Autocad designs and CREWS work packages -Design JULEP work in CREWS and gather field data. -Assist with department reports such as completing update billing information on Financial Report for each work request and track status on Milestone Report. -Create CREWS billables for invoicing, breakout job costs to requesting attacher company and to other companies, and create CREWS billables to each responsible company.* -Maintain foreign attachments on Company poles and Company attachments on Telco owned poles in Spans. -Assist during emergencies and storm-related activities and travel to various off-site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested. -Attend all required regulatory training. Standardized Summary of Qualifications:Distribution Tech. II Level -Education -Related Work Experience* -Bachelors degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -1-2 years of related work experience -Associates degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -3-5 years of related work experience -High School Diploma (or GED) -+ -6+ years of related work experience Note: Related work experience is knowledge of construction and maintenance practices, procedures, work methods, materials, equipment and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities. -Current knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC). -Understand the Companys Accident Prevention Handbook and Manual of Operations, and the practical application in the workplace. -Interpret work requests, engineering drawings, schematics, equipment instruction manuals and procedures to develop accurate work plans. -Working knowledge of: -The purpose, function, and operating characteristics of equipment, and residential, commercial, and utility electrical distribution and control systems -Construction methods, maintenance practices, service practices, standards and procedures -Procedures and processes for the acquisition of materials, equipment and tools -Understand and effectively apply legal and regulatory requirements as appropriate -Develop, collect, organize, and analyze information from a variety of sources to develop reports and provide information on backlog and productivity. -Professionalism to work with engineer and management personnel, as well as interface and work cooperatively with customers, contractors and the general public, in a courteous manner that demonstrates FirstEnergys rules of engagement. -Maintain strong working relationships at all levels. -Self-motivated and able to multi-task with competing priorities. -Provide quality customer service, both internally and externally. -Possess solid verbal and written communication skills. -Experience with PC software applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook, SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), and power outage reporting system (PowerOn). -Must have a personal vehicle to commute to various facilities and locations as required and possess a valid drivers license. -PROFICIENCY (Level III): Employees exhibit full job competency, and have the ability to perform advanced responsibilities in an independent manner; requires minimal to no oversight of supervision. Standardized Summary of Responsibilities:Distribution Tech. III Level -Demonstrate and direct a solid commitment to all aspects of safety. -Initiate and process invoices in SAP. -Monitor unpaid invoices and place collection calls to past due Joint Use customers. -Perform data analysis and calculations to ensure accurate invoicing for monthly cable and phone companies. -Determine rental and Make Ready cost allocations. -Follow established guidelines when reviewing requests to attach any type of decorations to OpCo poles. -Prepare Joint Use Recapitulation documentation and transmittals that conform to Joint Use Agreements and schedules. -Process joint use proposals transmitted to and from foreign companies and customers through the Joint Use Proposal specialized processes and automated notification system. -Assist line shops with escalation of priority work with various foreign utilities. -Communicate requirements and expectations to applicants to ensure policies are followed. -Interpret and evaluate data received from applicants and initiate DFUR notifications for Make Ready work when necessary. -Interpret company practices, Joint Use contracts and operating agreements for new and existing communications attachments. This may include rentals, net billing, Make Ready applications, internal and customer construction requests requiring billing, and other non-communication company attachments requests. -Provide guidance and assistance, including joint ride along, to designers for Make Ready designs. -Interpret to company personnel joint use issues including response to inquiries and complaints, and assistance with legal and claim investigations. -Educate others on Joint Use and maintain a current Joint Use Training guide. -Oversee input of attachment information into GIS (Mpat) for recording keeping and billing purposes. -Ensure records, contracts, applications, permits, are entered into Filenet Corporate Records database. -Track and record activities in monthly Joint Use Report. -Review large fiber project Autocad designs and CREWS work packages -Design JULEP work in CREWS and gather field data. -Maintain department reports such as completing update billing information on Financial Report for each work request and track status on Milestone Report. -Create CREWS billables for invoicing, breakout job costs to requesting attacher company and to other companies, and create CREWS billables to each responsible company.* -Maintain foreign attachments on Company poles and Company attachments on Telco owned poles in Spans. -Assist during emergencies and storm-related activities and travel to various off-site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested. -Attend all required regulatory training. Standardized Summary of Qualifications:Distribution Tech. III Level -Education -Related Work Experience* -Bachelors degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -2-4 years of related work experience -Associates degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -5-7 years of related work experience -High School Diploma (or GED) -+ -8+ years of related work experience Note: Related work experience is knowledge of construction and maintenance practices, procedures, work methods, materials, equipment and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities. -Current knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC). -Understand the Companys Accident Prevention Handbook and Manual of Operations, and the practical application in the workplace. -Interpret work requests, engineering drawings, schematics, equipment instruction manuals and procedures to develop accurate work plans. -Working knowledge of: -The purpose, function, and operating characteristics of equipment, and residential, commercial, and utility electrical distribution and control systems -Construction methods, maintenance practices, service practices, standards and procedures -Procedures and processes for the acquisition of materials, equipment and tools -Understand and effectively apply legal and regulatory requirements as appropriate -Develop, collect, organize, and analyze information from a variety of sources to develop reports and provide information on backlog and productivity. -Professionalism to work with engineer and management personnel, as well as interface and work cooperatively with customers, contractors and the general public, in a courteous manner that demonstrates FirstEnergys rules of engagement. -Maintain strong working relationships at all levels. -Self-motivated and able to multi-task with competing priorities. -Provide quality customer service, both internally and externally. -Possess solid verbal and written communication skills. -Experience with PC software applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook, SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), and power outage reporting system (PowerOn). -PROFICIENCY (Level IV): Employees demonstrate leadership characteristics and extensive proficiency in the job, serve as a resource to management, viewed as a subject matter expert and mentor by lower level peers; ability to perform complex work on an independent basis without supervision. Standardized Summary of Responsibilities:Distribution Tech. IV Level -Demonstrate and direct a solid commitment to all aspects of safety. -Initiate and process invoices in SAP. -Monitor unpaid invoices and place collection calls to past due Joint Use customers. -Perform data analysis and calculations to ensure accurate invoicing for monthly cable and phone companies. -Determine rental and Make Ready cost allocations. -Follow established guidelines when reviewing requests to attach any type of decorations to OpCo poles. -Prepare Joint Use Recapitulation documentation and transmittals that conform to Joint Use Agreements and schedules. -Process joint use proposals transmitted to and from foreign companies and customers through the Joint Use Proposal specialized processes and automated notification system. -Assist line shops with escalation of priority work with various foreign utilities. -Communicate requirements and expectations to applicants to ensure policies are followed. -Interpret and evaluate data received from applicants and initiate DFUR notifications for Make Ready work when necessary. -Interpret company practices, Joint Use contracts and operating agreements for new and existing communications attachments. This may include rentals, net billing, Make Ready applications, internal and customer construction requests requiring billing, and other non-communication company attachments requests. -Provide guidance and assistance, including joint ride along, to designers for Make Ready designs. -Interpret to company personnel joint use issues including response to inquiries and complaints, and assistance with legal and claim investigations. -Educate others on Joint Use and maintain a current Joint Use Training guide. -Oversee input of attachment information into GIS (Mpat) for recording keeping and billing purposes. -Ensure records, contracts, applications, permits, are entered into Filenet Corporate Records database. -Track and record activities in monthly Joint Use Report. -Review large fiber project Autocad designs and CREWS work packages -Design JULEP work in CREWS and gather field data. -Maintain department reports such as completing update billing information on Financial Report for each work request and track status on Milestone Report. -Create CREWS billables for invoicing, breakout job costs to requesting attacher company and to other companies, and create CREWS billables to each responsible company.* -Maintain foreign attachments on Company poles and Company attachments on Telco owned poles in Spans. -Act as backup for management as needed. -Assist during emergencies and storm-related activities and travel to various off-site locations as well as FirstEnergy office locations, training facilities and customer sites, when requested. -Attend all required regulatory training. Standardized Summary of Qualifications:Distribution Tech. IV Level -Education -Related Work Experience* -Bachelors degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -4-6 years of related work experience -Associates degree in Engineering Technology or related discipline -+ -7-9 years of related work experience -High School Diploma (or GED) -+ -10+ years of related work experience *Note: Related work experience is knowledge of construction and maintenance practices, procedures, work methods, materials, equipment and tools which would be used to determine the resources necessary to perform construction and maintenance work activities. -Current knowledge of National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and National Electric Code (NEC). -Understand the Companys Accident Prevention Handbook and Manual of Operations, and the practical application in the workplace. -Interpret work requests, engineering drawings, schematics, equipment instruction manuals and procedures to develop accurate work plans. -Working knowledge of: -The purpose, function, and operating characteristics of equipment, and residential, commercial, and utility electrical distribution and control systems -Construction methods, maintenance practices, service practices, standards and procedures -Procedures and processes for the acquisition of materials, equipment and tools -Understand and effectively apply legal and regulatory requirements as appropriate -Develop, collect, organize, and analyze information from a variety of sources to develop reports and provide information on backlog and productivity. -Professionalism to work with engineer and management personnel, as well as interface and work cooperatively with customers, contractors and the general public, in a courteous manner that demonstrates FirstEnergys rules of engagement. -Maintain strong working relationships at all levels. -Ability to independently lead initiatives, manage change without supervision and direction, and prioritize work in order to meet strict deadlines. -Self-motivated and able to multi-task with competing priorities. -Provide quality customer service, both internally and externally. -Possess solid verbal and written communication skills. -Experience with PC software applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook, SAP, geographical information system (GIS), customer request work scheduling (CREWS), and power outage reporting system (PowerOn). -Must have a personal vehicle to commute to various facilities and locations as required and possess a valid drivers license. NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time. Safety Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards. 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