Wake Electric Membership Corporation

Underground Distribution Foreman

Youngsville, NC
Full Time
Student (High School)
About Us:
Wake EMC provides reliable, safe, and affordable electric energy and related services. We operate as a cooperative business and continually improve our services to meet the needs of our members and enhance their quality of life

Summary
     Wake Electric is seeking a skilled Underground Distribution Foreman to lead underground construction and maintenance crews in the installation, repair, and inspection of our electric distribution system. This position plays a vital role in ensuring safety, reliability, and service quality for our members.
The Foreman works under the direction of the Construction Superintendent and oversees day-to-day field operations, ensuring compliance with OSHA, NESC, and RUS standards while promoting Wake Electric’s core values of safety, integrity, and member service.

Principal Duties 
  • Supervise and coordinate underground line crews performing installation, maintenance, and repair of electric distribution systems.
  • Conduct daily tailgate/prejob briefings and enforce Wake Electric’s safety standards and OSHA regulations.
  • Plan work with the Construction Superintendent to support new construction, service upgrades, and maintenance projects.
  • Perform and document inspections of all underground facilities, transformers, switchgears and secondary systems.
  • Respond to outages, service requests, and emergency restoration events in a timely and professional manner.
  • Operate and direct safe use of vehicles and heavy equipment; must possess valid CDL class A license.
  • Train, mentor, and evaluate crew members to ensure technical proficiency and safety awareness.
  • Complete timesheets, work orders, and material usage reports accurately and on schedule.
  • Promote positive member relations and uphold the cooperative’s mission and values.
  • May require irregular hours, on-call duty, and storm/emergency response, with potential to work long hours.
  • Maintain good housekeeping in all areas of scoped work
  • Ensure proper tagging and identifying of cables including how to identify mis marked cables, and skill to properly lockout/tagout and grounding procedures.
  • Demonstrate proper tool calibration, and know the proper tools for each task
  • Operate any style bucket/digger derrick trucks etc. as well as operation of earth moving equipment (ie: Mini-EX, Back hoe etc) safely
  • Proficient with 3 way communications and communicating with dispatching operations during outages and understanding safe switching operations
Install/terminate and identify all phases of underground work including setting equipment, terminating elbows, splices, and dip pole terminations of both primary and secondary size wires including 1000kcmil primary to 1/0 tpx.
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