# Asset Protection Supervisor

**Company**: Southern Company
**Location**: Newport News, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

The Asset Protection Supervisor coordinates and supervises employee and contractor activities related to damage prevention and right-of-way maintenance for Atlanta Gas Light and Florida City Gas.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Oversee and monitor Asset Protection responsibilities, including right-of-way patrols, quality audits, and locator quality audits

- Develop and improve contracts and statements of work for contractors

- Respond to stakeholder inquiries on damage prevention topics

- Facilitate meetings and negotiate field conflicts

- Provide accurate data for incident reviews and damage prevention cases

- Coordinate construction and excavation activities on pipeline rights-of-way

- Conduct performance and safety audits

- Perform initial investigations related to incidents

- Coordinate new technology testing and implementation

**Supervision and Engagement:**

- Supervise and provide oversight of processes, coaching, and training to Asset Protection department employees

- Improve and recommend techniques and processes for Asset Protection Specialists and Right-of-Way agents

- Monitor compliance and statistical reports

- Review quality issues and implement strategies to prevent damages

**Driving Results:**

- Drive damage prevention and right-of-way improvements

- Monitor safety initiatives and ensure company policies are adhered to

- Guide and coach team to achieve corporate goals and performance objectives

- Recommend process improvements

**Business Acumen:**

- Ensure compliance with statements of work, master services agreements, and contracts

- Track and monitor departmental budget and control overtime

- Monitor OQ compliance and training documentation

**Requirements:**

- High School Diploma or GED

- Valid Driver's License

- 5+ years of experience in Gas Distribution and/or Transmission operations

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's Degree

- Experience locating underground natural gas facilities

- Experience related to right of way management and maintenance activity work

- Experience Supervising and managing performance in a utility environment

**Working Conditions:**

- A combination of physical and office work is required

- Walking and patrolling pipeline right of ways by foot up to 5 miles per day

- Climbing in and out of excavation sites to perform inspections

- Exposure to outdoor elements

## Skills

### Required
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- Microsoft Office suite
- leadership

### Nice to have
- technical field knowledge of gas distribution and/or transmission operating systems
- handling natural gas emergencies

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