Field Leader Damage Prevention
NiSourcePennsylvania, United States
Posted May 14, 2026
96500 - 144900 USD
Full Time
About the Company
NiSource (NYSE: NI) helps energize the lives of its nearly 4 million natural gas and electric customers across six states. Our local utilities – Columbia Gas and NIPSCO – ensure that customers receive safe, reliable and affordable natural gas and electric service each and every day. Our business plan is focused on proactively investing in our energy infrastructure – approximately $1.4 billion a year – to ensure we meet and improve upon our customer commitments for the next 100 years. We employ more than 7,000 of our neighbors who are actively engaged in the communities we’re privileged to serve, making them great places to live and call home. NiSource is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana – about 35 miles from Chicago – and we maintain a significant corporate presence in Columbus, Ohio. Our utility operations also span Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Job Description
Lead a team of Damage Prevention Coordinators to improve locate accuracy and minimize damage to buried facilities. Monitor performance, coordinate schedules, and train new employees. Ensure compliance with one-call legislation and execute emergency response and safety protocols.
Requirements
- Lead a staff of Damage Prevention Coordinators
- Monitor DPC performance
- Coordinate DPC vacation schedule
- Create and Maintain a training program for new DPCs
- Approve daily time sheets and administer the annual vacation schedule
- Approve all expenses with in My Spend
- Monitor High Risk Excavator report
- Work with OCM's to ensure turnbacks and other trouble tickets are resolved timely
- Conduct field audits on DPC’s and contractor locators
- Manage and enforce CBA
- Ensure customer/public outreach is taking place with the DPC’s
- Supports the timely execution of locate requests and accurate facility locates
- Solicit local support to assure completion of work within the mandated 48 hour window
- Execute compliance in accordance with state specific one-call legislation requirements
- Continually prioritizes workload to assist field personnel as non-compliance issues are identified
- Collaborates with internal and external regulatory compliance in identifying areas for improvement
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plan
- 401k Matching
- Relocation Assistance
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
