Entergy

Manager, Transmission Line Design

Entergy  •  New Orleans, LA (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

PS Job Title: Mgr, Transmission Line Design

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

**While New Orleans, LA is the preferred location, the hiring team is open to considering candidates based in other areas within Entergy’s service territory, including Baton Rouge, Jackson, Little Rock, and The Woodlands.**

Provides leadership, direction and oversight for all Transmission Line Design Engineering activities, including preliminary project scoping and planning, project estimating, engineering and material specifications, drawing development, design reviews and approvals, surveying, geotechnical analyses, regulatory line approval activities, contract management, workgroup direction and strategic planning, configuration management, standards development, and compliance.

This position manages employees who perform research and testing on transmission line systems including electrical research that will support aggressive growth of our transmission business. This may include but not limited to new product evaluation, manufacturer audit, engaging with industry leaders such as EPRI. They will serve as the technical leader for all transmission root cause evaluations and lead teams to investigate undesirable transmission line events.

The successful candidate will provide technical interaction with Long Term Planning, System Operations, PM&C, CP-T, Telecom, Distribution and, peers from other utilities.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Accountable for tracking and controlling the engineering phase of project costs, project schedules, and engineering quality to meet all project goals, achieve critical milestones and accomplish required levels of customer satisfaction
  • Accountable for the resolution of technical transmission line engineering conflicts that affect cost, schedule quality or customer satisfaction
  • Respond to transmission line-related regulatory compliance issues; Provide technical engineering expertise in developing responses to regulatory requests from FERC, NERC, SERC and other regulatory bodies
  • Actively participate on industry forums, serving as Entergy's Transmission Line Design representative on national, industry committees. Support SMEs in authoring technical presentations to be delivered at industry committees.
  • Support technology initiatives, material vendor evaluation, standard interpretation, and other improvement opportunity to design and construct transmission facilities safely, efficiently, while being on schedule and within budget.
  • Ensure the integration of safety, reliability, operability, constructability, and configuration management practices into final transmission line products/designs/processes
  • Accountable for effective Transmission Line Design resource management, including workload distribution, resource productivity, contractor management and employee development
  • Develop and provide processes and tools to improve project cost, cycle time and quality

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education required of the position

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Minimum Experience required of the position

  • Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the utility industry with experience in various engineering disciplines
  • Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory or leadership experience preferred

Minimum Knowledge Skills & Abilities required of the position:

  • Extensive knowledge of transmission line design practices, standards, procedures and processes; thorough understanding of planning, project management, operations and/or construction
  • Experience in managing/executing capital and/or O&M projects
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multi-projects simultaneously
  • Capable of moving frequently between multiple tasks, while prioritizing conflicting priorities
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with superiors, colleagues and individuals inside and outside the Company
  • Sound analytical, problem solving and documentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills; team player
  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint), budgets, financial procedures, and property accounting

Minimum Certifications

  • Professional Engineer registration in at least 1 state in Entergy service area desired

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : Baton Rouge || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function Engineering
FLSA Status Professional

Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings 1
Req ID: 124358
PS Job Title Mgr, Transmission Line Design
Travel PercentageUp to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

Entergy

About Entergy

At Entergy (NYSE: ETR), we power life. More than 100 years ago, our founder Harvey Couch started this company with a handshake, some sawdust and a vision. Couch wanted to bring safe, affordable, reliable energy to the Middle South – energy that would power the lives of people and communities.

Today, we own and operate one of the cleanest large-scale U.S. power generating fleets including more than five gigawatts of carbon-free nuclear capacity, a fleet of highly efficient gas resources, and a fast-growing portfolio of renewable resources.

The nearly 12,000 men and women of Entergy deliver electricity and gas services to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, generating annual GAAP revenues of $13.8 billion. Headquartered in New Orleans, we continue to play a driving role in the economic growth of the Gulf South.

Our work matters. That’s been true for more than 100 years. And as we look to the next century, we remember the constant that bridges our past and future: We Power Life.

Fast Facts:

Entergy currently has a 90% rating on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This score places Entergy among the top energy and utility companies in the survey.

With roots in the Gulf South region for more than a century, Entergy is a recognized leader in corporate citizenship, delivering more than $100 million in economic benefits to local communities through philanthropy and advocacy efforts annually over the last several years.

With a total of 44 awards from EEI for its restoration and mutual-assistance work, Entergy remains the only utility company to have won either EEI's Recovery or Assistance Award, or both, every year since the awards began in 1998.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New Orleans, LA
Year Founded
1913
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