Title:  Planner/Schedule Coordinator - Transmission Grid

* This position will be filled as a Planner/Schedule Coordinator, Planner/Schedule Coordinator II, or Planner/Schedule Coordinator, Sr based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. *

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Manages the planning and scheduling of all maintenance and repair activities to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the Transmission System. Secures available manpower and schedule activities in accordance with Transmission’s Work Management System. Performs long range planning for outage maintenance tasks, develops integrated outage schedules for all outage tasks, and schedules emergent repairs to the Transmission System. Ensures all work is completed in accordance with Entergy procedures and within compliance guidelines (SoX).  Ensures all SERC related work tasks are scheduled and completed within required periodicity; and the all documentation is completed.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs all maintenance planning activities to ensure the correct outage and manpower resources are available to support preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance activities prior to them being scheduled;
• Manages, prioritizes and schedules all maintenance activities for their respective Grid;
• Builds weekly maintenance schedules, manages the maintenance backlog and identifies any emergent work that requires immediate attention;
• Maintains the Substation Work Management System (SWMS) and Line Work Management System (LWMS) for the Grid;
• Ensures all outstanding work is documented with a current work request detailing the required scope of work;
• Ensures all completed work requests are closed out showing a detailed description of work completed and man hours logged against each task;
• Performs long range planning for outage preventive/corrective maintenance task;
• Develops annual plans that lay out the intended execution of all grid portfolio tasks;
• Develops outage work schedules and manages contracts, contractors and budgets associated with this work;
• Plans and schedules Capital Project Portfolio for the Grids to include resource allocation, outage requests, and material procurement;
• Schedules and coordinates all SERC required maintenance tasks and ensures proper close-out of the work tasks;
• Performs long range planning and coordination with major industrial customers and Nuclear Power Plants to perform all required preventative and corrective maintenance;

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Education:

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

Minimum Experience:

• Pl/Sc Coord: 0 - 4 years of operational experience in the construction, power plant or utility sector
• Pl/Sc Coord II: at least 4 - 6 years of operational experience in the construction, power plant or utility sector
• Pl/Sc Coord, Sr: at least 6 of years of operational experience in the construction, power plant or utility sector
• Preferred:
  • At least 2 years of operational experience in the construction, power plant or utility sector

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficiency with current computer-based business applications;
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and deliverables in a fast-paced environment;
• Ability to work with multiple levels of the organizational structure;
• Strong verbal and written communications skills;
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills;
• Experience/training in scheduling resources or maintenance and construction practices;
• Experience with Microsoft Office Excel and database applications;
• Preferred:
  • Experience in substation or relay maintenance and construction;
  • Experience in planning and scheduling maintenance and construction activities.

Primary Location: Texas-Beaumont
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 102314
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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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.