Job Title: Senior Manager, Grid

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX 

This position can be located at either our Beaumont, Texas OR our Conroe, Texas office location.

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE
The Senior Manager Grid is accountable for providing leadership, direction, management and oversight for the activities within the Transmission Lines and Substation Grid organization. This includes providing a safe work environment to perform all required inspection and maintenance tasks, outage and failure response and management, capital project execution for blanket projects under $250K and support and commissioning of new lines and equipment to be energized and maintained as a transmission line or substation asset.
 

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides leadership, management and oversight for transmission line and substation field operations, including safety, regulatory compliance, equipment inspections and maintenance, capital project management and support, contract management, workgroup direction, and configuration management.
2. Accountable for tracking and controlling the execution of the capital and maintenance budget for the Grid which includes planning, scheduling and completing maintenance and capital work to meet all project goals safely, achieve critical milestones and accomplish required levels of customer satisfaction.
3. Manage the supervision of engineers, operations coordinators, substation and relay craft personnel, supervisors, managers and support staff including coaching, training, employee development, and effective resource management.
4. Responds to regulatory compliance issues in terms of managing compliance requirements; supports efforts related to regulatory requests from FERC, NERC, SERC and other regulatory bodies. Ensures configuration management processes are followed and evaluates enhancement opportunities.
5. Interface with supporting organizations including engineering, finance, asset planning, customer service managers, operations centers, environmental management, substation engineering, etc.
6. Lead and participate on teams to address various jurisdictional and system objectives such as improvement projects, regulatory filings, safety projects, cost control efforts, reliability improvement, and labor management.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum education required of the position
BS in Engineering or a related field or equivalent work experience.

Minimum experience required of the position
8+ years in Utility industry or equivalent relevant experience preferably with engineering or operational experience and 3+ years of Supervisory experience.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position
Demonstrated exceptional leadership ability. Excellent interpersonal skills; team player. Experience in managing/executing capital and/or O&M projects. Thorough understanding of procedures, programs, and standards. Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multi-projects simultaneously. Knowledge of utility electric system design and operations. Knowledge of budgets, financial procedures, and property accounting.

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position
None

Primary Location: Texas-Beaumont Texas : Beaumont || Texas : Conroe 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122492
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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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.

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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.