Job Title: Supervisor, Relay Field Ops Support

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:
Leads the Transmission Asset Management Relay Field Operations Support team and provides direction and oversight to protection & control activities including the development of relay settings. Maintains a strong focus on delivering projects to support maintenance and construction with quality, schedule, cost efficiency, NERC compliance, reliability and security of the Bulk Electric System.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direct supervision to an engineering staff of relay field operations support personnel, including coaching, training, effective resource management, providing technical guidance and quality assurance.
• Develops and maintains the plan for supporting projects or tasks from development through completion with engineering services.
• Performs various compliance activities to assess and evaluate compliance with NERC reliability standards.   These activities include reporting, self-assessments, audit preparation and participation, development of corrective actions and remediations plans, identifying and correcting potential risks within current processes and procedures driving compliance-related tasks, and educating teams to ensure compliance-related tasks and the impacts thereof are well understood.
• Develops and maintains technical standards to be applied to projects. Ensures the technical standards are in line with NERC regulatory requirements and standard industry engineering practices. 
• Has system-wide responsibility and actively participates on several jurisdictional teams to enhance communication and coordination within the transmission organization.
• Supports storm and incident response as a member of the System Incident Command Operations Section staff.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with proven leadership capabilities.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of relay settings, standards, procedures and processes.
• Thorough understanding of design, planning, project management, operations and/or construction.
• Experience in managing/executing O&M and/or capital projects.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of moving frequently between multiple tasks, while prioritizing conflicting priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong 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.

Any Certificates, Licenses, etc.:

• None

Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122033
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.

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.