Outage Scheduler, Senior (Nuclear)

Posting End Date: 06/08/2023 

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI 

At Entergy, we power life today and for future generations. With approximately 5,000 megawatts of nuclear capacity, Entergy has a proud history of producing nuclear clean air electricity.

Our nuclear safety culture is strong, and our performance record has proven us to be a clean, reliable, and affordable provider of electricity for our household customers in our utility areas of the southern U.S. and to our commercial customers in other parts of the country.

Entergy Nuclear is a business unit of Entergy Corporation that employs approximately 4,000 highly skilled and dedicated professionals. As a community partner, we are invested in the economic success of the towns, schools, and families we support in five states.

We invite you to learn more about Entergy Nuclear and the nuclear clean air energy that we supply for our nation. Entergy Nuclear Fact Sheet

Job Summary/Purpose

Develops and maintains detailed outage schedules.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains the detailed outage work schedule.
• Develops and maintains detailed testing and retest schedules and maintains resource loading profiles. Interfaces with work group representatives to level resources using selected profiles.
• Reviews specific scope of work orders and makes recommendations for scheduling. Develops 'what if' schedules and performs analysis with working groups to determine the most effective method of scheduling the work. Identifies support activities and adds these activities to the schedule.
• Updates work management and scheduling software programs. Provides reports to define work scope. Coordinates with Operations to determine the scope of tagging system boundaries. Updates progress on schedules during execution. Conducts critical path analysis for outage schedules.
• Assists with development of post work critiques. Facilitates the interface between multiple work groups. Identifies deficiencies, analyzes alternatives and recommends solutions to schedule conflicts. Recommends changes to existing methods, procedures and processes to improve overall outage activities.
• Communicates technical information, concepts and ideas both verbally and in writing. Serves as a member of the Emergency Response Organization.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Desired: B.S. Degree in Engineering or other scientific discipline generally associated with power plant operations or equivalent work experience.

Minimum experience required of the position

• At least 4 years of nuclear power plant experience.
  • Desired: 2 years experience in maintenance or operations at the facility.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

• Technical understanding of nuclear generation principles and operations. Outstanding communication and conflict management skills. Desired: Proficiency with current computer business applications.

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

• None

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Primary Location: Louisiana-Killona Louisiana : Killona 
Job Function: Nuclear
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 111798
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.