Sr Mgr, Power Plant

Entergy Corporation; Westwego (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy Corporation in Westwego, Louisiana is looking for a Senior Manager for their power plant operations. The role entails overseeing operational reliability and adherence to regulatory requirements while managing a team to ensure safe and efficient operations.

The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, including supervisory roles, with a focus on driving performance and managing plant budgets and resources.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in a plant environment, including prior supervisory/management experience.
• In-depth experience in operating Super-Critical power plants.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee power plant operations ensuring safety, compliance, and financial performance.
• Prepare and manage plant budgets, monitoring performance against financial and operational goals.
• Lead and train plant staff, ensuring a performance-driven culture.

Skills

Leadership skills

Project management

Regulatory knowledge (OSHA, NERC, FERC)

Financial management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Company: Entergy

Job Title: Sr Mgr, Power Plant

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Louisiana, LLC

Travel: This role requires travel within New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Job Summary / Purpose

Manages and oversees the operations of a power plant. Responsible for operations reliability, safety, compliance, and financial performance. Ensures plant is prepared to meet system load requirements and proactively monitors operations for efficiency and safety ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are followed. Leads and directs the work of others. Oversees technical staff, such as maintenance, engineering, work management/planning, and administrative support. Hires, trains/develops personnel. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Holds management responsibility to ensure a safe production environment that operates within all applicable regulatory compliance requirements, including environmental operating permits, NERC reliability standards, Sarbannes-Oxley processes, RTO requirements, and company policies. Frequently monitors operations for safety and efficiency; periodically conducts field inspections of plants, stations, or substations to ensure normal and safe operating conditions. Identifies abnormalities with power production equipment or processes.
• Holds complete ownership for all the operations and performance of the power plant. Sets organizational priorities and allocates resources to meet plant and business objectives. Adapts plans and adjusts priorities as needed to meet the service and/or operational challenges of the plant. Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems. Monitors the operating status of plants by establishing and reporting of plant and business key performance indicators, and taking or assigning action to close performance gaps.
• Leads and directs the work of plant staff and coordinates with the business unit support group personnel as needed. Oversees staff to provide operations support functions, such as engineering and technical support, maintenance, work planning and execution, regulatory compliance, and administrative support. Manages operations and maintenance employees in the production of power and ensures they are properly trained. Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external interfaces and key strategic alliance partners.
• Ensures that a strong performance-driven culture is established and maintained at the plant with frequent engagement with employees at all levels. Guides employees and instills accountability to adhere to and actively support operations code of conduct, procedure usage, and other standards necessary to reduce errors and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Responsible for ensuring plant is prepared and capable to meet system load requirements; ensures adequate production levels. Works with system planning organization to maximize plant production.
• Prepares and manages plant budgets. Implements processes to ensure maximum asset utilization. Continuously monitors performance results against financial and operational goals. Ensures plant resources achieve annual goals and objectives for Power Generation business segment. Evaluates and champions gap closure actions that are consistent with the company's overall business strategy.

Minimum Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical field or equivalent work experience

Experience:

• Minimum of 8+ years relevant experience, with prior supervisory/ management experience (preferably in a plant environment)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• In-depth experience in operating and overseeing Super‑Critical power plants
• Knowledge and technical expertise in power plant operations and maintenance with an understanding of the key drivers for safe, reliable, cost effective and compliant operation
• Experienced project manager with excellent leadership skill
• Regulatory knowledge (e.g. OSHA, NERC, FERC, Environmental, other…) associated with operation of a power plant
• Financial management skills with the ability to develop and manage a budget
• Business Acumen/Industry knowledge (regulated/non-regulated environment), including broad business knowledge with understanding of how utilities make money in a regulated market
• Experience operating in an ISO, RTO or similar type market structure
• Ability to manage multiple priorities—effective prioritization of competing issues, recognizing relevant constraints and opportunities
• Effective communication to interact with personnel at all levels of organization
• People management skills, including the ability to effectively coach others and hold employees accountable
• Openness and willingness to explore alternative approaches—willingness to drive change when needed. Ability to lead organization through change management initiatives

Certificates / Licenses

• None

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. This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre‑employment and random drug testing.

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.