Supervisor, Relay Design

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy seeks a Supv, Relay Design in New Orleans to lead engineering design activities for relay projects, supervise engineers, and ensure schedules and budgets align with regulatory requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 7+ years of leadership, and deep relay design knowledge; PE license is desirable and experience with capital and O&M projects is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with proven leadership capabilities.
• Extensive knowledge of relay design practices, standards, procedures, and processes.
• Strong communication, documentation, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision to an engineering staff of relay design engineers, including coaching, training, effective resource management, providing technical guidance, and quality assurance.
• Evaluates the resource levels required for current and future workloads; assigns company and contractor staff to accomplish effectively; manages consultants, including scope preparation, bid evaluation, cost tracking, invoice approval and processing, and release order preparation.
• Actively participates on jurisdictional teams of supervisors with other functional area supervisors to enhance communication and coordination within the project organization.
• Serves as the primary contact for the Grids, Distribution, and Project Development for design evaluations, proposals and estimates for studies, customer requests, maintenance, and potential projects.
• Supports the development, maintenance, and implementation of relay design standards.
• Responds to relay related regulatory and compliance issues.

Skills

Leadership

Relay design

Communication

Project management

Budgeting

MS Office

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering license

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Supv, Relay Design

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

**While New Orleans, LA is the preferred location, the hiring team is open to considering candidates based in other areas within Entergy’s service territory, including Baton Rouge, LA; Little Rock, AR; and The Woodlands, TX.**

Job Summary/Purpose

Provides leadership for the engineering design activities within Relay Design. The position supervises employees who prepare estimates, project scopes, technical drawings, construction specifications, material specifications & requisitions, and complete as-built documentation. The supervisor ensures that projects achieve stated objectives, are implemented in accordance with regulatory requirements & company standards, meet established schedules, and are completed within approved authorizations & budgets.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision to an engineering staff of relay design engineers, including coaching, training, effective resource management, providing technical guidance, and quality assurance.
• Evaluates the resource levels required for current and future workloads; Assigns company and contractor staff to accomplish effectively; Manages consultants, which includes scope preparation, bid evaluation, cost tracking, invoice approval and processing, and release order preparation.
• Actively participates on several jurisdictional teams of supervisors with other functional area supervisors to enhance communication and coordination within the project organization.
• Serves as the primary contact for the Grids, Distribution, and Project Development for design evaluations, proposals and estimates for studies, customer requests, maintenance, and potential projects.
• Supports the development, maintenance, and implementation of relay design standards.
• Responds to relay related regulatory and compliance issues.

Minimumeducationrequired of the position

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Minimumexperiencerequired of the position

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

Minimumknowledge, skills, and abilitiesrequired of the position

Extensive knowledge of relay design practices, standards, procedures, and processes; Thorough understanding of design, planning, project management, operations, and/or construction. Experience in managing/executing capital and/or O&M 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, with superiors, colleagues and individuals inside and outside the Company. 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.

Anycertificates, licenses, etc.required of the position

Professional Engineering license desired (will vary state by state on requirements; higher management having PE could eliminate the need at lower level).

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Primary Location: Louisiana - New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : Baton Rouge || Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124483
PS Job Title: Supv, Relay Design
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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