Supervisor, Transmission Lines

Entergy; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy, a leading energy provider in Louisiana, seeks a Supervisor, Transmission Lines to lead maintenance and blanket capital activities in the transmission grid. You will guide teams, manage contractors, and ensure safe practices while coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

This role requires 6+ years in transmission utilities, a BS in engineering, and readiness to work irregular hours with on-call duty; travel 25–50% is expected.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of transmission related utility experience required.
• Available to work irregular hours and respond 24 hours a day to system events, outages and emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safety culture for transmission line employees and contractors.
• Manage contributors and contract personnel; develop staff and resources.
• Oversee engineers who develop transmission line design packages and evaluations.
• Coordinate with transmission, distribution, and generation teams and external customers.
• Direct response personnel during failures/outages; ensure 24-hour coverage.
• Assist Asset Management in capital and O&M planning; manage project schedules and budgets.
• Manage Helicopter and UAS programs for Louisiana.
• Support operations during storms and advise on resource deployment.
• Support risk assessments with engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

Project management

Contract administration

Communication

Electrical transmission knowledge

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Title: Supervisor, Transmission Lines

PS Job Title: Supervisor, Transmission Lines

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Louisiana, LLC

Job Summary/Purpose This position is responsible for managing all transmission line maintenance and blanket capital activities within the transmission grid. This includes providing leadership to direct reports and company and/or contract crews ensuring they are aware of and maintain safe work practices and procedures at all times.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining the safety culture for transmission line employees and contractors and ensuring a safe work environment exists for all assigned employees and contractors.
• Manage individual contributors, supervisors, including coaching, training, employee development, and effective resource management. Manages contract personnel for transmission line maintenance and inspection contractors, promoting good employee relations, morale and teamwork.
• Manage engineers that develop transmission line design packages, including calculations, drawings, standards, and engineering evaluations, for capital blanket projects.
• Ensure work is performed in a team environment by interfacing with transmission engineering staff, transmission personnel, distribution personnel, generation plant personnel, major accounts representatives and other internal and external customers.
• Engages with Customers, making them aware of work plans that may impact their business. Works with contractors to support various business needs.
• Direct response personnel to address failures and emergency transmission outages. Ensure 24 hour coverage is maintained at all times. Direct root cause analysis and ensure the Consolidated Outage System (COS) is updated.
• Assist Asset Management in development of the annual capital and O&M work plans. Manage the development and implementation of project schedules and ensure they are completed on time, within budget and as designed.
• Manages the Helicopter and UAS programs for Louisiana
• Supports the operations teams during Major and minor storms. Providing leadership and guidance on resource deployment and execution strategies.
• Supports the engineering team with the development and approval of Risk Assessments.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• BS degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or equivalent work experience.

Minimum Experience Required Of The Position

• 6 years of transmission related utility experience required.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required Of The Position Available to work irregular hours and to respond 24 hours a day to system events, outages and emergencies (On a weekly rotation with peers). Working knowledge of transmission lines construction and maintenance standards, safety procedures & policies. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with little direction with a high level of organization. Strong working knowledge of basic computer programs. Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, strong leadership, decision making and follow through skills. Ability to both lead and work in a team environment across multiple disciplines and work groups. Good knowledge of accounting and contract administration policy and procedures

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

Primary Location: Louisiana - Metairie Louisiana : Metairie

Job Function: Corporate

FLSA Status: Superinten

Relocation Option: Level II

Union Description/code

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 124197

PS Job Title: Supervisor, Transmission Lines

Travel Percentage: 25% to 50%

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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.

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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.