Team Leader - Maintenance

Entergy; Willis (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in Willis, Texas, seeks a Maintenance Team Leader to direct a multi-discipline crew at a natural gas power plant. You will oversee the maintenance program and outages, implementing the stage gate process and driving continuous improvement.

The role requires strong budgeting, safety compliance, and leadership skills to align maintenance activities with plant needs and corporate goals. On-site role with a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in power plant maintenance and outages.
• Ability to manage budgets and cost control.
• Strong knowledge of work management processes and maintenance strategies.
• Experience in contract/project management.
• Safety-focused and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety, budgeting, reliability of the maintenance program
• Direct and schedule maintenance staff (mechanics, electricians, instrument technicians)
• Lead development of maintenance strategies and budgets
• Coordinate outages with planning groups and manage cost, schedule and safety processes
• Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement using data analysis
• Staff and manage outages and projects, including routine and emergencies

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Team supervision

Budget planning

Safety compliance

Outage planning

Data analysis

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Job Summary

The Maintenance Team Leader reports directly to the Plant Manager and directs, leads, and supervises a team of maintenance personnel in a natural gas power plant environment. The primary responsibility is to oversee the maintenance program, including routine and outage work, and to implement the Conditioned Based Outage/Integrated Planning Process (Stage Gate Process). The role participates in developing multi‑year tactical and strategic projects, manages maintenance issues to support system needs, evaluates performance of direct reports, and drives continuous improvement by championing change.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for safety, compliance, budgeting, reliability, and all other aspects of the maintenance program
• Provides direction to maintenance personnel (mechanics, electricians, instrument technicians), schedules resources, and manages staffing issues
• Leads development of direct reports and fosters a culture of strong fundamentals of operation and maintenance
• Embraces human performance improvement initiatives
• Ensures plant operations/maintenance personnel comply with safe work practices and processes, plant procedures, and efficiently operate and maintain plant equipment
• Ranks and prioritizes reliability and financial risks using data analysis and historical and predictive maintenance information from internal and external industry sources
• Collaborates with the Fleet Maintenance group to oversee long‑range and detailed planning and execution of fossil unit outages, managing cost, schedule, and safety processes
• Prepares and plans near‑term and strategic maintenance budgets
• Supports budget/project development and cost control for short‑range work plans and long‑range strategic planning
• Manages approved annual budgets and addresses deviations
• Collaborates with Planning and Operations personnel and assigns resources to address emerging maintenance issues
• Initiates leadership in contract management and contractor oversight for routine and outage work
• Staffs and manages routine, planned, emergency, and reserve outages and assigned projects
• Develops schedules and budgets related to routine maintenance and planned outages
• Interfaces with other plant management team members to resolve key issues impacting budget, maintenance strategy, outage scope, schedule, and costs
• Champions gap‑closure actions aligned with company strategy
• Leads site teams to identify and implement maintenance strategies and funding needs for equipment processes
• Maintains strong relationships with internal and external interfaces and key strategic alliance partners
• Stays aware of latest industry research and practical application to drive continuous improvement

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Desired: Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as engineering or equivalent work experience (e.g., 10 years of power plant experience with at least 5 years of maintenance experience)

Minimum Experience

• Without degree: 10 years of Power Plant Experience with at least 5 years of maintenance experience
• With technical degree: 5 years of Power Plant Maintenance Experience
• Desired:
  • Experience with O&M/Capital Budget development, execution, and management
  • Experience in Work Management processes and maintenance strategies (includes planning and scheduling)
  • Experience in contract/project management

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience with O&M/Capital Budget development, execution, and management
• Experience in Work Management processes and maintenance strategies (includes planning and scheduling)
• Knowledgeable in ranking and prioritizing reliability and financial risks
• Experience in contract/project management
• Ability to prepare and plan short‑term and long‑term activities and budgets
• A Safety Champion

Leadership

• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external interfaces and key strategic alliance partners
• Proficient in performance management
• Highly skilled in employee and team development
• Promotes teamwork at its highest level

Certificates, Licenses & Others

• None

Primary Location

Willis, Texas

Additional Responsibilities

Employees are expected to be available to work additional hours, alternate locations, and/or perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime for such duties.

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.