Transmission Line Operations Lead

Entergy Corporation; Flora (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a leader to manage all transmission line maintenance and blanket capital activities within the transmission grid. You will provide leadership to direct reports, company and contract crews, ensuring safe work practices are followed.

You will coordinate with transmission engineering, distribution, generation, major accounts and customers to deliver projects on time and within budget while maintaining a strong safety culture and 24-hour coverage for outages and emergencies.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of transmission related utility experience
• 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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Decision making

Time management

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Engineering software

Job description

Entergy is seeking a leader to manage all transmission line maintenance and blanket capital activities within the transmission grid. You will provide leadership to direct reports, company and contract crews, ensuring safe work practices are followed.

You will coordinate with transmission engineering, distribution, generation, major accounts and customers to deliver projects on time and within budget while maintaining a strong safety culture and 24-hour coverage for outages and emergencies.