Transmission Line Supervisor - Mississippi

Entergy; Flora (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a leader to manage transmission line maintenance and blanket capital activities in the Flora, MS area. You will provide direction to direct reports and crews, ensuring safe work practices and adherence to company standards.

You will coordinate with engineers and other internal/external teams to develop design packages, schedules, and budgets for capital projects, while maintaining a strong safety culture and compliant operations.

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.

Education

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

Job description

• This posting is for a potential future opening(s) with Entergy. This posting is to build a candidate pool, should the opening(s) become available.***

Work Place Flexibility:

Onsite

Legal Entity:

Entergy Services, 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.


• 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.

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

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.

Primary Location:

Mississippi-Flora Mississippi : Flora

Job Function

Corporate

FLSA Status

Relocation Option:

No Relocation Offered

Union Description/code

Number of Openings

1

Req ID:

124330

Travel Percentage

50% to 75%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets.

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 Companies employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility:

Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

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.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement:

The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

Pay Transparency Notice

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

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.

Please note:

Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.