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Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

This position can be based out of Baton Rouge or New Orleans, Louisiana or The Woodlands, Texas.

Job Summary/Purpose

Provides leadership, direction and oversight for all Design Engineering activities, including preliminary project scoping and planning, project estimating, engineering and material specifications, drawing development, design reviews and approvals, surveying, geotechnical analyses, regulatory line approval activities, contract management, workgroup direction and strategic planning, configuration management, standards development, and compliance.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

1. Oversees a team of multi-disciplinary engineers and manages third-party engineering services.

2. Develops and maintains the plan for supporting projects from the development phased through completion with engineering services, either with employees, contracted engineers or through the services of engineering companies.

3. Serves as the primary interface for the engineering service companies that provide engineering services to projects. Develops and maintains a roster of engineers and technical experts from the third-party suppliers to facilitate effective use of the third-party resources. Works with Supply Chain to administer the agreements with the suppliers and negotiate new agreements when appropriate.

4. Identifies and initiates process improvements to positively impact financial viability, service and product quality and customer satisfaction.

5. Tracks work and performance results of engineers and identify training needs.

6. Provides technical and lead support for the Reliability Lighthouse program. Ensures close coordination with other System and distribution programs to minimize duplication of work while building upon plans cohesively. Provides administrative, management and technical oversight of distribution design and engineering. Ensures the integration of safety, reliability, operability, constructability, and configuration management practices into final products/designs/processes).

7. Manages group resources to achieve business unit performance goals, such as reliability and financial goals. Manages resources and budget activities to achieve compliance with Entergy's guidelines.

8. Manages special/large projects including utilizing Entergy’s stage gate process and other ad hoc jurisdictional and system assignments. Provides training and coaching to work group to ensure all employees are familiar with Entergy's policies and procedures required to serve customers and comply with all applicable codes for designing and maintaining electrical distribution facilities.

9. Accountable for effective Design resource management, including workload distribution, resource productivity, contractor management and employee development. Accountable for the resolution of technical engineering conflicts that affect cost, schedule quality or customer satisfaction.

10. Develop and implement continuous improvement processes and tools to improve project cost, cycle time and quality.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Minimum experience required of the position

• 5-8 years of experience with proven leadership capabilities or significant project management experience.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

• None

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

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

Other Attributes

Functional Knowledge: Requires in-depth understanding of concepts, theories and principles in own discipline and basic knowledge of other disciplines.

Business Expertise: Applies understanding of the industry and how own area contributes to the achievement of objectives.

Problem Solving: Manages a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges.

Impact: Impacts the level of service and the team's ability to meet quality, volume, and timeliness objectives. Guided by policies, resource requirements, budgets, and the business plan.

Interpersonal Skills: Guides, influences and persuades others either internally in other areas or externally with customers or agencies.

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Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands || Louisiana : Baton Rouge || Louisiana : New Orleans

Job Function : Professional

FLSA Status : Professional

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code : NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings : 1

Req ID: 115647

Travel Percentage :Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please clickhere (https://jobs.entergy.com/content/EEO/?locale=en_US) to view the EEI page, or see statements below.

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.

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 click here (humanr@entergy.com?subject=Accessibility) and 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 (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/manual/fccm/2l-equal-opportunity-clauses-and-other-requirements/2l00-equal-opportunity) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov) (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.

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