Manager, Substation Design

Entergy • New Orleans, LA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the utility industry with experience in various engineering disciplines.
• Extensive knowledge of substation design practices, standards, procedures and processes
• Thorough understanding of planning, project management, operations and/or construction.
• Experience in managing/executing capital and/or O&M projects.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multi-projects simultaneously.
• Capable of moving frequently between multiple tasks, while prioritizing conflicting priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with superiors, colleagues and individuals inside and outside the Company.
• Sound analytical, problem solving and documentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; team player.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint), budgets, financial procedures, and property accounting.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory or leadership experience preferred.
• Professional Engineer registration in at least 1 state in Entergy service area desired.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for tracking and controlling the engineering phase of project costs, project schedules, and engineering quality to meet all project goals, achieve critical milestones and accomplish required levels of customer satisfaction.
• Accountable for the resolution of technical substation engineering conflicts that affect cost, schedule quality or customer satisfaction.
• Respond to substation-related regulatory compliance issues; Provide technical engineering expertise in developing responses to regulatory requests from FERC, NERC, SERC and other regulatory bodies.
• Participate in industry forums, serving as Entergy's Substation Design representative on national, industry committees.
• Ensure the integration of safety, reliability, operability, constructability, and configuration management practices into final substation products/designs/processes.
• Accountable for effective Substation Design resource management, including workload distribution, resource productivity, contractor management and employee development.
• Develop and provide processes and tools to improve project cost, cycle time and quality.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager