Senior Manager (Power Development)

Entergy•The Woodlands, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The focus of this position is to deliver real options in the form of power generation and energy storage projects that support the corporation’s stated sustainability goals of reducing carbon emissions. Develop large projects or programs of projects. Manage the development and delivery of projects and/or programs to which he or she is assigned, with a focus on projects that can achieve project cost and schedule objectives while achieving excellence in the areas of project safety and quality. This position is directly responsible for the management and oversight of all front-end loading stages of utility scale renewable and hydrogen fuel project development and effective hand-off to Capital Projects for successful execution. Applicant is a leader and a strong advocate for the partnering process with key stakeholders including internal/external support groups across Entergy and contractors. This individual is responsible for the leadership needs of his/her cross-functional team, technology understanding and experience, and building an effective relationship with key internal individuals as well as externally, where applicable. Manages risks to ensure risks are identified and mitigated.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field or equivalent work experience.
At least 10 years’ experience in capital projects development and management experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Power Generation project development experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develops a powerful project development team that is focused on delivering power generation and storage projects that enable the enterprise to meet the stated sustainability commitments.
Understands the requirements and contributions of critical team positions and that of the key stakeholders.
Understands the roles of the Utility and regulators in project development and viability.
Works closely with the regulatory functions to support the requirement of receiving the necessary certifications.
Manages the development of the project vision and execution philosophy, along with deliverables necessary to progress a project through the Stage Gate Process.
Utilizes Commercial Expertise to solidify commercial agreements and delivers successfully negotiated contracts with the partnership of key stakeholders.
Supports and Develops the future plans for execution on the construction of Natural Gas Fueled Power Stations to deliver on sustainability goals and regulatory obligations.
Develops critical relationships with key stakeholders and project contributors; providing clear, timely and accurate project status reports for management, that allows incumbent to work systematically and integrate projects with the wider Entergy.
Promotes safe behavior, in accordance with Company expectations, and adherence to the safety rules on the project.
Full understanding of the contractual aspects of projects and the need to create a contracting strategy that delivers superior economic performance and that can be executed safely, with high quality while delivering cost and schedule certainty.
Support and/or lead contract negotiations for contracts and fulfill duties as contract manager, as needed.
Constantly works effectively to negotiate and resolve contract challenges.
Utilizes their relationship with Supply Chain to assure the effective development of projects.
This position is required to support enterprise-wide DIB initiatives across the project team.
Mentorship and development of their team and the individual team members.
Assures that the IDPs of each team member is complete and moving forward.

Benefits

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 Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
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.
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.
Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
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.
EEI Testing: One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing.
If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.
If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.
The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and Pre-employment Testing: of questions.
Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests.
The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests , numberLogon ID: entergy, password: practice test (2 words).
Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.
In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs.
If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.
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.