Senior Project Manager

Entergy • Little Rock, AR

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

Sr. Project Manager serves as the point of contact for all external generating and wholesale entities seeking transmission interconnection services. This position is additionally responsible for managing the transmission relationship of Entergy’s largest interconnection customers at both the retail and wholesale levels including reliability planning and ongoing maintenance coordination. This position develops and maintains various transmission agreements (e.g. LBA, MDMA, WDS, GIA, Revenue Sharing, System-to-System Interconnections) with wholesale and neighboring systems to ensure that Transmission Services are delivered in a safe and reliable manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in the utility industry.
• Proficient in developing and reviewing contracts.
• Strong communicator both at tactical and strategic levels with experience discussing complex topics in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
• Demonstrated teamwork skills and ability to execute projects in a matrix organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with customers at their CEO and General Manager level down to their operating personnel.
• Solid knowledge of Entergy transmission standards and practices.
• Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with Transmission and MISO tariffs.
• Experience in project management, engineering or construction.
• PMP Certification.

Responsibilities

• Engage customers and establish routine multi-tier engagement processes for plant/grid and executive levels to understand service needs and discuss common issues.
• Support the development of transmission maintenance plans that meet customer service expectations.
• Support metrics to track service expectations.
• Develop routine review of all operating events impacting nuclear facilities and produce root cause, common cause, and corrective action plans where necessary.
• Work cross functionally within Entergy and Transmission, develop strategic plans that serve industrial, nuclear, and other specially designated customers.
• Ensure customers’ expectations are understood and that maintenance and service levels align with customer needs.
• Advocate on behalf of customers within Transmission to ensure appropriate programs are in place and monitored.
• Support and execute customer engagement strategies with Entergy’s largest transmission customers.
• Develop specific customer vulnerability and action plans to ensure key account industrial reliability is met.
• Develop and maintain key customer agreements including Transmission interconnection agreements, Meter Data Management agreements, Local Balancing Area agreement, Generation Interconnection agreement, Facility Construction agreements, Facility Service agreements and Wholesale Distributions Service agreements.
• Lead the administration and interpretation of interconnection policies and procedures relative to specific Interconnection agreements.
• Provide support in regulatory proceedings on matters related to transmission service/interconnections.
• Provide leadership for the coordination and administration of future reimbursements for transmission facilities for customers such as Cooperative Energy, AECC, Arkansas Cities, CLECO, MDEA, MEAM, AEP, etc.
• Supports MISO Tariff-related activities applicable to the Entergy Operating Companies.

Benefits

• 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.
• Compliance with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
• 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.
• Prohibition 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.
• Prohibition of improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties.
• Reasonable accommodations for online applicants.
• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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