Utility Foreman, Grid - Louisiana

Entergy•New Orleans, LA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

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. The Utility Foreman - Grid is primarily responsible for supervising and performing installations, maintenance, and testing of substation equipment. The substation foreman will supervise emergency activities associated with the restoration of substation equipment. The substation foreman promotes safe work behaviors and actions from all assigned crews. The substation foreman provides a professional point of contact for contractors and internal/external customers. The substation foreman must be available for callouts and extended hours.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent or related work experience.
5+ years' experience in electric utility industry.
Able to work with little direction with a high level of organization to accomplish multiple projects simultaneously.
Must be available for 24-hour callout and extended hours.
Must be certified and able to perform substation switching.
Ability to obtain and maintain a TWIC Card and a CDL driver's license.
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.

Nice To Haves

5-10 years' experience in electrical substation maintenance or construction preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise and perform all aspects of installation and maintenance of substation equipment.
Supervise and organize emergency activities associated with the restoration of substation equipment.
Provide field training to maintenance crews on a wide array of substation apparatus.
Assist crews in performing equipment testing. Such tests include but not limited to Doble power factor, Doble breaker speed analyzer, Alber battery test set and Kelman Profiler.
Provide a professional point of contact for contractors, internal/external customers, and design groups.
Ensures compliance with Configuration Management and substation equipment maintenance procedures and processes.
Facilitate and support activities associated with the realization of departmental and company goals.
Assure a safe work environment exists and actively and progressively require safe work behaviors and actions from all assigned crews.

Benefits

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.
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.
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 Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)
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 [email protected] to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.