Operations Coordinator

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Job Summary/Purpose

Responsible for execution of transmission maintenance projects providing technical support, oversight, scheduling, monitoring, coordination, and management updates.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Successful candidate should possess strong skills in safety leadership, organization, and multi-tasking.
• Oversee & monitor the safety and performance of contractors and company personnel ensuring crews work safely, efficiently and effectively. This includes meeting the influencing leader requirements of 3 minimum field observations per month (15 minimum per quarter) and documenting them in AirsWeb.
• Ensure facilities and assets are installed and commissioned per the established design and in accordance with company standards and federal regulations.
• Work closely with other maintenance OCs, engineers, asset management, operations, and local construction/maintenance groups to ensure scheduled work/outages are optimized.
• Work with management, planner schedulers, and maintenance/design engineers to scope planned/failure projects, prepare pre-job scope, develop work packages, determine material requirements, develop cost estimates, develop T&E estimates, and schedule projects.
• Document as-built drawings during construction and adhere to configuration management procedures. Follow up on the closure of projects ensuring LWMS are properly updated.
• Facilitate transmission line outage on-call duties. This includes taking on-call rotations, scoping/patrolling line operations, developing project estimates, bill of materials & project packages, and coordinating crews to perform work for failures,
• Coordinate material orders and deliveries, equipment staging and set-up, jobsite readiness, and switching. Assist with preparing site specific hazard identification plans. Complete post job audit and ensure jobsite cleanup is complete to include appropriate accounting of excess materials to be either returned to stores or properly moved to another project using appropriate processes and approved procedures.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum education and experience required of the position

• High School Diploma or equivalent or related work experience; Associate Degree of higher preferred
• Minimum 5 years of transmission/distribution line, substation, or project experience

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

• Technical Knowledge of procedures, maintenance, and operations of transmission & distribution lines
• Knowledge of transmission line, substation, or relay equipment, material, and construction practices
• Understand and be able to communicate with others in transmission, substation, or protection disciplines
• Strong knowledge of computers and related technology
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to take and understand directives and complete tasks
• Excellent leadership skills
• Strong decision making skills
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Self-motivated and dependable team player
• Ability to recognize hazards in the workplace and have the ability to mitigate the hazards
• Ability to maintain and care for Company equipment properly and safeguard assets
• Ability to meet the public in a pleasant and tactful manner and communicate clearly with them

This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.

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Primary Location: Louisiana-Baton Rouge Louisiana : Baton Rouge || Louisiana : Lafayette || Louisiana : Lockport || Louisiana : New Orleans
Job Function: Field & Skilled Trade
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 2
Req ID: 123296
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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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.

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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.

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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.