Manager, Region Engineering

Job Title:
Manager, Region Engineering

Work Place Flexibility:
Onsite

Legal Entity:
Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX

Job Summary/Purpose
Provides oversight and management of field engineering services within a geographical operating region. The activities include managing people, finances, and other resources needed to maintain customer relationships, employee growth, revenue growth, system reliability, and system improvements.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Provides administrative, management and technical oversight of distribution design and field engineering (Power Quality, Voltage issue resolution, feeder level distribution planning, contingency switching, reliability programs, etc.).
• Manages group resources to achieve group maintenance goals, reliability and financial goals. Manages resources and budget activities to achieve strict compliance with Entergy's guidelines.
• Provides operational support at the jurisdictional and network level to improve customer satisfaction and reliability performance. Provides technical expertise to local Jurisdiction on items arising from local and state regulatory agencies.
• Provides training and coaching to work group to ensure all employees are familiar with Entergy's policies and procedures required to serve customers and comply with all applicable codes for designing and maintaining electrical distribution facilities.
• Manages special/large projects including process development, storm restoration and other ad hoc jurisdictional and system assignments.
• Serves in leadership role during emergency response and storm restoration efforts. Provides oversight of 24/7 engineering response to support operations.

Minimum Requirements
Minimum education required of the position

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Minimum Experience Required Of The Position
5-8 years of experience with proven leadership capabilities or significant project management experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required Of The Position
Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position
Professional Engineering license (will vary state by state on requirements; higher management having PE could eliminate the need at lower level).

Other Attributes
Functional Knowledge

• Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines.
• Business Expertise
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.

Problem Solving

Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies.

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Working Conditions/Essential Functions/Physical Requirements
• 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.

Other

• Not all aspects of the job are covered by the description - may require "other duties as assigned"
• Job may change over time in accordance with business needs
• Job description does not guarantee employment

Primary Location:
Texas-Conroe Texas : Conroe

Job Function
: All Other Jobs

FLSA Status
: Professional

Relocation Option:
Level I

Union description/code
: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings
: 1

Req ID:

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,