Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Mississippi LLC

Job Summary/Purpose

Oversees all aspects of safely delivering reliable electric service within a defined service Region. Manage employee safety in compliance with all Entergy and OSHA requirements. Strong management skills required to drive and deliver an optimum and reliable service to Entergy customers through collaboration between line operations design & field engineering and various other stakeholders. Leader is responsible for delivering reliable safe service to customers within a geographical region while maintaining effective strategic relationships with the customer service organization key community leaders local elected officials and key business customers ensuring business objectives. Key areas of success will focus on reliability financial and budget responsibility employee engagement and development improving organizational health delivering customer-centric solutions managing regulatory issues first-time issue resolution supporting revenue growth through timely and efficient engineering and construction to meet customer expectations and constructing/operating/maintaining the distribution facilities and infrastructure of today & the future. Strong leadership required to drive safety focus and maintain Entergys position as the best in storm/crisis preparation and response by performing the responsibilities of an Incident Commander during significant restoration events.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

1. Be seen as a leader in the Opco Distribution organization through effective coordination and strong collaboration of activities of the OpCos line operations design & field engineering and customer service team to ensure service levels and accountability for achieving new customer-centric business model aspirations. This would include the successful execution of strategic plans helping to deliver on commitments and benefits.
2. Deliver on reliability commitments as measured by SAIDI SAIFI and CAIDI. Leverage new technologies including smart grid capabilities to modernize the grid and its operation. Improve customer NPS by delivering on customer-centric solutions and efficiently resolving customer & regulatory complaints.
3. Strengthen safety culture and improve performance as measured by leading and lagging indicators such as close catch good calls (CCGC) total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and serious injury or fatality (SIF) incidents. Actively work to improve employee engagement as measured by OHI scores promote employee experience throughout the entire organization and focus on employee career development opportunities leveraging Individual Development Plans (IDP).
4. Stays informed about the electrical industry and technology best practices bringing new ideas to Entergy.
5. Key measures of success include: achieve Target Zero safety incidents as measured by accident incidence rates drive continuous improvement in reliability as measured by the operating regions SAIFI SAIDI and CAIDI drive actions at the region level to achieve strategic customer satisfaction goals as measured by CSat Metric and NPS Commit Dates (% met) & Customer Complaints (# and speed to resolve) support revenue growth & customer service through effective timely engineering and construction of facilities to meet customer needs employee engagement as measured by OHI metrics and manage regional spending within approved targets for Capital and O&M. Support of rate case testimony development and regulatory findings as required. Leadership as an Incident Commander during significant restoration events.
6. Support the development and implementation of Customer Experience Marketing and Communications initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience. MBA preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

• 8 years in Utility industry or equivalent relevant experience and 3 years of Supervisory experience

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position

• Knowledge of processes and key performance indicators for distribution engineering distribution line operations and customer service
• Ability to serve as company spokesperson on operational and reliability related issues affecting customers
• Ability to build relationships with key external stakeholders and internal stakeholders within all departments

Any certificates licenses etc. required for the position

• Professional Engineer license preferred
• Six Sigma or other continuous improvement certification/training preferred

Primary Location: Mississippi-SouthavenMississippi : Grenada
Mississippi : Greenville
Mississippi : Senatobia
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122185
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.

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.

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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.