Sr Mgr, Ops Excellence
New Orleans, LA - USA
Job Summary
Job Title:Sr Mgr Ops Excellence
PS Job Title: Sr Mgr Ops Excellence
Work Place Flexibility: Onsite
Legal Entity:Entergy New Orleans LLC
Job Summary/Purpose
This role supports OpCo leadership by driving execution of enterprise aligned priorities regulatory readiness and operational ensures accurate financial and regulatory reporting maintains an effective operating rhythm and advances reliability by partnering across the Center of Excellences including Operations Engineering Work Management Construction Strategic Planning and Asset Management to translate plans into executable field actions to improve reliability. The role will support the Reliability Vice President over New Orleans with overseeing resource deployment and Productivity KPIs monitors capital and O&M budgets and translates plans into executable field actions. It provides day-to-day support in guiding our team in a matrixed environment strengthening organizational capability through coaching and development and supports storm response activities by assisting in storm reporting and comprehensive after-action reviews. The position reinforces safety culture and operational risk controls while driving accountability and execution excellence.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Reliability Supports system reliability by coordinating cross-functional project activities across the Center of Excellence: Operations Planning Reliability Performance Work Management Engineering and Construction. Ensures project plans are executable aligns crews and schedules coordinates resource needs and monitors the quality and progress of capital and O&M reliability initiatives such as the execution of the reliability plan.
Matrixed Coordination & Accountability Provides day-to-day project guidance to matrixed partners across Construction Work Management and Engineering. Fosters alignment and accountability among internal partners by setting priorities and clarifying regional support needs. It ensures transparent effective communication with Centers of Excellence supplying input that shapes goals and performance reviews. Operating in a highly matrixed model the role fosters alignment accountability and strong cross-functional execution.
Project Management Influence peers and leaders to be discipline on executing the Reliability plan using structured project management methodologies. Defines project scope schedules resource plans KPIs and risk mitigation strategies. Maintains project documentation prepares status updates facilitates stakeholder reviews and financial discipline. Ensure key meetings have agenda actions are captured.
Organizational Development The role builds leadership capability across the OpCo by mentoring and coaching developing highpotential operational leaders and providing structured consistent feedback. It conducts regular oneonone checkins to review progress reinforce safety and productivity and guide development. The position leads performance management by completing annual and midyear reviews recognizingstrong performance addressing gaps and ensuring alignment with expected leadership behaviors.
Storm & Safety Supports regional storm response by assisting with project-related restoration coordination resource allocation and operational decision-making. Participates in AfterAction Reviews and helps implement continuous improvements. Reinforces adherence to safety standards and operational risk controls including switching audit/near-miss closure and serious injury prevention. Ensure all regulatory reporting and notes are captured. Ensure all tools are being used during storm response.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum education required of the position
Bachelors degree in engineering Construction Management Business Project Management or related discipline; or equivalent work experience.
Minimum experience required of the position
- Minimum experience required: 7 years of project management experience in utility operations engineering construction or power delivery environments or equivalent experience.
Preferred: 3 years of Supervisory experience.
Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position
- Ability to Influence various levels of leadership
- Intricate knowledge of Project Management process and stage gate understanding
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Understanding of financial impacts of project plans and importance of timely execution
- Creditable with External vendor network and partnership capabilities
- Ability to track project execution and provide meaningful KPIs to leadership
- Understanding of asset procurement and navigation of supply chain organizations and process to improve procurement efforts to meet project delivery.
Excellent coaching capabilities at various levels of the organization
Any certificates licenses etc. required for the position
Other Attributes:
Functional Knowledge Requires broad and comprehensive understanding of different systems theories and practices.
Business Expertise Applies broad industry and commercial awareness to drive financial and operational performance across sub-functions.
Leadership eads through subordinate managers of managers; executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of functional strategy.
Problem Solving Addresses technical and operational issues through structured analysis and develops practical solutions.
Impact Guided by functional strategy impacts results of part of a function division or region or facilitates the work done by other functions by providing support to impact the business.
Interpersonal Skills Negotiates and influences the opinions of others within the business unit and in external organizations; exercises sensitivity to the audience. Influences and negotiates with cross-functional partners and external stakeholders; adapts messaging to the audience.
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.
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124393
PS Job Title: Sr Mgr Ops Excellence
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
An Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please clickhere to view the EEO page or see statements below.
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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.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Entergy is an integrated energy company that provides electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. We power life.