Field Supervisor

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Job Title: Field Supervisor

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

This position is responsible for managing capital projects that exceed the $100M level with or without Customer Focus. This includes providing leadership and direction to company and/or contract crews ensuring they are aware of and always utilize the capital project process which includes safe work practices and procedures.

Accountable for monitoring and coordinating T&D line and Substation construction activities including those performed by contractors, vendors and employees.

Visit job sites in all types of weather conditions, terrain, and states around the Entergy system. Ensure work is performed in a safe manner while meeting construction specifications. Ensures that the projects are staffed with qualified construction management professionals and field personnel for the effective oversight of construction contractors and their subcontractors.

Be on site and assists the EPC partner/contractor in developing safe work plan and support the execution of construction activities. Shall possess the ability to quickly understand the culture of construction as well as mentoring/coaching others in the field executing construction activities.

A passionate advocate for safety who promotes an incident free workplace and helps cultivates a safe work culture. Understands the foundations for a strong safety culture in its most genuine form and actively participates in safety initiatives at the project site to demonstrate commitment.

• Provide 100% oversight and ensure that field oversight employees/contractors are completing required project tasks, ILS field observations, project schedule, QA/QC, and as-builts. Leads the resolution of field construction problems in coordination with engineering staff, EPC partner, and others, as needed.
• Performs daily observations on safety and monitors contractor safety training to ensure ENT expectations are met. Participates in daily tailboard and actively engage in contractor meetings (both safety kickoffs and weekly project site safety meetings).
• Leads teams to achieve operational excellence by: setting and communicating aggressive performance expectations, learning/teaching process improvements, measuring/monitoring performance levels, providing feedback positive/negative and coaching performance improvements to employees.
• Accountable for motivating a diverse and geographically dispersed Entergy and Contractor work force dealing with a wide variety of safety and training issues.
• Manages transmission, substation and distribution construction projects while meeting budget obligations. Tracks and controls the construction phase of projects, including costs, schedule, and construction quality.
• Works closely with manager and other groups within Project Delivery and Power Delivery. Works with Project Management through various stage gates of the project to provide a construction viewpoint and input. This includes bid package review, design check, RFP documentation, outage plans, risk assessments, environmental, and ENs. Identify issues in the early stage gates to achieve a high level of cost and schedule certainty.
• Provides input for formal construction plans and proactive mitigation plans. Reports variances from process, project scope and/or design that affect safety, quality, cost, schedule, or customer satisfaction.

• BS degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) or equivalent work experience.

• 10+ years’ experience in work-related field (Transmission, Distribution, or Engineering). Strong knowledge of computers and related technology.

• In-depth understanding of electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering principles and practices as applied in the electric utility environment with demonstrated ability to analyze and problem solve.
• Experience in managing/executing capital projects.
• Working knowledge of…