Power Plant Supervisor - Texas

Job Title: Power Plant Supervisor · Work Place Flexibility: Onsite  · Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI  · Position summary/purpose: · Manage and oversee the daily operations of a power plant within area of responsibility · Job duties/responsibilities: · Foster the impor ...

Job description

Job Title: Power Plant Supervisor

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI 

Position summary/purpose:
Manage and oversee the daily operations of a power plant within area of responsibility

Job duties/responsibilities:

• Foster the importance of a safety-oriented culture.
• Champion strategic vision and direction of the organization.
• Meet system load requirements and monitor operations for efficiency and safety ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are followed.
• Oversees, leads and directs plant shift staff, including operations and maintenance 
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to make appropriate decisions 
• Be an active participant in safety culture; lead the team by example, and coach, mentor and develop direct reports to exceed their individual and plant goals.
• Act as a change agent for the plant with the daily initiative of improving morale and staff engagement.
• Support plant efforts to ensure stakeholder expectations are met; continue to foster and maintain an inclusive and diverse environment.
• Provides direct management to the current Entergy Safety Process. Ensures compliance with Corporate Safety standards and approved practices for the protection of all personnel. Ensures the safe isolation/lock-out and restoration of site equipment.
• Provides continuous monitoring of boilers, turbine/generators, and auxiliary equipment ensuring the safe and reliable operation of plant equipment
• Manages and supports Entergy's core processes, and initiatives which include Plant Operations Excellence, Commercial Commitment to Excellence, NERC Standard Compliance, Unit Reliability, Surveillance Testing, Operations Transactions Systems, Utility Group Safety Process, Operations Information Systems, Operator Skills Development Process, Environmental Compliance, and the Automated Tagging System.
• Be the voice of the plant for your department.

Minimum requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Technology-specific or business-related degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Three to five years relevant industrial professional experience in maintenance, operations or project work.

Desired:

• 8-10 years of Plant Operations/Power Boiler Experience, 3-5 years of this period as a control board operator.
• Should have an in-depth knowledge of power plant systems, unit operating practices. These attributes should be at an Operating Technician Proficiency. Be knowledgeable in unit cycle chemistry, its requirements, and corrective actions.

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

Primary Location: Texas-Cleveland Texas : Cleveland 

Job Function: Power Plant Operations

FLSA Status: Professional 

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code: NBU 

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 122251

Travel Percentage:25% to 50%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

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.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

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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The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact  to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.  The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and number of questions.  Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, , Logon ID:  entergy, password:  practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

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.