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Program Mgr, SMOC

Entergy, The Woodlands, Texas, United States

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Overview

Program Manager, SMOC at Entergy. Hybrid work place flexibility. Legal entity: Entergy Services, LLC. Job Summary

The role leads coordination of Power Generation (PGen) fleet outage plans and changes to plans for other Business Units (BU), Maintenance and Test outages. Responsibilities include oversight of semi‑annual AREAS planning meetings, resolution of issues raised by the annual PRA auction, and acting as the primary point of contact (POC) for the outage portfolio. POC duties involve liaison with jurisdictional resource planning organizations, grid operations, market operations (EMO), System Planning and Operations (SPO), Nuclear, Transmission Operations and Planning (TOP), MISO and ROCC/PMAC on emergent issues. The role provides analytics related to long‑term outage planning, supports analysis and studies for life extensions and acquisitions, and supports the Outage Planning Process through maintenance of user and outage databases in the Outage Portal and data requests for unit outages. Key Responsibilities

Coordinate outage planning for Power Generation, coordinating all planning processes within BU and across BU’s. Mentor PGen team members on SAC impacts, Outage Planning Process and optimization of overlapping outages. Advise Power Generation leadership and plant personnel on outage performance through regular updates. Lead the Post‑Outage Critique program to track problems and issues to resolution, including supporting fleet‑level root cause analysis and corrective actions. Develop medium and long‑term outage strategies to support the OpCos overall service portfolio. Qualifications

High School graduate with demonstrated experience in power plant operations, power plant systems, power generation policies and market operations. Preferred: Advanced technical certification or bachelor’s technical/engineering degree or equivalent work experience. Minimum Experience

10+ years of experience in utility operations. Demonstrated leadership over reports and/or individuals. Relevant experience including coordination of outages and post‑outage analysis. Knowledge and Skills

Manage and develop fleet summaries of the PGen outage portfolio through PCI, Power BI Reports, and cross‑functional review facilitation. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to develop relationships with the market, OpCo, grid operations, and PGen personnel. Proficient analytical skills to provide decision making support to outage portfolio development. Adaptability to a changing and dynamic work environment. Primary Location and Travel

The Woodlands, Texas. Travel 25% to 50%. Equal Opportunity Employment

Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, 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. Accessibility

Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing.

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