Lead Operations Coordinator, Vegetation Management

Job Title: Lead Operations Coordinator, Vegetation Management

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX 

 

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.

 

 

 

Job Responsibilities

• Safely perform functions of the Operations Coordinator in the Vegetation Management group as follows:
• Schedule, assign, and monitor work of contract vegetation crews to Entergy vegetation maintenance, commitment, and safety specifications.
• Work with Engineering and Line Department in planning new construction.
• Develop, maintain, and implement yearly maintenance plan for assigned areas.,
• Perform field and accounting audits of contractor invoices. Be accountable for accuracy of contractor billing.
• Manage annual trimming budget for assigned areas.
• Contract Management including oversight of multiple contract projects, bidding procedures and analysis simultaneously with minimal direct supervision.
• Monitor reliability and implement improvement plans in assigned areas.
• Coordinate contract crews during emergency restoration.
• Positive customer service attitude in dealing with internal and external customers,
• Respond to all customer vegetation issues in accordance to the Customer Issue Resolution (CIR) process.
• Use of excellent communication and customer relations skills to maximize positive customer experience.
• Conflict mitigation.
• Effectively communicate plan and status of all projects to internal customers.
• Participate in external customer communication and educational programs.
• Develop and promote strong safety leadership with co-workers and assigned contract workforce.
• Electric utility experience of safety processes, regulations & procedures (incl. Job Safety Analysis/Tailboards).
• Participate in core process improvement teams as required.
• Performance of all job duties within Entergy safety rules and guidelines.
• Use of Microsoft applications and Entergy applications to perform, track and document work.

 

Job Requiremnets / Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree (Forestry or related field and 2+ years utility vegetation management experience desired) OR 5+ years utility vegetation management / utility line management experience

Desired:

• Proven safe work and driving record
• Must be able to work after hours and perform On Call duties and/or assist in storm restoration in other jurisdictions if needed.
• Physically able to work long and unusual hours and perform all job duties within Entergy safety rules and guidelines.
• Experience in Contract Management including oversight of multiple contracting teams, bidding procedures and analysis, and conflict management.
• Good PC Skills in Microsoft toolkit and corporate business applications
• Good organizational skills/ability to manage multiple projects within deadlines.
• Working knowledge of electrical distribution systems, work procedures &/or maintenance operations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal direct supervision.
• Excellent communication & customer relations skills.
• Have or ability to obtain line clearance order certification
• Distribution system map reading abilities.

 

Desired Qualification: To Be Obtained within 2 Years of Hire

• FEMA Emergency Management Institute - Incident Training (System Outage Response):