Operating Engineer Union Jobs in Mississippi (NOW HIRING)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite
Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC
At Entergy, we've been planning for the future for more than 100 years. We've experienced a lot of change, generating power first from sawdust to now splitting atoms, harnessing sunlight and using abundant, clean and efficient natural gas.
We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence, where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. It's knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter, smarter, more prosperous future for everyone.
Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergy's region, a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs, giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way.
Entergy's Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned, leased, or operated natural gas, coal, oil hydro and petroleum coke plants, with total engineering capacity of over 18,500 megawatts and is building or acquiring more than 3,000 megawatts of new natural gas generation to join its 30,000 megawatts of nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, hydroelectric and solar facilities.
JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:
Directs, plans and coordinates plant operation, maintenance, planning/scheduling, stores and staffing to meet site production needs. Manages day-to-day plant operations and maintenance planning and execution, champions employee and contractor safety programs, drives continuous improvement in plant operations and maintenance and actively participates in budget development and the effective management of allocated financial resources. Effectively manages operational issues to support system needs, evaluates performance of and develops direct reports and their subordinates, maintains high standards of diversity and inclusion, ethics and integrity, supports Entergy's Continuous Improvement program by serving as a champion of change and manages staff through effective hiring practices.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direct leadership and oversight of the conduct of operations and conduct of maintenance resources of the facility. Provides direction to operational and maintenance supervision, schedules shift resources and manages staffing issues. Provides leadership for and development of direct reports. Embraces human performance improvement initiative
• Assures that plant operations and maintenance personnel comply with safe work practices and processes, comply with plant procedures and efficiently and effectively operate and maintain the plant equipment. Develops procedures, checklists and performance measures to monitor process controls to ensure that all regulatory requirements (Safety, NERC, SOX...etc.) are fulfilled within staff. Maintains operational procedures and system descriptions
• Works with system planning organization to maximize plant production, schedules unit testing, schedules planned outages and communicates operational issues and forced outage return to service
• Evaluates and champions gap closure actions that are consistent with the company's overall business strategy
• Ensures plant resources achieve annual power generation goals and objectives
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external interfaces and key strategic alliance partners. Proves ability to develop a productive working relationship with IBEW resulting in mutual trust, benefit and success (Applies to Contract Labor Union Bargaining Site)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum education required of the position:

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Minimum experience required of the position:

• 5+ years of Power Plant Operations/Maintenance

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position:

• Should possess excellent oral, written and computer skills
• Ability to build strong team through leadership and interpersonal skills is a must

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position:

• None

This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.
Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Mississippi : Jackson
Job Function: Field & Skilled Trade
FLSA Status:
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NONBARGAINING
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 123677
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
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.
Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
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 HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.
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.