Project Associate Jobs in Ridgeland, MS (NOW HIRING)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC 

Job Summary/Purpose

This position serves the Entergy MS Reliability team by overseeing reliability plan, including program execution, financial tracking and reporting. The role also supports executive communications and presentations to provide updates on reliability plan performance. Contract administration and budget estimation responsibilities for large capital projects.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

1. Oversees EML reliability plan execution. Tracks execution progress across various reliability programs and reports on financial performance.
2. Responsible for managing the project Implementation and project plan development; serves to navigate projects through their initiation phase by assembling all pertinent information needed to evaluate service alternatives and develop selected project preliminary scope of work. Supports quarterly workplan development to ensure it aligns with reliability plan and network or region capacity.
3. Manages specific reliability program execution. Tracks specific projects within program to ensure timely execution and tracks project spend.
4. Provide contract management, administration, and invoice processing to support the reliability team.
5. Serves as point of contact for reliability plan execution. Develops executive communications and presentations to update on execution progress and effectiveness.
6. Provides ancillary support to Reliability team for items such as regulatory filings and inquiries, FP monitoring, representation of reliability team in meetings, and delivery of reliability and other metrics.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience. MBA preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

3-5 years experience in Operations Management or Project Management. 5 years of commercial contracts experience in the energy/utility industry, strongly preferred. 5 years of experience in design engineering, system planning, field Operations or construction.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

Strong interpersonal, leadership and analytical skills. Experienced in project management roles. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Detailed oriented and possess excellent organizational skills. In depth understanding of utility regulation and RFPs.

ANSI Required:             N

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

Project Management Professional certification desired.

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.

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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 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.