Manager, Transmission Project Development

Manager, Transmission Project Development

Manager, Transmission Project Development is responsible for leading transmission project development efforts for projects seeking modification and expansion of transmission system related to generator interconnections administrated through the MISO Generator Interconnection Process, modification and expansion of transmission system assets related to non-revenue generating externally funded requests, coordination of Entergy facility connection requirements in accordance with FAC-001. This position ensures strict adherence to NERC facility interconnection requirements while providing high-level Customer service to prospective interconnection and external customer projects by following project scoping, estimating, development, and implementation process and guidelines.

Job duties/responsibilities include leading a project development and management team responsible for development of projects and estimates to support MISO Generator Interconnection Process, managing contract support of the MISO Generator Interconnection Processes, assuring that general customer requests for transmission system asset modification are addressed in a timely manner following established project delivery system development practices, reviewing, preparing, and administering project agreement contracts, ensuring compliance with Entergy's safety, quality, engineering, and other standards, supporting capital projects cost estimating, scheduling, and risk tools to ensure consistency and high levels of accuracy with estimating transmission projects, tracking project portfolio and ensuring that projects are deconflicted and scoped with holistic view of Entergy's primary business objectives, providing support in regulatory matters related to transmission service and interconnections, ensuring adherence to company policies, MISO rules and procedures, and FERC rules regarding interconnections/transmission service requests on the transmission system, maintaining Entergy's transmission interconnection requirements to comply with NERC FAC-001 and MISO facility interconnection requirements.

Minimum requirements include a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction-related field or equivalent work experience, 7 years utility experience, strong communication, conflict management, and change management skills, knowledge of capital project delivery processes and standards, and experience with MISO Generator Interconnection process.