Manager, Project Development
Listed on 2026-09-10
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Location: Broussard, Louisiana, United States
Company: Entergy
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Job Title:
Mgr, Project Development
Work Place Flexibility: Onsite
Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC
** This position is onsite and may sit within
Entergy’s service territory
across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.**
This position leads early‑stage project development across Distribution while coordinating cross‑functional teams to define scope, develop cost estimates and execution plans, optimize capital investments, and identify and communicate project risks throughout Entergy’s Stage Gate process.
Job Duties / Responsibilities- Serves as liaison among planning, project management, construction and engineering groups, external stakeholders, and company leadership to align project scopes and lead early‑stage development activities.
- Leads teams in developing cost estimates and managing Stage Gate approvals for early‑stage project funding decisions.
- Leads team to produce and deliver project execution plan documents needed to support Stage 3 funding.
- Guides a system‑wide team in defining project scope across reliability, planning, and resiliency efforts, including conducting field visits with the team for scoping projects.
- Maintains and improves cost‑estimating tools for Distribution by integrating Maximo data , coordinating potential tool updates with input from design basis, engineering, project management and construction teams.
- Leads a team that identifies, tracks, and communicates project risks to leadership and cross‑functional teams.
- Leads team that identifies opportunities to streamline capital investment between transmission and distribution projects.
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction-related field or equivalent work experience.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- 7 years utility experience.
- High degree of analytical skill and ability to quickly understand the impacts of business decisions.
- Understanding of cost recovery and financial differences between categories of capital investment.
- Strong communication and conflict management skills.
- Extensive experience with Distribution operations including the construction and reliable operation of Distribution facilities.
- Leading a team that is not centrally located.
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