Manager, Distribution Reliability

Job Title:

Manager, Distribution Reliability PS

Job Title:

Manager, Distribution Reliability Work Place Flexibility:
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Entergy New Orleans, LLC JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE This position is critical driver in improving overall reliability in each region. It has responsibility for the implementation of Asset Management programs and for consistent applications of system programs to ensure all jurisdictions follow system guidance.

This position will be a leader ensuring successful coordination and execution of the jurisdiction reliability plans in an effort to meet company reliability goals as well as the regulatory expectations. This position will also be instrumental with ensuring alignment with the company’s overall distribution strategy in an effort to achieve operational excellence, ultimately for the benefit of all customers.

This position will play a key role in changing the approach, philosophy, and mindset on how we plan, invest, operate, and maintain the distribution system while recognizing and monitoring the rapid pace of technology and evolution of customer expectations.

This position will be a part of delivering a smarter energy future for our customers.  We will focus on better system performance, more service options, more flexibility, interoperability, and more line capacity for added distributed generation (DG) and distributed energy resources (DER) while continuing to focus on the affordability of service.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES Provides leadership and direction to the work groups within Distribution Operations organization.

Promotes partner for prioritization of initiatives through Regions and Operating Company. Provides oversight, analysis, and recommendations that impact priorities related to the distribution reliability budget.

Partners with the Asset Management group to administer and execute reliability improvement plans throughout the Operating Company.

Provides status reports and scorecards including contract resource spending forecast along with project construction and timeline status.

Supports the Storm Response program, including preparedness and training initiatives. Provides support to Operations leadership in overall operations.

Responsible for coordination with other teams regarding the distribution reliability strategy which includes ensuring alignment with Grid Modernization efforts and associated reliability projects and asset performance throughout the jurisdiction, as well as coordinating with groups such as Asset Management, Distribution Automation, Planning, etc.

Works closely with the Engineering and Asset Management groups to develop working forecast based upon revenue, mandated, and approved internal identified projects for optimal contract resource plan.

Orchestrates the prioritization and coordination of reliability activities with an emphasis on project selections providing the greatest benefit (value targeted, risk mitigated).Provides direction and oversight of all reliability-related system inspections, design, and construction activities.

Provides leadership to Network reliability discussions and associated activities, including but not limited to outage data review to identify root cause and establish appropriate remediation plans, engineering activities, etc. Strengthen proactive reliability culture and associated employee behaviors that support both short- and long-term reliability efforts

Fosters an environment focusing on continuous improvement in Human Performance and Change Management. Coordinates with Planning and Performance Assurance (PPA) to develop KPIs necessary to monitor ongoing system performance and adherence to plan execution.  Monitors assigned components of the reliability plan and ensures plans are delivering expected…