Power Plant Supervisor

Position Summary

Manage and oversee the daily operations of a power plant within the area of responsibility.

Port Arthur, Texas, United States

• Foster the importance of a safety‑oriented culture.
• Champion strategic vision and direction of the organization.
• Meet system load requirements and monitor operations for efficiency and safety, ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are followed.
• Oversee, lead, and direct plant shift staff, including operations and maintenance.
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to make appropriate decisions.
• Be an active participant in safety culture; lead the team by example, and coach, mentor and develop direct reports to exceed their individual and plant goals.
• Act as a change agent for the plant with the daily initiative of improving morale and staff engagement.
• Support plant efforts to ensure stakeholder expectations are met and continue to foster and maintain an inclusive and diverse environment.
• Provide direct management of the Entergy Safety Process, ensuring compliance with Corporate Safety standards and approved practices for the protection of all personnel and safe isolation/lock‑out of site equipment.
• Provide continuous monitoring of boilers, turbine/generators, and auxiliary equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Manage and support Entergy's core processes and initiatives including Plant Operations Excellence, Commercial Commitment to Excellence, NERC Standard Compliance, Unit Reliability, Surveillance Testing, Operations Transactions Systems, Utility Group Safety Process, Operations Information Systems, Operator Skills Development Process, Environmental Compliance, and the Automated Tagging System.
• Be the voice of the plant for your department.
• Hire a team of high‑performing Production Technicians, train them to assume safe and reliable operations during commissioning and at the plant’s commercial operation date.
• Own the complete program build‑out and ownership of all assigned processes/programs associated with a newly designed and constructed Combined‑Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant. Design, develop, implement, and continually evaluate programs using metrics and key‑result reviews.
• Lead and support an operations team that participates in pre‑commercial commissioning activities, engages with engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partners to ensure highest standards are deployed, and assumes control/ownership of the site at the commercial operations milestone.
• Utilize prior lessons learned and site pre‑commissioning lessons to refine and improve operating procedures, training plans, unit operating and bid parameters, alarm management, surveillance testing, work management strategies, and all Operations/Maintenance fundamentals.
• Network with EPC partners and the project team to meet commissioning/testing schedules and resource needs.
• Provide leadership and technical direction for unit troubleshooting and liaise with vendors, OEMs, and internal/external subject matter experts to improve team and site performance.
• Ensure all site commissioning and testing reports and turnover packages are received and stored according to the records‑management policy.

Responsible for project and contract management of assigned projects including scope development, project execution, budget estimates, contractor oversight, cost tracking/reporting, and project close‑out.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Technology‑specific or business‑related degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Three to five years of relevant industrial professional experience in maintenance, operations, or project work.
• 8–10 years of Plant Operations/Power Boiler Experience, 3–5 years as a control board operator.
• In‑depth knowledge of power plant systems and unit operating practices, including unit cycle chemistry, its requirements, and corrective actions. Knowledge at an Operating Technician proficiency level is required.

This position is designated as a safety‑sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre‑employment and random drug testing.

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