Directs and supervises a team of maintenance personnel in a cross-functional multi-craft, multi-skilled plant environment at a legacy power plant with safety work at the forefront of everything we do. This team is responsible for preventative/predictive maintenance actions, supporting startup/shutdown activities, emergency response, and event response. This team also provides around-the-clock support to the plant through an established on-call program with rotating responsibilities.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervises, develops, and manages workload for a group of millwrights, mechanics, instrumentation/control, electrical, and maintenance operators to address all plant maintenance activities in a safe, efficient and timely manner.
• Maximize team performance while keeping alignment with Entergy’s business objectives, expectations of employment, process, procedures, and best practices.
• Hire personnel as needed based on the available headcount within the department.
• Continuous performance management of the maintenance team and of the maintenance programs.
• Maintains and upholds quality, standards, procedures and regulations of the organization, state, and federal agencies including compliance with all company, state, and federal requirements (OSHA, NERC, EPA, State DEQ's, SOX, etc.).
• Collaborate with other plant personnel to assist with resource allegation and backlog management.
• Provide guidance and oversight of the maintenance work schedule and other duties regarding time management. This includes the on-call program for maintenance personnel.
• Write and manage contracts for assigned projects and other areas of responsibility.
• Provides contractor/project oversight as assigned and/or manages the delegation of these to their direct reports when appropriate.
• Financial management and reporting for assigned budgets in accordance with all guidelines, programs, and regulatory compliance.
• Supports all outages, emergencies, and severe weather preparation/response as per policies/procedures/guidelines.
• Develops outage package, resource planning, and budget management for assigned outage projects and/or packages.
• Drive training and continued education for yourself and your direct reports with tracking through the Individual Development Planning for SuccessFactors.
• Interfaces and communications with internal & external organizations/customers (Managers, Team Leaders, contractors, etc.).
• Leads troubleshooting and repairs of turbine-generators, boiler systems, auxiliary plant systems, and all other plant equipment.
• Program management for items assigned by the Team Leader or Manager.
• Provide professional support in all other tasks, assignments, and/or initiatives when assigned by leadership.

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