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Project Controls Specialist I-III

Entergy

Posted 12/23/25

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639 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

Full-Time
Entry level
Energy and Utilities
In Person

Job Description

Work Place Flexibility:

Onsite

Legal Entity:

Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI

*This position may be filled as a Project Controls Specialist I, II, or III based on the background and/or qualifications of the selected candidate. *

Job Summary/Purpose: Responsible for the cost control, and other project support functions and activities, as instructed by management. Creation, maintenance, updating and analysis of project man-hour/cost budgets versus actual and committed values, forecasted man-hours/costs at completion, cost forecasting, cost accruals, and issuing reports to the Project Team, Project Manager, and management as required.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Promotes safe behavior and adherence to the safety rules on the project. Leads the project team to establish leading indicators and proactive requirements while ensuring safety is considered in all aspects of project execution.
  • Setting up the control systems for the project to record, maintain and report original and current budgets, pending/approved/rejected change orders and budget transfers, actual spend, estimate-to-complete, estimate-at-completion amounts, and their variances against control budgets, and work progress and productivity values.
  • Gathering, consolidating, producing, and incorporating into reports, all required cost, progress and performance data and charts, and ensuring they are current and accurate, and issue reports as required and on-time.
  • Provides clear, timely and accurate project status reports for management.
  • Prepares reports and presentations to management. Prepares and issues status reports as needed.
  • Identifies, makes timely decisions, and takes prompt action on project issues that could impact project performance. Promptly communicates issues to the next level of leadership that are outside the authority or capability to resolve.
  • Coordinates with all functional departments as required to successfully execute the requirements of the applicable corporate standards and process, to achieve project budget and timeline, and interacts with Supply Chain to ensure timely project and contract information flows to the Project Managers.
  • Delivers projects with cost with certainty; manages and controls costs; manages risk by identifying and mitigating risks.
  • Participates as a member of the site’s emergency response organization.

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About Entergy

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Entergy exists to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders.

• For our customers, we create value by constantly striving for reasonable costs and providing safe, reliable products and services.

• For our employees, we create value by achieving top-quartile organizational health, providing a safe, rewarding, engaging, diverse and inclusive work environment, fair compensation and benefits, and opportunities to advance their careers. 

• For our communities, we create value through economic development, philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, and by operating our business safely and in a socially and environmentally responsible way. 

• For our owners, we create value by aspiring to provide top-quartile returns through the relentless pursuit of opportunities to optimize our business.