Operations Coordinator Vegetation

Job Title:Operations Coordinator - Vegetation

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity:Entergy Mississippi LLC

Job Summary/Purpose

Responsible for leading and mentoring internal vegetation management staff within assigned region(s) as well as coordinating contractors in implementation of all vegetation management programs in assigned area.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Schedule assign and inspect work of Entergy Vegetation Management contractors. Ensure that all work meets Entergy standards and complies with Entergy safety requirements guidelines and practices.
• Develop maintain and implement annual annual maintenance plans (cycle and herbicide plans) and reactive programs (internal and external customer requests and storm response) in assigned work areas. Monitor reliability and implement improvement plans as needed.
• Verification and tracking of contractor productivity and invoicing to meet annual O&M and capital budgets for assigned areas.
• Respond to all customer concerns/complaints timely and effectively as required in reactive in reactive and Conflict Issue Resolution (CIR) processes.
• Work emergency or storm restoration in assigned area or other areas as needed. Be available for call out at all times.
• Work with Engineering and Line Departments on estimating planning and oversight of new capital construction projects. Provide technical support to internal customers as requested.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• College degree preferred (Forestry or Environmental Resources related desired) and 2 - 5 years electric utility vegetation management experience or 7 - 10 years electric utility vegetation management experience.
• Licensed/Certified arborist or utility arborist.

Minimum experience required of the position

7 yearsof experience in related field.

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position

Experience in distribution operations and distribution contractor management for safety and process compliance.

Any certificates licenses etc. required of the position

Arborist or Utility Arborist License/Certification; State Certified Pesticide Applicator

OTHER ATTRIBUTES

Functional Knowledge -Requires depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.

Business Expertise - Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products processes or services.

Problem Solving -May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements risk and/or complexity.

Impact -Impacts the achievement of customer operational project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.

Interpersonal Skills -Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

Other

- Not all aspects of the job are covered by the description - may require other duties as assigned.

- Job may change over time in accordance with business needs.

- Job description does not guarantee employment.

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Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Equal Opportunity

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.