Planner/Scheduler Coordinator

Job Title: Planner/Scheduler Coordinator

PS Job Title: Pl/Sc Coord, Sr (FOS)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC 

At Entergy, we’ve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. We’ve experienced a lot of change, generating power first from sawdust to now splitting atoms, harnessing sunlight and using abundant, clean and efficient natural gas.

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence, where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. It’s knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter, smarter, more prosperous future for everyone.

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergy’s region, a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs, giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way. 

Entergy’s Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned, leased, or operated natural gas, coal, oil hydro and petroleum coke plants, with total engineering capacity of over 18,500 megawatts and is building or acquiring more than 3,000 megawatts of new natural gas generation to join its 30,000 megawatts of nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, hydroelectric and solar facilities.

*This position can be filled as a Planner/Scheduler Coordinator or Planner/Scheduler Coordinator Sr depending on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate*

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Manages the planning and scheduling of all maintenance activities to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the plant. Procures all materials, secure available manpower and schedule activities in accordance with Entergy's maintenance management process to maintain all RMP goals. Maintains store room inventory and manages associated plant budgets. Performs long range planning for outage maintenance tasks and auxiliary outage projects and develops integrated outage schedules for all outage tasks. Performs contract management activities to support auxiliary outage work. Ensures all work is completed in accordance with Entergy procedures and within compliance guidelines (SoX).

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs all maintenance planning activities to ensure correct materials and manpower resources are available to support preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, and fault-finding activities prior to them being scheduled
• Manages, prioritizes, and schedules all maintenance activities at the plant. Builds weekly maintenance schedules, manages the maintenance backlog and identifies any emergency break-in work that requires immediate attention
• Maintains the work maintenance system (AIMM) for the plant. Ensures all outstanding work is documented with a current work request detailing the required scope of work. Ensures all completed work requests are closed out showing a detailed description of work completed and man hours logged against each task
• Manages all day to day storeroom activities. Monitors and maintains inventory levels and supports all audits and statistical inventory counts in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley rulings
• Performs long range planning for outage preventive/corrective maintenance task and for auxiliary outage projects. Develops outage work schedules and manages all contracts, contractors and budgets associated with this work
• Manages multiple annual maintenance contracts for the plant. Schedules contractors to perform work and manages all associated budgets. Manages the plant VRC process to secure resources for outage support
• Serves as a back-up to Process Owner when needed

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

Minimum experience required of the position

• Planner/Scheduler Coordinator: 4-6 years’ experience
• Planner/Scheduler Coordinator Sr: 6+ years’ experience
• Desired:
• 5+ Hands on work experience in mechanical, electrical, or maintenance
• Leadership experience in a supervisory role

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

• None

Any certifications, licenses, etc. required of the position

• None

Primary Location: Mississippi-Greenville Louisiana : Holly Ridge 
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Exempt Ind 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code:  
Number of Openings: 2
Req ID: 125419
PS Job Title: Pl/Sc Coord, Sr (FOS) 
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

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.

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact [email protected] to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.