Job Information
Entergy Manager, Federal Infrastructure Policy in Jackson, Mississippi
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC
COMPANY INFORMATION
At Entergy (NYSE: ETR), we power life. More than 100 years ago, our founder Harvey Couch started this company with a handshake, some sawdust and a vision. Couch wanted to bring safe, affordable, reliable energy to the Middle South – energy that would power the lives of people and communities. Today, Entergy is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. We own and operate power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. The 13,000 men and women of Entergy deliver electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, generating annual revenues of approximately $10.8 billion. Entergy Corporation is a Fortune-300 company that has won numerous awards for safety, diversity, and social responsibility. Selected awards include:
Black Enterprise Magazine - Best Companies for Diversity
Women's Business Enterprise National Council - America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises
Corporate Responsibility Magazine - 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Best Economic Opportunity and Empowerment Program
U.S. Department of Labor - Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award
Points of Light - The Civic 50
Edison Electric Institute - Business Diversity Innovation Award
Human Rights Campaign Foundation - Corporate Equality Index
Job Summary/Purpose
This position supports Entergy’s strategy to secure federal and other non-revenue infrastructure funding to ensure the resiliency and clean energy of its energy systems across all jurisdictions. This position will directly support the federal infrastructure team and support the build out compliance framework by working across the system to support Entergy including its various operating company subsidiaries under federal funding. This position will be responsible for the compliance day-to-day contract oversight and work directly with corporate compliance, internal auditing, capital project and others throughout the organization. Also, responsible for providing key leadership and support negotiations and responsible for contracts as the contracts administrator from federal grants, which includes Department of Energy (DOE) or related government agency.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
The duties of the role will include, but not be limited to:
Support for designing, implementing, monitoring, and adjusting strategies to ensure infrastructure compliance with applicable policies and standards.
Support for build out of compliance framework and work with teams on negotiating with DOE and other federal organizations. Work directly with consultants on compliance framework.
Work directly with internal auditing for audit protocol and corporate compliance for appropriate alignment of compliance infrastructure.
Work with the external affairs, corporate compliance, internal auditing, legal, regulatory, finance, accounting, capital projects, system planning and operations, power generation, supply chain, transmission, and distribution, legal commercial transaction, and all operating companies.
Supporting compliance/negotiating and support grant applications of all projects funded or to be funded for review and alignment for company’s objectives.
Support to develop risk-based compliance testing of existing procedures and controls to identify, detect, and correct noncompliance.
Analyze contracts to ensure they comply with state and federal laws and regulations.
Establish communication and training initiatives that inform stakeholders about compliance requirements.
Build rapport with capital projects team or team identified to construct the project, in addition to work with finance business partners (FBP) to ensure good financial controls.
Establishing compliance and tracking KPIs for measures of success for infrastructure funding and work throughout external affairs for alignment and coordination.
Responsible for weekly/monthly coordination updates for Federal Infrastructure Policy (FIP).
Responsible for taking sufficient steps to minimize project risks and ensure that all records are accurate and up to date.
Liaise with and support the Project Manager to ensure the project is executed safely and properly.
Ensure compliance with the company’s work health and safety policies, standards and procedures.
Attend meetings to assess progress on project and prepare monthly project reports and make presentations at meetings as needed.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum education required of the position
Bachelor's degree or related field preferred.
Masters or Advanced degree desired. Compliance certifications, a plus and/or contract administration/contract law/project manager.
Minimum experience required of the position
7+ years in Utility or related experience with or without a degree
3+ years leading teams, or leading programs and initiatives where the employee can demonstrate the ability to effectively influence others and contract administration role or a related field.
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position
Understand construction projects.
Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams and use strong project management skills and previous experience as a project manager, or coordinating large projects is an asset.
Highly organized and results oriented.
Success managing complex initiatives with matrixed resources and strong negotiation and mediation skills.
Comfortable with and astute in dealing with senior executives and leaders in all functional organizations.
Tracks and communicates strategy progress and setbacks.
Acknowledges and addresses challenges, obstacles, and opportunities.
Understands applicable laws, regulations, and government requirements and their impact on the business.
Excellent communication skills (internal and external to Entergy) including written communication, executive presentations, and stand-up speaking skills; comfortable presenting to and facilitating work with all key stakeholders.
Strong knowledge of Entergy’s business models preferred.
Ability to understand Entergy’s operating units and operating systems.
Ability to manage time to meet aggressive deadlines, appraise, monitor, audit and evaluate projects.
Ability to demonstrate and articulate analytical information, capabilities, and opportunities to functional and executive leaders based on a clear understanding of company and strategy and objectives.
Demonstrated strategic thinking and policy acumen skills, and strong work ethic.
Strong relationship-building skills and considerable experience with navigating and understanding federal and state politics and legislative processes.
Demonstrated leadership experience in developing individuals and building and developing teams.
Exhibit high ethical and moral standard.
Ability to influence and hold other accountable for adhering to rules, policies and regulations.
Must exhibit trust and display honesty, integrity, and a commitment to always act in the highest ethical and moral manner in dealings with all parties.
Other Attributes
Functional Knowledge
Requires a broad understanding of the different systems, theories and practices relevant to own discipline.
Business Expertise
Applies understanding of how the team relates to other closely related teams to improve efficiency of own sub-function/business unit.
Problem Solving
Has formal management responsibility through subordinate managers; responsible for planning for the entire teams' future needs and operations.
Impact
Is accountable for the performance of a function, division or region.
Interpersonal Skills
Has well-developed communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence.
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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : Woodlands
Job Function : Professional
FLSA Status : Professional
Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code : NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings : 1
Req ID: 115148
Travel Percentage :Up to 25%
Please Note: Limited travel to New Orleans, Louisiana office if needed.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please clickhere (https://jobs.entergy.com/content/EEO/?locale=en_US) to view the EEI 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 (humanr@entergy.com?subject=Accessibility) 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.
Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/manual/fccm/2l-equal-opportunity-clauses-and-other-requirements/2l00-equal-opportunity) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .
Pay Transparency Notice:
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov) (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)
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 HRCompliance@entergy.com 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.
Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.
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