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Field Coordinator, Distribution - Mississippi

Entergy · Mississippi, United States · 1 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time

Safety Leadership & High-Risk Planning

  • Anticipates and identifies hazards in distribution work before execution
  • Determines when EWP/DWP is required
  • Embeds Life Critical Rules, grounding, clearances, and Safe Work Practices into all pre-job documentation
  • Ensures safety controls and equipment are in place before crews mobilize

Standards Compliance, Quality Control & Work Package Validation

  • Ensures distribution jobs align with construction and maintenance standards
  • Performs pre-construction reviews, site assessments, and material verification
  • Uses structured QA/QC (redlines, as-builts, specification checks) to eliminate discrepancies before field execution

System Operations Support, Switching Readiness & Outage Planning

  • Prepares and validates switching packages, isolation points, and outage steps for distribution work
  • Collaborates with Distribution Operations Center (DOC) to ensure safe sequencing
  • Applies knowledge of DACT/OMS to support restoration readiness for routine and emergent events

Execution Readiness & Work Enablement

  • Confirms distribution jobs are fully ready by validating access, environmental needs, permits, logistics, equipment staging, and material availability
  • Solves constraints early and coordinates across Construction, Dispatch, and Supply Chain to ensure smooth field execution

Technical Coaching, Troubleshooting & Field Support

  • Enhances crew success by clarifying job expectations, preparing accurate and actionable work plans
  • Resolves planning-phase challenges, participates in post-job reviews, and intervenes early when documentation or work-practice gaps could compromise safety or quality

Minimum Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent or related work experience
  • Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • 7+ years of distribution or transmission line experience with demonstrated competency and a clear understanding of advanced Linework skills
  • The ability to pass the technical capability test, demonstrating the required skills
  • To be eligible to test, an individual must also meet one of the following: minimum of five years of discipline-specific field experience (Distribution or Transmission Linework), prior relevant Operations Coordinator experience with SVP approval, or a Senior-level contributor exhibiting advanced safety leadership in planning

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Anticipates and identifies hazards in distribution work before execution; determines when EWP/DWP is required; embeds Life Critical Rules, grounding, clearances, and Safe Work Practices into all pre-job documentation; and ensures safety controls and equipment are in place before crews mobilize.

Ensures distribution jobs align with construction and maintenance standards; performs pre-construction reviews, site assessments, and material verification; and uses structured QA/QC (redlines, as-builts, specification checks) to eliminate discrepancies before field execution.

Supports safe system operations by preparing and validating switching packages, isolation points, and outage steps for distribution work; coordinates with Distribution Operations Center (DOC) to ensure safe sequencing; and applies knowledge of DACT/OMS to support restoration readiness for routine and emergent events.

Confirms distribution jobs are fully ready by validating access, environmental needs, permits, logistics, equipment staging, and material availability; solves constraints early and coordinates across Construction, Dispatch, and Supply Chain to ensure smooth field execution.

Enhances crew success by clarifying job expectations, preparing accurate and actionable work plans, resolving planning-phase challenges, participating in post-job reviews, and intervening early when documentation or work-practice gaps could compromise safety or quality.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent or related work experience
  • Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • 7+ years of distribution or transmission line experience with demonstrated competency and a clear understanding of advanced Linework skills
  • The ability to pass the technical capability test, demonstrating the required skills
  • To be eligible to test, an individual must also meet one of the following: minimum of five years of discipline-specific field experience (Distribution or Transmission Linework), prior relevant Operations Coordinator experience with SVP approval, or a Senior-level contributor exhibiting advanced safety leadership in planning

Skills

  • Advanced Linework skills
  • Knowledge of distribution standards, system configuration, materials, and construction methods
  • Expertise in distribution standards, system configuration, materials, and construction methods
  • Ability to prepare and review complex outage plans, switching strategies, and system operating configurations
  • Ability to ensure alignment with reliability needs and support response to emergent events
  • Ability to serve as the primary integrator of execution readiness, orchestrating cross-functional coordination to eliminate barriers and optimize safe, efficient field execution
  • Ability to coach planners and field personnel, anticipate field challenges, develop practical solutions, and drive continuous improvement across planning processes and job package quality

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule
  • Onsite at Entergy Services, LLC

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the posting.

Company Information

Entergy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities/Females/Disabilities/Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Contact Information

Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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