Project Manager - The Woodlands, TX

Job Summary/Purpose

This position supports Entergy Texas distribution reliability team by managing all reliability project aspects including coordinating schedules, managing budget and ensuring efficiency in all steps.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Establish project schedules, and track and control project costs and schedules to meet budgets and critical milestones.
• Prepare and conduct management review meetings at critical milestones.
• Maintain current information on project status in all relevant division and accounting databases.
• Resolve project conflicts that affect cost, schedule, or customer satisfaction, and develop appropriate action and recovery plans.
• Ensure that the project team utilizes the Capital Projects Process in the development and implementation of capital projects.
• Manage a portfolio of reliability projects.
• Accountable for the coordination of and communication to all project resources, both internal and external.
• Communicate resource status to functional managers and jointly develop contingency plans.
• Ensure timely closeout of projects, including all required documentation.
• Provide feedback to functional management on team members' individual performance.

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Minimum Experience Required

5+ years of experience in customer service, engineering or operations.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required

• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Must possess a working knowledge of utility rates, regulatory issues, company policy, construction of new facilities and contract requirements, and have the ability to prioritize opportunities based on probability of success and profitability.
• Must be an excellent verbal and written communicator, able to effectively develop and present sales proposals to prospective customers.

Preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Any certificates, licenses, etc., required for the position

Location

Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands || Texas : Beaumont

Job Function

Engineering

FLSA Status

Professional

Relocation Option

No Relocation Offered

Union description/code

NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings

1

Travel Percentage

Up to 25%

City

The Woodlands

State

Texas

Affiliate Sponsor

Entergy