Entergy Transmission Function Job
Titles and Descriptions
August 16, 2018
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Manager,
Transmission Services assures that customer requests for transmission
interconnection, wholesale distribution, LBA, and MDMA services are addressed
in a timely manner, administers agreements for these services with
interconnected customers, and works with other Entergy work groups to meet the
business needs of customers and the Entergy Transmission Business group.
Manager, Transmission Services also administers and interprets Entergy’s
interconnection policies and procedures relative to specific agreements.
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Analyst,
Sr. Staff is responsible for leading and/or participating on
cross-functional teams which design or improve Transmission Settlement
processes in accordance with the provisions of MISO’s Open Access Transmission,
Energy, and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff, evaluation and interpretation of
emerging regulatory guidelines, responding to data requests from both internal
departments as well as FERC, NERC, and state regulatory bodies, developing and
obtaining execution of contracts to assure that the needs of the Transmission
Business are satisfied, facilitating customer funding agreements when
appropriate and interfacing with cross-functional groups and/or transmission
customers in issue resolution. Provide regulatory support for State and Federal
regulatory commissions.
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Analyst,
Sr Lead supports the administrative functions of transmission settlements
in accordance with the provisions of MISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff and
related reporting and document processing through the use of various business
systems, review of contracts and billing determinants to ensure billing
accuracy, and calculation and issuance of refunds as required by FERC approved
rate filings. Provide regulatory support for State and Federal regulatory
commissions.
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Analyst
III supports
the administrative functions of transmission settlements in accordance with the
provisions of MISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff and related reporting and
document processing through the use of various business systems, review of
contracts and billing determinants to ensure billing accuracy, and calculation
and issuance of refunds as required by FERC approved rate filings.
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Coordinator,
Interconnection Arrangements serves as a point of contact for entities seeking transmission or
interconnection service expansion of transmission system for transmission
service, load additions and generator interconnections with Entergy’s
Transmission System, preparation and administration of contracts and metering
issues for interconnected customers.
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Sr.
Wholesale Executive serves as the point of contact for interconnected wholesale
customers for coordination of maintenance activities and generator
interconnections with Entergy's Transmission System, provides technical
assistance and engineering support to wholesale customers, including the
development and presentation of options for transmission solutions, reviews,
prepares and administers contracts to assure that the needs of the Transmission
Business are satisfied and facilitates wholesale customer funding agreements
when appropriate.
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Director,
Transmission Control Center - North (TCC-N) is responsible for the day-to-day
operation of the high voltage electric transmission system. Provide
managerial and technical leadership to Operations Control Room staff to ensure
the safe and reliable operation of the electric transmission system.
Ensure employee conformance with established policies, procedures and standards
and proper training of real time operating staff. Represent the
operations group in a variety of internal and external forums and working
groups.
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Asst-Administrative III provides office services functions: typing, filing, telephone
reception, faxing, mail distribution, time reporting, statistical data
analysis, and various daily, weekly and monthly report preparations, updating
through the use of various business systems, and performing some basic PC
workstation administration activities including loading and updating software.
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Superintendent,
Security assures that safe practices are followed in the operation of the
transmission network, to coordinate transmission facility outages, to supervise
circuit loading, to respond to requests for transmission access to the Entergy
grid, to maintain system integrity, and to maintain operating voltage levels.
§ System Operator, Lead This position works in a 24/7 rotating shift and operates under
the direction of the TCC-N or TCC-S Superintendent and/or Director. This
position monitors and controls the transmission line and substation facilities
within a geographical area. Duties include planning, writing and execution of
transmission and substation switching orders that are issued to field
personnel. The orders include the switching of all substation equipment and
protective relay schemes including voltages ranging from 69 kV to 500 kV.
Responsibilities include monitoring and analyzing substation equipment alarms
via SCADA system, isolating transmission problems through emergency switching
and sectionalizing, dispatching company personnel for corrective action,
control of area wide transmission voltage, executing load shed and black start
procedures, maintaining records and logs, and generating reports.
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System
Operator Trainee - This position works in a 40 hour per week day shift and
operates at the specific direction of a NERC-certified System Operator I
through Senior Operator. This position monitors and controls the transmission
line and substation facilities within a geographical area. Duties include
planning, writing and execution of transmission and substation switching orders
that are issued to field personnel. The orders include the switching of all
substation equipment and protective relay schemes including voltages ranging
from 69 kV to 500 kV. Responsibilities include monitoring and analyzing
substation equipment alarms via SCADA system, isolating transmission problems
through emergency switching and sectionalizing, dispatching company personnel
for corrective action, control of area wide transmission voltage, executing
load shed and black start procedures, maintaining records and logs, and
generating reports.
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System
Operator I - This position works in a 24/7 rotating shift and operates at the
specific direction of a NERC-certified System Operator II through Lead System
Operator. This position monitors and controls the transmission line and
substation facilities within a geographical area. Duties include planning,
writing and execution of transmission and substation switching orders that are
issued to field personnel. The orders include the switching of all substation
equipment and protective relay schemes including voltages ranging from 69 kV to
500 kV. Responsibilities include monitoring and analyzing substation equipment
alarms via SCADA system, isolating transmission problems through emergency
switching and sectionalizing, dispatching company personnel for corrective
action, control of area wide transmission voltage, executing load shed and
black start procedures, maintaining records and logs, and generating reports.
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System
Operator Sr., System Operator II, / Transmission Operator Sr., Transmission
Operator - This position works in a 24/7 rotating shift and operates under
the direction of a TCC Superintendent and/or a Lead System Operator. This position
monitors and controls the transmission line and substation facilities within a
geographical area. Duties include planning, writing and execution of
transmission and substation switching orders that are issued to field
personnel. The orders include the switching of all substation equipment and protective
relay schemes including voltages ranging from 69 kV to 500 kV. Responsibilities
include monitoring and analyzing substation equipment alarms via SCADA system,
isolating transmission problems through emergency switching and sectionalizing,
dispatching company personnel for corrective action, control of area wide
transmission voltage, executing load shed and black start procedures,
maintaining records and logs, and generating reports.
§ Student Intern – This position performs cleanup and update work with switching,
alarm and device numbering databases. Will review SCADANET/EGB/electronic onelines for human performance traps, develop and enhance
outage notification scripts, explore automated check-in opportunities and setup
check-in desks. Intern will also research outage management programs and
help solidify the associate business case, research VSAT/TSAT opportunities,
and help stand up operations human performance and operating experience
programs.
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Manager,
Transmission Operational Planning manages the workgroup responsible for providing technical support
to real-time operations staff at the Transmission Control Centers (TCCs).
This support is accomplished through the preparation of reliability powerflow models and corresponding real-time, next-day and
forward looking analyses, coordination of planned transmission outages, voltage
stability analysis, development of operating guides and local area security
analysis. The Manager, Transmission Operational Planning is responsible
for directing the developing and maintenance of all applications used by the
Transmission Operational Planning (TOP) group to conduct studies and oversees
the development of daily and monthly powerflow
models. The Manager, Transmission Operational Planning provides input to
regulatory/compliance filings in support of new business practices for
Transmission Operations and ensures that the workgroup processes are in
compliance with all FERC, NERC, and SERC standards/requirements. The
Manager, Transmission Operational Planning ensures coordination amongst several
business units to control project costs and coordination. The Manager,
Transmission Operational Planning also works closely with the Reliability
Coordination and Tariff Administration personnel to ensure reliable system
operations.
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Supv, Outage Coordination manages the workgroup responsible for (i)
coordinating, scheduling and studying transmission and substation facility
outages on the Entergy transmission system to support safe, reliable and
efficient operation, and (ii) providing support to real-time operations staff
at Entergy’s transmission operations centers. Supervisor of Outage Coordination
is also responsible for closely working with other business units (including
Power Generation and Nuclear) to proactively eliminate outage conflicts.
They also play a part in controlling customer costs and earning a fair share of
return by identifying windows of opportunity for transmission capital projects
to meet their in-service date obligations.
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Engineer
Sr. / Engineer I / Engineer II / Engineer III (Trans) provides technical
support to the Transmission Control Centers by load flow analysis in support of
outage scheduling, developing operating guidelines and conducting local area
security analysis.
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Coord-Transmission Outage Sr. manages the outage schedule of transmission and substation
facilities within the TOC control area so as to avoid outages that adversely
affect customer load, transmission system reliability and transactions across
the grid. Assists the Lead Dispatcher to identify available switchmen and
verifying proper switching orders, and makes operational recommendations based
on input from Transmission Operational Planning, the SOC, retail customers,
transmission line and substation maintenance personnel, project management
personnel, and external utilities.
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Engineer
Sr. / Engineer I (Trans) / Engineer II (Trans) / Engineer III (Trans) / Sr Engineer (Trans) provides technical
support to the Transmission Control Centers by building operational planning
models, conducting same-day and next-day system security analysis, providing
backup load flow analysis for the outage coordinators in support of outage
scheduling, and voltage stability analysis. Transmission Operational Planning engineers represent Entergy at various SERC/NERC
workgroups or committees.
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Student
Intern will assist Transmission Operations Planning in model development.
The intern will review all the PI tags that Transmission Operations Planning
uses to pull in real time data to build the Daily and Next Day cases. The
intern will also review the GMS and TMS displays, check the system one-lines
and make sure the Transmission Operations Planning models match.
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Director,
Transmission Control Center - South (TCC-S) is responsible for the day-to-day
operation of the high voltage electric transmission system. Provide
managerial and technical leadership to Operations Control Room staff to ensure
the safe and reliable operation of the electric transmission system.
Ensure employee conformance with established policies, procedures and standards
and proper training of real time operating staff. Represent the
operations group in a variety of internal and external forums and working
groups.
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Asst-Administrative III provides office services functions: typing, filing, telephone
reception, faxing, mail distribution, time reporting, statistical data
analysis, and various daily, weekly and monthly report preparations, updating
through the use of various business systems, and performing some basic PC
workstation administration activities including loading and updating software.
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Superintendent,
Security assures that safe practices are followed in the operation of the
transmission network, to coordinate transmission facility outages, to supervise
circuit loading, to respond to requests for transmission access to the Entergy
grid, to maintain system integrity, and to maintain operating voltage levels.
·
System
Operator, Lead monitors and controls the transmission line and substation
facilities within a geographical area. This position works in a 24/7 rotating
shift and operates under the direction of the Security Superintendent and/or
Director. Duties include planning, writing and execution of transmission and
substation switching orders that are issued to field personnel. The orders
include the switching of all substation equipment and protective relay schemes
including voltages ranging from 69kV to 500kV. Responsibilities include
monitoring and analyzing substation equipment alarms via SCADA system,
isolating transmission problems through emergency switching and sectionalizing,
dispatching company personnel for corrective action, control of area wide
transmission voltage, executing load shed and black start procedures,
maintaining records and logs, and generating reports.
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System
Operator Trainee - This position works in a 40 hour per week day shift and
operates at the specific direction of a NERC-certified System Operator I
through Senior Operator. This position monitors and controls the transmission
line and substation facilities within a geographical area. Duties include
planning, writing and execution of transmission and substation switching orders
that are issued to field personnel. The orders include the switching of all
substation equipment and protective relay schemes including voltages ranging
from 69 kV to 500 kV. Responsibilities include monitoring and analyzing
substation equipment alarms via SCADA system, isolating transmission problems
through emergency switching and sectionalizing, dispatching company personnel
for corrective action, control of area wide transmission voltage, executing
load shed and black start procedures, maintaining records and logs, and
generating reports.
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System
Operator I - This position works in a 24/7 rotating shift and operates at
the specific direction of a NERC-certified System Operator II through Lead
System Operator. This position monitors and controls the transmission
line and substation facilities within a geographical area. Duties include
planning, writing and execution of transmission and substation switching orders
that are issued to field personnel. The orders include the switching of all
substation equipment and protective relay schemes including voltages ranging
from 69 kV to 500 kV. Responsibilities include monitoring and analyzing
substation equipment alarms via SCADA system, isolating transmission problems
through emergency switching and sectionalizing, dispatching company personnel
for corrective action, control of area wide transmission voltage, executing
load shed and black start procedures, maintaining records and logs, and
generating reports.
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System
Operator II, System Operator Sr. /Transmission Operator, Transmission Operator
Sr. - This position works
in a 24/7 rotating shift and operates under the direction of a TCC Superintendent
and/or a Lead System Operator. This position monitors and controls the
transmission line and substation facilities within a geographical area. Duties
include planning, writing and execution of transmission and substation
switching orders that are issued to field personnel. The orders include the
switching of all substation equipment and protective relay schemes including
voltages ranging from 69 kV to 500 kV. Responsibilities include monitoring and
analyzing substation equipment alarms via SCADA system, isolating transmission
problems through emergency switching and sectionalizing, dispatching company
personnel for corrective action, control of area wide transmission voltage,
executing load shed and black start procedures, maintaining records and logs,
and generating reports.
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Manager,
Operations Engineering Admin is to provide managerial and technical leadership to Operations
Support staff to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the electric
transmission system. Ensure employee conformance with established
policies, procedures and standards and proper training of operations
engineering staff. Represent the operations group in a variety of
internal and external forums and working groups.
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Policy
Consultant, Trans Tech provides support for implementing the FERC Open Access
Transmission Tariff and OASIS, to comply with FERC orders and NERC policies, to
provide customer access to OASIS, to provide consultancy regarding provisions
in the pre-888 order contracts, and interface with the Transmission Regulatory
Support department to implement FERC orders and update the Business Practices.
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Analyst,
Sr. Lead is responsible for leading and/or participating on
cross-functional teams which design or improve transmission processes, driving
the modeling of those processes, evaluation and interpretation of emerging
regulatory guidelines, developing business requirements for changes to existing
automated systems or for new systems, performing customer acceptance testing on
newly delivered software, responding to data requests from internal departments
as well as those from FERC, NERC, and state regulatory bodies, and interfacing
with cross-functional groups and/or transmission customers in issue resolution
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System
Analyst III supports the Operations Engineering staff to ensure the safe and
reliable operations of the electric transmission system. Works to develop
procedures and training material as needed for training of the operations
engineering staff. Works to ensure employee compliance
with NERC policies. Assists in the preparation of responses to
data requests from both internal departments as well
as FERC, NERC, and state regulatory bodies.
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Engineer,
Staff (Trans) is responsible for leading and/or participating on
cross-functional teams which design or improve Operations Engineering
processes, provide technical support for applications used by the Operations
Engineering, evaluation and interpretation of emerging regulatory
guidelines, provide support in developing business requirements for changes to
existing automated systems or for new systems, performing customer acceptance
testing on newly delivered software, responding to data requests from both
internal departments as well as FERC, NERC, and state regulatory bodies, and
interfacing with cross-functional groups and/or transmission customers in issue
resolution.
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Engineer
Sr. / Engineer III / Engineer II is responsible for leading and/or participating on
cross-functional teams which design or improve Operations Engineering
processes, provide technical support for applications used by the Operations
Engineering, evaluation and interpretation of emerging regulatory
guidelines, provide support in developing business requirements for changes to
existing automated systems or for new systems, performing customer acceptance
testing on newly delivered software, responding to data requests from both
internal departments as well as FERC, NERC, and state regulatory bodies, and
interfacing with cross-functional groups and/or transmission customers in issue
resolution.
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.Manager, Training develops
and implements the overall training program for Transmission Operations
Department, including performing training, testing, qualification and
certification of control room and operations personnel. Develops and
supports simulator program and provides support for real-time operator tools,
regulatory support, and support with writing and maintaining real-time
operations procedures.
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Senior
Engineer (Trans) supports and/or leads projects related to the technical needs of
the Manager/Supervisor and his/her organization. Provides coordination of
capital projects, develops computer system applications, provides employee
training and development programs, analyzes system performance and calculates
operational settings, and supports the simulator program. Provides
support for training and real-time operations. Additional
responsibilities include: analyzing system conditions/procedures and recommend
improvements/corrections, and measures system performance and benchmarks that
performance against others.
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Specialist,
System Operations is responsible for the development, implementation, and
administration of the NERC Certification and Systematic Approach to Training
programs for TCC operating personnel. Some responsibilities include
developing and administering training to TCC Operators though the Training
Department’s Systematic Approach to Training, coordinating with Operations
Management to develop a Training Plan each year and to maintain operating
procedures, working with Engineers on projects that impact Operator
responsibilities, tasks and tools used by the Training Department and the
Operators, administering Operator Qualifications, modifying Tasks as needed,
ensuring PER-005 compliance, participating in NERC, SERC, and MISO committees
that are focused on training, and serve as a subject matter expert on all
operating procedures, tools, and responsibilities.
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Technician
A Sr. - Assists in maintaining the training schedule for the Transmission
Control Center Operators, maintaining the Learning Management System (LMS),
maintaining training records and performs administrative tasks to assist the
training manager and other team members.
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Student,
Intern - Duties include: Working on Procedure and Task updates, assisting
in maintaining the DTS simulator, assisting real-time operations by performing
data analysis, assisting in records management activities, and assisting in the
development and support of operator training, tools and processes.