Job Title: Energy Efficiency Programs Specialist
Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid
Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX
*This position will be filled as a Specialist II, III or Senior based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. * Job Summary/Purpose As the Customer Service Specialist, the qualified individual will support all aspects of the residential energy efficiency offerings for Entergy Texas. The position will work with other energy efficiency team members and Utility leadership to enhance and refine the current residential energy efficiency portfolio. This role will interact with a variety of internal team members and Entergy approved 3rd party contractors.
Job Duties/Responsibilities - Administer residential energy efficiency programs mandated by the State of Texas and also support all regulatory filings related to energy efficiency as prescribed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
- Partner with Entergy approved contractors and local organizations to identify energy efficiency opportunities within the Entergy Texas service area in order to achieve necessary savings targets.
- Identify customer trends through detailed analysis of existing energy efficiency programs.
- Accountable for maintaining current information on program status in all relevant databases.
- Responsible for the conflict resolutions that affects costs or customer satisfaction and develop appropriate action plans.
- Accountable for the coordination of communication of programs to both internal and external customers, and that all communication supports the requirements of Corporate Communications
- Work within Entergy's safety rules and encourage others to work safely, including travel and office duties.
- Communicate and cooperate in a professional manner with peers, supervision, external and internal customers to maintain a productive and safe environment.
- Support Company initiatives and activities, which may include taking a leadership role for special assignments.
- Support in a leadership role, logistic functions as it pertains to emergency outage responses both internally and externally.
Minimum Requirements Minimum
education required of the position:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum
experience required of the position:
- Customer Service Specialist II :5 years within a customer service environment.
- Customer Service Specialist III:8 years within a customer service environment.
- Customer Service Specialist, Senior:10 years within a customer service environment.
Minimum
knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position:
- Leader of projects, programs, or initiatives in areas such as energy efficiency and energy conservation.
- Customer service experience working with both internal and external customers.
- Excellent interpersonal skills along with strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to make presentations to large groups of people.
- Excellent personal computer skills and related software (Microsoft Office, Salesforce, etc).
- Ability to organize and manage projects.
- Ability to work additional required overtime, which could include storm work over multiple days.
- Position requires some travel.
- Demonstrated history of working safely without injury or accident.
- Ability to learn and apply Company policies and procedures.
- Possess excellent customer service skills with demonstrated analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to make decisions consistent with good business practices.
- Ability to perform independently of direct supervision.
- Self-motivated and dependable team player.
- Ability to meet the public in a pleasant and tactful manner and understand the importance of delivering a high-level of customer service.
- Demonstrated acceptance of a diverse and inclusive work environment and customer base.
- Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement and have the ability to enact change.
- Customer Care System (CCS or CIS) and/or Agent Information System application skills.
- Comfortable with social media applications.
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Primary Location: Texas-The WoodlandsTexas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 117053
Travel Percentage:Up to 25% An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here 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.
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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).
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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.