Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Louisiana, LLC

• This position can be located at the Gretna, Destrehan, or Metarie office**
  
  

Job Summary/Purpose

Provides engineering support to Area Substation Supervisors and Field personnel. Performs a wide variety of protection and control mis-operation investigations, assisting field personnel with testing protection and control devices, calibrating relay test sets, design engineering, and operations activities related to routine, non-routine, and emergency restoration duties. Project areas may include identifying mis-operation mitigation plans, planning corrective actions, reliability, computer applications, and root cause failure analysis. Prior experience in Transmission Protection Systems, NERC PRC-005 regulations, or RTU/SCADA systems is preferred.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Performs a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in substation protection/control-related areas such as design, outage investigations, mitigation plans, documenting outage causes, identifying customer interruption trends, auditing SERC applicable asset maintenance, and use of engineering/technical principles, best practices, and knowledge of internal and external business issues to solve problems, develop cost-effective, technically sound solutions, and improve products or services. Applies knowledge of engineering principles in evaluating alternatives, making decisions, and interpreting/employing applicable electrical codes, procedures, standards, processes, and policies. Provides engineering and technical support to Area Substation Supervisors in the group’s day to day performance of diagnostic and preventive maintenance tasks and supports activities to comply with applicable industry standards (i.e., NERC, SERC) and other utility regulations, as required. Works with other disciplines within the Transmission organization and other company business units to achieve stated goals Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from a four-year accredited institution.
• Degrees in engineering technology (typically, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from a four-year accredited institution with PE may be considered.
• Desired: Electrical Engineering Degree
  
  

Minimum Experience Required Of The Position

• Engineer II - 2+ years experience in an engineering discipline
• Engineer III - 4+ years experience in an engineering discipline
• Engineer Sr - 6+ years experience in an engineering discipline
• Desired: Protection and Control experience with trouble-shooting, data analysis, causal determination and equipment testing.
  
  

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required Of The Position

• Technical mastery of engineering principles
• In-depth knowledge of procedures, programs, and standards in responsible area
• Consistently drives for value in sound engineering decisions
• Mentors other engineers and technical professionals
• Good leadership skills
• Good interpersonal skills along with strong written and oral communication skills
• Excellent math skills
• Good knowledge of Personal Computer operations and related software
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Required to work safely and follow all Entergy safety policies and procedures
• Ability to recognize hazards in the workplace and have the ability to mitigate the hazards
• 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
  
  

Primary Location: Louisiana - Metairie Louisiana : DESTREHAN || Louisiana : Gretna || Louisiana : Metairie

Job Function: Professional

FLSA Status

Relocation Option: Level II

Union Description/code

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 119431

Travel Percentage: 25% to 50%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO 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.

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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.

Equal Opportunity

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 [email protected] 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.