Construction Engineer - Transmission

About the role

Performs a wide variety of planning, project management, construction, and operations activities including emergency restoration duties. Project areas may include grid/system design, operations and maintenance, planning, asset management, reliability, computer applications, safety, and root cause failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate various Distribution, Substation, and Transmission Line Construction projects in different areas of Entergy.
• Prepare construction contracts, construction schedules, cost tracking, progress reporting and project team coordination within a strong matrix organization to facilitate safe construction of facilities from 13.8kV to 500kV for both internal and external customers.
• Provide engineering field technical support to substation and distribution and transmission line construction crews.
• Perform technical reviews of Substation (Electrical and Relay Controls) and D-Line and T-Line design packages issued for construction.
• Participate in planning, scoping, and brainstorming sessions with all applicable departments and a diverse customer base (internal and external).
• Participate throughout the entire capital work process by establishing sequenced schedule duration's outage, coordination, preparing construction estimates, identifying resources (internal or contract), developing and preparing contractual agreements for necessary resources, fostering, encouraging, and policing all safety measures, performing quality assurance and control, verifying and processing invoices, completing as-builts, and project closeout.
• Interface with multiple organizations to identify safety hazards, eliminate/mitigate hazards, practice environmental stewardship, develop project scopes, estimates, construction sequence plans, project schedules, perform constructability review, track/receive materials and equipment, request contract proposals, identify and initiate environmental compliance tactics, coordinate schedules, outage identification/coordination, deficiency resolution, quality assurance, report cost, issue resolution, and close projects.
• Time allocation: support of capital work management process 40%; compilation of project and construction execution plan and associated activities 40%; field inspection for scoping and determining checks and adjustments for successful project completion 20%.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from 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 or Mechanical Engineering Degree.
• Minimum Experience: Engineer II: 2+ years experience in an engineering discipline. Engineer III: at least 4 years of experience in an engineering discipline. Engineer Sr: at least 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline. Preferred: power system, relay, or substation experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 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.
• Excellent project management 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.

Certificates and Licenses

• Engineer I - III: none
• Engineer Sr: EIT or Graduate Level Engineering Degree or MBA. Preferred: EIT or PE

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite. Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC. Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands, Beaumont, or Conroe. Travel Percentage: Up to 25%.