Engineer (Utility)

Entergy Arkansas, LLC

About the role

Responsible for engineering design and support for power distribution. Performs a wide variety of planning, maintenance, and design engineering activities related to routine, non-routine, and 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

• Perform load flow analysis and circuit coordination analysis utilizing SynerGEE.
• Identify and develop a plan to correct Un-Balanced loads on distribution circuits.
• Develop settings, program, and size all field equipment including but not limited to Reclosers, Fuses, Capacitors, and Regulators.
• Review all new distributed energy resource technical documents and customer equipment to ensure compliance with Entergy’s standards and policies.
• Perform Root Cause Failure Analysis on failures with unknown causes.
• Develop planned switching orders for the network.
• Troubleshoot power quality issues.
• Provide technical guidance to the Engineering Associates and local area line groups.
• Create, Review, and recommend for approval electrical designs that meet customer needs, comply with company standards and enhance the overall system performance and reliability.
• Participate in meetings with external customers, architects, developers, contractors and government entities to communicate standards and guidelines.
• Perform engineering calculations to aid in planning and corrective measure projects.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts both local and out of town.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical, 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. Preferred: Electrical, Mechanical and Civil.
• Engineer I - 0 to 2 years experience in an engineering discipline.
• 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.
• Must have valid driver's license and good driving record.

Skills

• Knowledgeable of engineering principles.
• Ability to understand and comply with procedures, programs, and standards in responsible area.
• 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.
• Familiar with National Electrical Safety Codes and National Electrical Code.
• 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.
• 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.

Working Conditions

• Must be available for 24 hour call out and extended hours as necessary.
• 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.
• Travel up to 25%.

Primary locations: Searcy, Batesville, or Marion, Arkansas.