Protection & Control Engineer

About the role

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Department is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 16,000 miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across the four-state territory. This position supports Arkansas, Texas, and Lake Charles regions, so travel and overnight stays may be requested on a per-project basis or as needed.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Participating in project scoping activities for substation projects at team site visits
• Coordinating with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets
• Performing engineering analysis/calculations to support relaying designs
• Developing relaying design package based on project scoping and site visits
• Identifying and procuring all required relaying project materials
• Utilizing CAD software to create construction drawings for projects
• Preparing relay operational one-line drawings
• Validating estimating prices and equipment units, ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects
• Supporting project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera
• Managing projects that are in construction
• Completing as-built documentation
• Participating in weekly planning coordination calls
• Working on special projects to assist in improving grid reliability
• Providing design oversight for contract engineering
• Supporting activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required with focus around PRC and CIP standards
• Responding to equipment failures
• Supporting lab testing and operations
• Providing technical support and protection system expertise in response to operational/commissioning requests from field personnel
• Supporting business analytic processes through data mining and reporting, as well as performing a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas such as planning, economic analysis, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations
• Assisting with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline from a four-year ABET-accredited institution. Degrees in Engineering Technology from a four-year accredited institution with PE may be considered.
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum Experience Required: Engineer I: 0 - 2 years of experience in an engineering discipline. Engineer II: at least 2 - 4 years of experience in an engineering discipline. Engineer III: at least 4 - 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline. Engineer Sr: at least 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline.
• Preferred: Relay design engineering experience

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Demonstrate ability to apply engineering principles
• Thorough understanding of 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
• Able to manage multiple activities and changing priorities
• Able to work well under pressure

Required Certificates, Licenses, etc.

• Preferred: FE, PE

Primary Location

Louisiana-New Orleans

Job Function

Engineering

FLSA Status

Professional

Relocation Option

Level II

Union description/code

NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings

1

Req ID

123884

Travel Percentage

Up to 25%

Accessibility

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