Senior Staff Project Engineer

About the role

The Senior Staff Project Engineer plays a crucial role in driving innovation and technological advancement for new power generation projects. They collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and maintain engineering design standards and ensure that engineering products are complete, accurate, and constructible.

Responsibilities

• Promotes safe behavior in accordance with Company expectations and adherence to project safety rules.
• Maintains and develops the Company’s engineering design basis documents used for new generation project development; interfaces with Capital Projects execution teams to incorporate lessons learned.
• Supports and participates in the technical evaluation of project proposals to ensure conformance to Entergy’s technical standards and project objectives.
• Supports/leads cross-functional teams consisting of internal SMEs, Owners Engineers, EPC contractors, and technical consultants during EPC contract development.
• Ensures engineering documentation is adequately captured to support audit and prudency review.
• Supports/leads writing Record of Decision documents to present the basis of major project decisions, including evaluation of alternatives, stakeholder concurrence, barrier resolution, and timely risk/issue mitigation.
• Acts as Contract Manager for engineering contracts outside the EPC scope.
• Performs/manages engineering design reviews to ensure compliance with permits, codes, and utility standards while supporting strategic, operational, and maintenance goals of the project.
• Collaborates with Project Managers to follow the Project Delivery System and ensure requirements and deliverables are met.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection with a focus on assessing engineering experience, competencies, and capability.
• Supports/leads technical open-book engineering processes during development with contractors and applies value-engineering concepts to ensure competitive project outcomes.
• Supports/leads/follows change-management processes.

Requirements

• Minimum education required: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, with advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum experience required:
  • Project Engineer, Sr: 6+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction, or operation of power systems. (5+ years with PE/PMP Certification /Masters Degree)
  • Project Engineer, Sr Lead: 10+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction, or operation of power systems. (8+ years with PE/PMP Certification /Masters Degree)
  • Project Engineer, Sr Staff: 12+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction, or operation of power systems. (10+ years with PE/PMP Certification /Masters Degree)
• Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required:
  • Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills; strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office 365.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors.
  • Expert knowledge of engineering fundamentals within at least one discipline (civil, mechanical, electrical, controls, chemical, construction).
  • Advanced knowledge of engineering science and technology as applied to power generation, including principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment used in the design of electrical power-generating facilities.
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools involved in construction or repair of power-generation facilities and associated QA/QC protocols.
  • Advanced critical-thinking skills and the ability to evaluate alternative solutions and approaches.
  • Strong complex problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify issues, analyze information, and implement solutions.
• Desired: Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or PMP certification.

Qualifications

• Must have authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be able to work in an onsite environment.

Skills

• Technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Expert knowledge of engineering fundamentals.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering science and technology.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools involved in construction or repair of power-generation facilities.
• Complex problem-solving skills.
• Value-engineering concepts.
• Change-management processes.

Benefits

Details about benefits will be provided in a separate document upon request.

Pay

Details about pay will be provided in a separate document upon request.

Schedule

Details about the schedule will be provided in a separate document upon request.