Engineer

Entergy • Little Rock, AR

272d

About The Position

Responsible for performing a wide variety of analysis and project-oriented engineering activities related to ensuring proper device coordination and protection for distribution devices; self-healing networks and other automated transfer schemes; and risk mitigation within the electrical distribution system.

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.
• Engineer I: 0 - 2 years of experience in an engineering discipline.
• Engineer II: 2 - 4 years of experience in an engineering discipline.
• Engineer III: 4 - 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline.
• Engineer Sr.: 6 + years of experience in an engineering discipline.
• Technical mastery of engineering principles.
• In-depth knowledge 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.
• Familiar with National Electrical Safety Codes and National Electrical Code.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• 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.
• Ability to respond to significant outage restoration events that may require a significant amount of time away from home via both on system and off system responses.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred: Electrical Engineering Degree.
• Preferred: PE, FE.

Responsibilities

• Perform protection and coordination studies for new and existing distribution protective devices.
• Develop settings for new distribution protective devices and other equipment.
• Provide substation distribution settings recommendations.
• Develop distribution automation controller settings for self-healing networks.
• Support settings requests related to self-healing networks and review coordination of proposed new self-healing networks.
• Work with IT to get SCADA host edit sheets developed for Distribution devices and self-healing networks.
• Work with project managers to get Distribution devices and self-healing networks commissioned to SCADA.
• Support Distribution Automation relay field specialists on distribution protection standards and procedures.
• Assist reliability / field engineers with analyzing event data associated with protection and reliability impacts realized.
• Provide technical support to distribution design engineers, operations, and managed accounts.
• Work with Enterprise Planning and provide feedback on facility/feasibility studies performed for Distributed Generation customers.
• Participate in routine, non-routine, and emergency storm and outage event restoration duties.
• Provide technical protection guidance to the Engineering Design Group, Operations and the Distribution Operations Center for emergency/contingency switching plans.
• Review and recommend for approval electrical system solutions that meet customer needs, comply with company standards and enhance the overall system performance and reliability.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts, typically by serving as a Scout or Lead Scout in the initial stages of a storm restoration and provide technical and operational support and/or crew leadership in the later stages of the event.
• Provide Distribution relay protection guidance for Capital Projects.

Benefits

• Relocation Option: Level III.
• Travel Percentage: Up to 25%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree