Protection & Control Engineer

Entergy•New Orleans, LA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Department plans, designs, constructs, maintains, and operates more than 16,000 miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across a four-state territory. The Protection & Control Engineer provides protection and control design engineering services for transmission and distribution substations and offers technical guidance and support to asset management and capital projects teams. The role works with multiple disciplines to meet project goals and helps technicians troubleshoot AC power circuits, DC control circuits, and relay control logic problems. The position supports the Arkansas, Texas, and Lake Charles regions, with project-based or as-needed travel and overnight stays. The listed primary location is New Orleans, Louisiana, and the work arrangement is onsite. The engineer works in a team environment in Relay Design, contributing to project scoping, engineering analysis, design packages, procurement, construction support, project management, and as-built documentation. The role also supports standards compliance, equipment failure response, lab testing, operational and commissioning requests, business analytics, and storm or emergency restoration as necessary. The posting lists Engineer I, II, III, and Senior experience ranges, with Engineer I identified as the PS job title.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline from a four-year ABET-accredited institution; degrees in Engineering Technology from a four-year accredited institution with a PE may be considered.
Engineer I: 0–2 years of experience in an engineering discipline; Engineer II: 2–4 years; Engineer III: 4–6 years; Engineer Senior: at least 6 years.
Ability to apply engineering principles.
Thorough understanding of procedures, programs, and standards in the responsible area.
Good engineering judgment, leadership skills, interpersonal skills, and written and oral communication skills.
Excellent math and project management skills.
Knowledge of personal computer operations and related software.
Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities and work well under pressure.
Ability to work safely, follow company safety policies and procedures, recognize workplace hazards, and mitigate hazards.
Acceptance of a diverse and inclusive work environment and customer base.
Ability to recognize process-improvement opportunities and enact change.
Availability to travel as required; the posting lists travel of up to 25%.
Availability to work additional hours, alternate locations, or additional duties for storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations deemed necessary by the company.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
Relay design engineering experience.
FE or PE certification.

Responsibilities

Participate in project scoping activities for substation projects, including team site visits.
Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scopes and estimate sheets.
Perform engineering analysis and calculations to support relaying designs.
Develop relaying design packages based on project scoping and site visits.
Identify and procure required relaying project materials.
Use CAD software to create construction drawings for projects.
Prepare relay operational one-line drawings.
Validate estimating prices and equipment units, and ensure materials are properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects.
Support project schedules and processes using activity-tracking applications such as Primavera.
Manage projects that are in construction.
Complete as-built documentation.
Participate in weekly planning coordination calls.
Work on special projects to improve grid reliability.
Provide design oversight for contract engineering.
Support activities related to SERC/NERC standards compliance and utility relations, with a focus on PRC and CIP standards.
Respond to equipment failures.
Support lab testing and operations.
Provide technical support and protection system expertise for operational and commissioning requests from field personnel.
Support business analytics through data mining and reporting.
Perform detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas, including planning, economic analysis, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations.
Assist with storm and emergency restoration efforts as necessary.
Travel when required.