Student Intern, Electrical Engineering, Spring 2027

Entergy•New Orleans, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Department is responsible for the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 16,000 miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across the four-state territory. This internship involves working in a team environment to assist engineers in day-to-day activities. The role includes performing design based on project scoping and site visits, utilizing CAD software to create construction drawings, preparing relay operational one-line drawings, validating estimating prices and equipment units, managing projects in construction, completing as-built documentation, and participating in weekly planning coordination calls. Interns will also work on special projects to improve grid reliability, respond to equipment failures, support lab testing and operations, and assist with business analytic processes through data mining and reporting. A wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas such as planning, economic analysis, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations will be undertaken. The position also involves supporting project scoping activities for substation projects, reviewing existing relay settings, and coordinating with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets. Support for project schedules and processes using activity tracking applications like Primavera, and modeling power systems using APA (previously known as PSS CAPE) are key responsibilities. Maintaining a master model for relay fault analysis, supporting wide area coordination, and occasionally using tools such as ETAP, EMTP, and Hypersim are also part of the role. Developing relay settings for substation protective relays, including performing fault studies and developing settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects, is crucial. The intern will work with field groups, distribution engineers, and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system. Support for activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations, with a focus on PRC and CIP standards, is required. Establishing and improving the relay testing laboratory, developing and supporting relay test plans for planned projects, and supporting the development of configurations for non-RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters are also included. Participation in substation visits and managing documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies are essential. Support for protection standard development and implementation, investigating the impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications, and developing and updating templates as appropriate are also expected. The role involves developing departmental guidelines/tools, providing training as needed, and accessing new technologies. Leading better application development geared toward fault studies and relay settings, researching and implementing smartgrid in the Entergy system, and participating in Entergy continuous improvement projects are also key aspects of this internship.

Requirements

Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.
Candidates must be actively enrolled in pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering.
Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale), verified through an official transcript from the previous semester.

Nice To Haves

Utilizing CAD software
Primavera
APA (previously known as PSS CAPE)
ETAP
EMTP
Hypersim
Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS)
SERC/NERC standards compliance
PRC and CIP standards
DFR and PQ meters
Smartgrid technologies

Responsibilities

Performing design based on project scoping and site visits
Utilizing CAD software to create construction drawings for projects
Preparing relay operational one-line drawings
Validate estimating prices and equipment units, ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects
Managing projects that are in construction
Completion of as-built documentation
Participate in weekly planning coordination calls
Work on special projects to assist in improving grid reliability
Responding to equipment failures
Support lab testing and operations
Support of 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
Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects.
Review existing relay settings.
Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.
Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.
Model power systems using APA (previously known as PSS CAPE).
Maintain master model for relay fault analysis.
Support wide area coordination.
Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.
Develop relay settings for substation protective relays.
Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
Support activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required with focus around PRC and CIP standards.
Establish and improve relay testing laboratory.
Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.
Support development of configurations for non RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters.
Participate in substation visits.
Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
Support protection standard development and implementation as required.
Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications.
Develop and update templates as appropriate.
Develop departmental guidelines/tools and provide training as needed.
Access new technologies.
Lead better application development geared toward fault studies and relay settings.
Research and implement smartgrid in Entergy system.
Participate in Entergy continuous improvement projects.
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.