Construction Engineer

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a Senior Engineer (Utility) to oversee planning, project management, construction, and operations across Distribution, Substation, and Transmission lines in the New Orleans area. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and regulatory compliance while coordinating with multiple departments and external partners.

The position is onsite, with up to 25% travel, and may be filled at Engineer III or Sr. level based on experience.

Qualifications

• Technical mastery of engineering principles.
• Strong project management and leadership abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Distribution, Substation, and Transmission Line Construction projects.
• Prepare construction contracts, schedules, cost tracking, and progress reporting.
• Provide engineering field technical support to crews.
• Review Substation and Line design packages for construction.
• Develop project scopes, estimates, sequences, and schedules.
• Ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance throughout projects.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders across departments.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Written & oral communication

Multi-tasking

Safety & compliance

Engineering fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Engineering technology degree with PE considered

Job description

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Engineer, Sr (Utility)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

** This position may be domiciled in either Metairie, Baton Rouge, or Lafayette, LA. **

** This position may be filled as an Engineer III or Sr. based up on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. **

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Performs a wide variety of planning, project management, and construction, and operations activities including emergency restoration duties. Project areas may include grid/system design, operations and maintenance, planning, asset management, reliability, computer applications, safety, and root cause failure analysis.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the coordination of various Distribution, Substation, and Transmission Line Construction projects in different areas of Entergy.
• Responsible for preparing construction contracts, construction schedules, cost tracking, progress reporting and project team coordination within a strong matrix organization to facilitate safe construction of facilities from 13.8kV to 500kV for both internal and external customers.
• Job will require providing engineering field technical support to substation and distribution and transmission line construction crews.
• Job will require technical reviews of Substation (Electrical and Relay Controls) and D-Line and T-Line design - packages issued for construction.
• Responsible for participating in the planning, scoping, and brainstorming sessions with all applicable departments, and a diverse customer base (internal and external).
• The Engineer will continue to participate throughout the entire capital work process by establishing the sequenced schedule duration's outage, coordination, preparing construction estimates, identifying resources (internal or contract), development and preparation of contractual agreements for necessary resources, commitment to fostering, encouraging, and policing all safety measure, performing quality assurance and control, verifying and processing of invoices, completion of as-builts, and project closeout.
• Engineer must be dedicated and committed to providing a safe, quality, and productive work environment conducive to meeting all obligations required by policies, procedures, specifications, and applicable laws of the local, state, and national agencies.
• The engineer shall typically interface with multiple organizations.
• These communications articulate into the Construction Management Engineer performing a wide variety of duties such as, identification of safety hazards, the elimination/mitigation of hazards on projects, environmental stewardship, development of project scopes, development of project estimates, development of construction sequence plans, development of project schedules, performing constructability review, tracking/receiving materials and equipment, requesting contract proposals, identifying and initiating environmental compliance tactics, coordination of schedules, outage identification/coordination, deficiency resolution, quality assurance, reporting cost, issue resolution, and closure of projects.
• The engineer's time allotment is comprised of three major categories:
• support of the capital work management process @ 40%
• Compilation of the project and construction execution plan and associated activities @ 40%
• field inspection for scoping and determining check and adjustments for a successful project completion @ 20%

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and 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 III: at least 4 years of experience in an engineering discipline
• Engineer Sr: at least 6 years of experience in an engineering discipline
• Preferred: power system, relay, or substation experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Technical mastery of engineering principles.
• In-depth knowledge of procedures, programs, and standards in responsible area.
• Consistently drives for value in sound engineering decisions.
• Good leadership skills.
• Good interpersonal skills along with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Good knowledge of Personal Computer operations and related software
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Required to work safely and follow all Entergy safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to recognize hazards in the workplace and have the ability to mitigate the hazards.
• Demonstrate 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.
• Engineer SR: EITor Graduate Level Engineering Degree or MBA.
• Preferred: EITor PE

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans || Louisiana : Baton Rouge || Louisiana : Lafayette || Louisiana : Metairie
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 2
Req ID: 124654
PS Job Title: Engineer, Sr (Utility)
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement:

The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility:

Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf.If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to 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. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to 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. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note:

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.