Distribution Designer I - Senior Lead

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in New Orleans is seeking a Distribution Designer to design and manage distribution projects for new residential and commercial customers. This role involves meeting with customers, designing both overhead and underground extensions, estimating costs, and preparing construction drawings to support reliability improvements.

Responsibilities include leading pre-design meetings, performing electrical calculations, and providing technical guidance to operations while ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of PC operations.
• Basic theory of electricity.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings.
• Math skills.
• Familiar with NESC and NEC.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple distribution projects for new residential and commercial businesses; meet with customers to determine service needs; design overhead and underground line extensions; estimate costs; prepare construction drawings; coordinate construction commits.
• Coordinate and lead pre-design and pre-construction meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform engineering calculations to aid in planning and corrective measure projects (e.g., load studies, revenue justification, fault current, voltage drop).
• Provide leadership and technical support to local operations and contract compliance regarding distribution design standards and practices.
• Aid local Right of Way agent with acquiring permits and ROW documents.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts as needed, coordinating and/or participating in damage assessment activities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Oral communication

PC literacy

Electrical theory

Construction drawings

Math skills

NESC familiarity

NEC familiarity

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree

2-year Technical Associates degree

Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission design experience (1 year)

Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission design experience (2+ years)

Job description

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Responsible for meeting with customers to determine electric needs and requirements. Design jobs to install, replace, or remove distribution facilities to support customer requests, reliability projects, or infrastructure improvement.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Primary responsibility will be to manage multiple distribution projects for new residential and commercial businesses. Includes meeting with customers to determine their service needs, design of overhead and underground line extensions, estimating costs, preparing construction drawings and coordinate construction commits.
• Coordinate and lead pre-design and pre-construction meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform engineering calculations to aid in planning and corrective measure projects (i.e., load studies, revenue justification, fault current, voltage drop, etc.).
• Provide leadership and technical support to local operations and contract compliance with regards to distribution design standards and practices to provide seamless service to customers and external constituents.
• Aid local Right of Way agent with acquiring permits and ROW documents.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts as needed both local and out of town leading and/or participating in damage assessment activities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

This requisition may be filled as a Distribution Designer I, II, III, Senior, or Sr. Lead depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience.

• Designer I: Bachelor’s degree OR 2-year Technical Associates degree OR 1-year Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission Design experience OR > 2 years of Electric Utility field operational experience.
• Designer II: 2 years Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission Design experience AND Bachelor’s degree OR 2-year Technical Associates degree OR 2 additional years Design experience OR > 2 years field operational experience.
• Designer III: 4 years Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission Design experience AND Bachelor’s degree OR 2-year Technical Associates degree OR 2 additional years Design experience OR > 2 years field operational experience.
• Designer Sr: 6 years Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission Design experience AND Bachelor’s degree OR 2-year Technical Associates degree OR 2 additional years Design experience OR > 2 years field operational experience.
• Designer Sr. Lead: 8 years Electric Utility Distribution/Transmission Design experience AND Bachelor’s degree.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities: Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills; knowledge of PC operations; basic theory of electricity; ability to interpret construction drawings; math skills; familiar with NESC and NEC; valid driver's license.

This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.