Electrical Design Engineer I-Sr (Nuc)

Entergy Corporation; Louisiana, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer I-Sr (Nuc) for Central Design Engineering in St. Francisville, LA. This onsite role supports modification design, licensing, and integration with the Nuclear Fleet, handling diverse engineering tasks and ensuring regulatory compliance.

The position allows progression from Engineer I to Senior Lead based on experience, with responsibilities spanning design, testing, and maintenance strategy development for safety-critical electrical systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in Operations IT, Design or Systems engineering teams implementing modifications.
• Proficiency with nuclear design software (e.g., ANSYS, ETAP, ME101, PipeFlo, MathCad, PDMS).

Responsibilities

• Prepare cost-effective modifications to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Prepare engineering products compliant with standards and regulatory guidelines to maintain design and licensing basis.
• Assist in solving issues affecting safe, reliable operations and propose process improvements.
• Provide technical support to operations, maintenance, engineering, and fleet organizations.
• Manage engineering work assignments to meet department needs.
• Communicate technical information clearly at all levels of the organization.
• Evaluate effects of radiated emissions on plant equipment and EM/RF susceptibility.
• Implement configuration controls for electrical systems and components.
• Coordinate electrical design activities with plant simulator personnel and assess simulator impacts.
• Determine preventive and predictive maintenance requirements and test systems.

Skills

Operations IT experience

Nuclear design software

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

ETAP

ME101

PipeFlo

MathCad

PDMS

Job description

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Location: St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer I-Sr (Nuc)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI

*This position will be filled as an Engineer I, II, III, Senior or Senior Lead based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. *

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Central Design Engineering provides high-quality, cost-effective, on schedule design services for the Entergy Nuclear Fleet. Central Design Engineering is responsible for providing requested modification packages to the Nuclear Fleet. Modification design control is maintained through effective configuration management of design output documents (e.g., specifications, calculations, drawings, test requirements, and procedures).

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare cost-effective modifications as assigned to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Prepare engineering products consistent with defined standards, procedures, and regulatory guidelines to ensure the site’s design and licensing basis is maintained.
• Assist in the solutions to issues that impact safe, reliable operations and propose process changes that improve overall efficiency.
• Provide technical support to operations, maintenance, engineering, and other fleet organizations.
• Manage engineering work assignments to ensure the design service provided is meeting department and organizational needs.
• Communicate to all levels of the organization, verbally and in writing, technical information, concepts, and ideas throughout the engineering product development.
• Attend training and maintain the qualifications necessary to perform the required group functions.
• Evaluate the effect of radiated emission for both electromagnetic and radiofrequency emissions on plant equipment. Evaluate the susceptibility of plant components and devices to electromagnetic and radiofrequency emissions.
• Implement configuration controls for electrical systems and components.
• Conduct licensing activities such as 10CFR50.59 reviews, ensuring electrical-specific considerations are applied.
• Coordinate electrical design activities with plant simulator personnel to ensure effects are reflected accurately on the plant reference simulator.
  • Evaluate the effects of plant design changes on simulator operation, fidelity, configuration and certification.
• Determine preventive and predictive maintenance requirements for systems and equipment.
  • Test and validate systems and components.
  • Develop system and component life cycle strategies and plans.
  • Develop design inputs.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum education required for the position

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or another closely related scientific discipline/physical science generally associated with power plant operations or equivalent work experience (equivalent experience defined as demonstrated success at the engineer/technical specialist level.)

Minimum experience required for the position

• Engineer, I: 0+ years ofexperience
• Engineer, II: 2+ yearsof experience (1+ year with master’s degree)
• Engineer, III: 4+ yearsof experience (3+ years with PE/master’s degree)
• Engineer, Senior: 6+ years ofexperience (5+ years with PE/master’s degree)
• Engineer, Senior Lead: 7+ years of experience (6+ years with PE/master’s degree)

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required forthe position

• Previous experience in Operations IT, Design or Systems engineering teams implementing engineering modifications. (Desired)
• Proficiency in computer codes that support Nuclear Design (e.g., ANSYS, ETAP, ME101, PipeFlo, MathCad, PDMS) (Desired)

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position

• Desired: Professional Engineering license and/or an SRO license or certification on a PWR or BWR.

Primary Location:

Louisiana-St. FrancisvilleLouisiana : St. Francisville
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124991
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.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test. The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and numberof questions. Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests , Logon ID: entergy, password: practice test (2 words).Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

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, and/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.