Electrical/Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Entergy Corporation
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Job summary
Entergy is seeking an Electrical/Instrumentation and Controls Engineer for onsite work in Port Gibson, Mississippi. The role focuses on resolving plant issues, maintaining configuration control, and supporting maintenance and operations to ensure reliability.
Responsibilities include engineering changes, outage support, performance monitoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Education includes ABET-accredited electrical engineering, with PE/SRO licenses preferred and travel up to
Qualifications
- ABET-accredited electrical engineering degree or related discipline.
- SRO license or PE license preferred.
- Experience levels vary by position and include 0–2, 2–3, 4–5, or 6–8 years.
Responsibilities
- Identify and resolve plant issues, including complex technical challenges.
- Provide technical support for troubleshooting equipment and emergent conditions.
- Develop and issue engineering changes to support plant needs and reliability.
- Maintain ERO qualifications and perform related duties.
- Plan, prioritize, and support project lifecycle activities and improvements.
- Monitor system performance and conduct root cause analyses as needed.
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Job description
Location: Port Gibson, Mississippi, United States
Company: Entergy
Job Title: Electrical/Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Work Place Flexibility: Onsite
Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI
*This position can be filled as an Engineer I , II , III , Sr, based on experience.**
Plant Support Engineering provides technical support for plant systems, components, and related programs. This role is responsible for resolving day‑to‑day plant issues, maintaining configuration control, supporting Maintenance and Operations, and ensuring the reliability and performance of plant systems. The position serves as a key interface between Engineering and other station departments while contributing to both emergent troubleshooting and long‑term program health. Members of the team are expected to engage cross functional teams to resolve equipment challenges, develop engineering change products, and support the station’s work management process.
- Identify and resolve plant issues, including those arising from significant events and complex technical challenges.
- Provide technical support to Maintenance and Operations for troubleshooting equipment, systems, and emergent conditions.
- Develop and issue engineering changes, including design modifications and temporary alterations, in support of plant needs and equipment reliability.
- Maintain Emergency Response Organization (ERO) qualifications and perform associated duties as required.
- Provide technical information and guidance related to program bases, performance requirements, compliance status, and industry operating experience.
- Conduct condition‑based monitoring of equipment and optimize preventative maintenance activities using feedback from Maintenance and program reviews.
- Plan, prioritize, and support project lifecycle activities, including corrective action plans and improvement initiatives.
- Prepare engineering products in accordance with established standards, procedures, and quality expectations.
- Support changes in system and component configuration, design, and associated design basis.
- Serve on outage engineering support teams for online system outages and refueling outages.
- Monitor system performance, including trending, field walkdowns, deficiency identification, and priority setting.
- Perform failure evaluations and support or lead root cause analyses, as needed.
- Ensure lessons learned from fleet operating experience are incorporated into site programs and processes.
- Maintain required qualifications and complete training necessary for assigned duties.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an ABET‑accredited program
- OR a related physical science discipline associated with power plant operations,
- OR equivalent work experience demonstrating success at the electrical engineer/technical specialist level.
- Electrical / Instrument and Controls Engineering is desired.
Experience levels vary by position:
- Engineer I / Technical Specialist I: 0–2 years of nuclear design, operations, or equivalent experience
- Engineer II / Technical Specialist II: 2–3 years
- Engineer III / Technical Specialist III: 4-5 years
- Senior Engineer / Technical Specialist IV: 6-8 years
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency in PC applications, engineering tools, and analytical systems appropriate to the engineering level.
- SRO license or certification on a PWR or BWR.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Primary Location: Mississippi-Port GibsonMississippi : Port Gibson
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124935
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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