Engineer Sr Staff (Utility)

Entergy; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and analysis of transmission and distribution protection schemes and relay settings. You will coordinate CIP-014, TPL-001, and PRC-006 initiatives, acting as a technical SME for complex protection issues and guiding engineers, operations, and field personnel.

You will drive reliability improvements, investigate misoperations, and ensure alarms and protection configurations meet Entergy reliability standards and NERC requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering with Relay and Protection focus area preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and analysis of T&D protection schemes and relay settings for transmission and distribution systems.
• Manage CIP-014, TPL-001, PRC-006 projects and initiatives to ensure timely completion.
• Serve as technical SME for complex protection issues and guidance to engineering, operations and field personnel.
• Lead investigations of misoperations and drive corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Advanced Electrical Engineering with Relay & Protection focus (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary/Purpose

This position acts in a lead capacity among peers within a department in a technical discipline, short of supervisor, but with responsibilities on same level of coordination and/or review. The position works in conjunction with other engineering and operation disciplines and is responsible for system function such as alarm management support to operations, design and review engineering standards, ensuring quality deliverable, and participating in technical workforce. Focus of the role will be design/construction of transmission and distribution relay protection and controls components, emergency protection and operation support, alarm troubleshooting and resolution, lead initiatives, publish KPIs, and CIP, TPL and PRC compliance support.

Work Place Flexibility

Onsite

Legal Entity

Entergy Services, LLC

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and analysis of T&D protection schemes, relay settings and system coordination for transmission and distribution systems
• Lead, manage and oversee CIP-014, TPL-001, PRC-006 reoccurring projects and any other initiatives ensuring timely completion.
• Develop and manage workflows on remote relay settings implements, PRC-027 PGEN reviews. Assist engineers in being successful.
• Serve as technical SME for complex protection issues, provide guidance to engineering, operations and field personnel.
• Quality review root-cause analysis of misoperations, drive corrective actions and extent of conditions considering feasibility limitations and financial impacts
• Drive reliability improvements by identifying trends and leading actions and implementing solutions aligned with company’s objective.
• Assist engineers on complex protection, compliance tasks ensuring timely delivery with quality.
• Engage with internal and external customers via appropriate channels, on technical meetings and on reliability events with investigation findings.
• Establish and enforce alarm management expectations between Design Basis, Capital Projects, IT, and Power Delivery to ensure alarms are meaningful, prioritized, and actionable.
• Monitor and assess Alarm activities for SCADA system and assist engineers in identifying and troubleshooting persistent, nuisance, and critical alarms that pose threat to equipment or system reliability.
• Lead and assist investigation on high priority or recurring critical alarms, engaging TCC, DOC and Field personnel, determining route cause and implementation corrective actions across engineering, operations and field organizations.
• Coordinate with operations and field personnel to ensure alarms are acknowledged, escalated and resolved per the Alarm Management Procedure
• Drive construction group to resolve any new alarms triggered due to new projects or a change in existing configuration.
• Support TCC & DOC Control Centers with alarm response guidance ensuring compliance with Entergy reliability standards and NERC requirements.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Minimum Experience Required Of The Position

Eng Sr. Staff, At least 12 years’ experience without PE or MS. Or 10 years of experience with PE or MS.

Eng Sr. Lead, At least 10 years’ of experience without PE or MS. Or 8 years of experience with PE or MS.

Advanced degree is in Electrical Engineering with Relay and Protection focus area is preferred

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required Of The Position.

• Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology to transmission line and transmission/distribution substation design, construction and/or operations.
• Advanced critical thinking skills and capability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Adept in complex problem solving; able to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position

• Desired: PE License in ECE

Primary Location

Mississippi - Jackson Mississippi : Jackson || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : Woodlands

Job Function

Engineering

FLSA Status

Professional

Relocation Option

No Relocation Offered

Union description/code

NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings

1

Req ID

125277

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