Student Intern, Electrical Engineering, Spring 2027

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Entergy Corporation is seeking a Student Intern in Electrical Engineering for Spring 2027 in New Orleans, LA. You will support engineers in daily tasks, create CAD drawings, and help with relay protection studies.

The role emphasizes data analysis, project coordination, and hands-on design work, with onsite responsibilities and travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Active enrollment in a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral program in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 (on 4.0 scale) verified via transcript.

Responsibilities

• Assist engineers in day-to-day activities in a team environment.
• Create construction drawings using CAD software from project scope and site visits.
• Prepare relay operational one-line drawings and validate equipment quantities and material orders.
• Manage projects in construction and complete as-built documentation.
• Support data mining and reporting for business analytics and assist in relay protection studies.
• Coordinate project scoping with design and construction teams and track schedules in Primavera.
• Develop relay settings for substation protective relays and support transmission protection studies.
• Travel up to 25% as required.

Skills

CAD software

Power systems analysis

Data mining

Reporting

Project coordination

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera

APA

ETAP

EMTP

Hypersim

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Student Intern, Electrical Engineering, Spring 2027

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Student, Intern

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

“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.”

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Departmentis responsible forthe planning, designing, constructing,maintainingand operating over 16,000miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across the four-state territory.

Intern Job Description

Working in a team environment to assist engineers in day-to-day activities including but not limited to:

Performing design based on project scoping and site visits

Utilizing CAD software to create construction drawings for projects

Preparing relay operational one-line drawings

Validate estimating prices and equipment units, ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects

Managing projects that are in construction

Completion of as-built documentation

Participate in weekly planning coordination calls

Work on special projects to assist in improving grid reliability

Responding to equipment failures

Support lab testing and operations

Support of business analytic processes through data mining and reporting, as well as performing a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas such as planning, economic analysis, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations

Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.

Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.

Model power systems using APA (previously known as PSSCAPE). Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.

Develop relay settings for substation protective relays. This includes performing fault studies and developing relay settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects.

Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.

Support activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required with focus around PRC and CIP standards.

Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.

Support development of configurations for non RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters.

Participate in substation visits.

Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.

Support protection standard development and implementation as required.

Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates as appropriate.

Develop departmental guidelines/tools and provide training as needed.

Access new technologies. Lead better application development geared toward fault studies and relay settings. Research and implement smart grid in Entergy system.

Participate in Entergy continuous improvement projects.

Travel may be required for the position

Education Requirements

Candidates must be actively enrolled in pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree inElectrical Engineering.

Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale), verified through an official transcript from the previous semester.

Primary Location

Primary Location: Louisiana-New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status:
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124815
PS Job Title: Student, Intern
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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. 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.