Student Intern, Engineering, Substation Design, Summer 2027

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a Student Intern in Engineering, Substation Design for Summer 2027 in New Orleans, LA. You will assist engineers on design tasks, model configurations, prepare drawings, and help manage projects and data.

Ideal candidates are actively enrolled in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering programs, preferably rising juniors or seniors. The role is onsite with opportunities to contribute to grid reliability and operations.

Qualifications

• Active enrollment in a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral program in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering for the duration of the internship.
• Must be enrolled as a rising junior or senior at hire (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Assist engineers in day-to-day activities and project design.
• Perform design based on project scoping and site visits.
• Model surveyed field configurations with design software.
• Prepare one-line drawings and validate quantities for materials.
• Support projects in construction and completion of as-built documentation.
• Participate in planning calls and assist in grid reliability improvements.
• Handle substation design analyses and data management.
• Assist with data mining and reporting for engineering analyses.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Databases & Windows

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering

Tools

Design software

Job description

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Student Intern, Engineering, Substation Design, Summer 2027

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Student, Intern

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

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

Job Duties/Responsibilities

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 design software to model surveyed field configurations
• Preparing 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
• Transmission Substation and Line database management
• Perform various substation design related analyses including substation ground grid analysis, lightning protection analysis, and bus fault analysis.
• 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
• Supports activities to comply with applicable industry standards (i.e. NERC, SERC) and other utility regulations, as required
  • Travel may be required for the position.
• Candidates must be actively enrolled and pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree in a Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Civil Engineering for the duration of the internship.
  • Preferred: Candidates who will be classified as a rising junior,or senior at the time of hire.
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale), verified through an official transcript from the previous semester.

Minimum Experience Required

• Computer skills–- familiar with various databases, including Windows and Microsoft environments
• Must have good communication and Customer Service skills.

Primary Location: Louisiana-New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124296
PS Job Title: Student, Intern
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets.

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.

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.

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please [e-mail] to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.