Substation Protection Engineer: Relay Settings & Systems

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in Louisiana seeks engineers to perform planning, maintenance, design, and project management for substation protection and related grid operations. Responsibilities include relay settings development, fault studies, and coordination with field teams.

The role supports compliance with industry standards and project delivery across capital and asset-maintenance programs, with opportunities to lead testing labs and develop RTU configurations. Louisiana-based with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from a four-year accredited institution.
• PE may be considered for the right candidate.
• Electrical or Computer Engineering is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in substation project scoping and review relay settings.
• Support schedules with Primavera and maintain project docs.
• Model power systems using CAPE and support fault analysis.
• Develop relay settings for substation protection and transmission equipment.
• Coordinate with field, distribution, and plant engineers for downstream device coordination.
• Review consultant-created settings and approve project expenditures.

Skills

Engineering principles

Project-management

Communication

Safety awareness

Leadership

Power systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology (Electrical/Mechanical/Civil/Industrial)

Electrical or Computer Engineering Degree

Tools

CAPe

ETAP

EMTP

Hypersim

Primavera

Documentum

Job description

Entergy in Louisiana seeks engineers to perform planning, maintenance, design, and project management for substation protection and related grid operations. Responsibilities include relay settings development, fault studies, and coordination with field teams.

The role supports compliance with industry standards and project delivery across capital and asset-maintenance programs, with opportunities to lead testing labs and develop RTU configurations. Louisiana-based with travel up to 25%.