Supervisor, Distribution Protection

Entergy Corporation; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy seeks a Supervisor, Distribution Protection to lead a team of engineers across Entergy’s service territory. You will manage device coordination, settings development, and self-healing network schemes, while guiding capital projects and 24/7 response to urgent issues.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering and offers leadership in a critical utility domain with travel up to 25%. The position is onsite across multiple Entergy locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• Professional Engineering License is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety leadership and promote a strong safety culture.
• Develop reporting on metrics related to Distribution Automation and Power Delivery.
• Supervise staff and coordinate workload to meet reliability initiatives and provide 24/7 support.
• Oversee coordination and settings for 3PH and 1PH devices, including DG/DER integration.
• Develop settings for voltage regulators, capacitors, and self-healing devices.
• Serve as technical expert for automation, settings, and control issues.
• Storm lead during large events to restore Distribution Protection assets.
• Coordinate feeder breakers, reclosers, and fuses with related teams.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team supervision

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Protection relays

Substation automation

Job description

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Location: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Company: Entergy

Job Title: Supervisor, Distribution Protection

PS Job Title: Supervisor, Distribution Protection

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

*This position may be filled in New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, Woodlands TX or Little Rock AR. Other locations in the Entergy service territory may be considered*

Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

Job Summary/Purpose

Provide management and oversight of Distribution Protection engineers who support Distribution Protection assets across Entergy’s entire service territory. Manage the team’s responsibilities for development and ongoing support of device coordination and settings, Self-Healing network schemes, substation automation, and associated capital projects. Provide 24/7 leadership support for equipment failures that require urgent settings development.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide safety leadership by exemplifying strong safety culture for others to follow.
• Develop reporting and report performance in relation to metrics associated with Distribution Automation and Power Delivery.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of staff, monitoring workload and prioritizing resources as needed to meet Power Delivery reliability initiatives and other associated program commitments and provide 24/7 engineering support for operations.
• Provide oversight for development of coordination and settings for all 3PH devices and 1PH electronic protective devices on the Distribution system including integration of Distributed Generation (DG) and Distributed Energy Resources (DER).
• Provide oversight for development of settings for all voltage regulators and capacitors, self-healing network devices, and reclosers on the Distribution system to support proper Power Quality and Conservation Voltage Reduction/Voltage Var Optimization initiatives.
• Serves as the primary contact for the Grids, Distribution and Project Development for settings, configuration evaluations, and control system projects. Responds to proposals and estimates for studies, customer requests, maintenance, and potential projects. Serves as the technical expert in automation, settings, and control-related issues for the Distribution system. Provides technical assistance and guidance for field operations.
• Not required but desired; experience with settings development of Distribution Automation relays and Substation relays.
• During large storm events, perform a storm role of leading this team in providing real-time support of restoring Distribution Protection Assets.
• Support Project Delivery Engineering, Relay Field Operations Support, Distribution Reliability, and Distribution Planning with coordination of feeder breakers, reclosers, and fuses.
• Support PRC-006 and the Under Frequently Load Shed program.

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Minimum experience required of the position

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

Desired:Professional Engineering License

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.

Our expectations are the five employee and leader behaviors we believe are essential for positive stakeholder outcomes.

• Make our customers more successful
• Innovate and continuously improve
• Collaborate and share knowledge
• Be accountable for results
• Recognize and reward outcomes

Primary Location: Mississippi - JacksonMississippi : Jackson || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124638
PS Job Title: Supervisor, Distribution Protection
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. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process and 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.

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.

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