Supervisor, Distribution Protection & Automation

Entergy; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy seeks a Supervisor, Distribution Protection to lead a team of protection engineers responsible for device coordination, settings, and 24/7 incident support across Entergy's service territory. You will oversee development, testing, and deployment of protection schemes for distribution assets.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 7+ years experience, and a PE license preferred. Travel up to 25% and onsite work in multiple locations including Jackson MS, New Orleans LA, The

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 7 Years relative work experience
• Professional Engineering License (preferred)

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.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

Entergy seeks a Supervisor, Distribution Protection to lead a team of protection engineers responsible for device coordination, settings, and 24/7 incident support across Entergy's service territory. You will oversee development, testing, and deployment of protection schemes for distribution assets.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 7+ years experience, and a PE license preferred. Travel up to 25% and onsite work in multiple locations including Jackson MS, New Orleans LA, The