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Engineer, I-Sr (Utility)

Entergy

Posted 12/23/25

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639 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

Full-Time
Experienced
Energy and Utilities
In Person

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Responsible for performing a wide variety of analysis and project-oriented engineering activities related to ensuring proper device coordination and protection for distribution devices; self-healing networks and other automated transfer schemes; and risk mitigation within the electrical distribution system.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Perform protection and coordination studies for new and existing distribution protective devices.
  • Develop settings for new distribution protective devices and other equipment.
  • Provide substation distribution settings recommendations.
  • Develop distribution automation controller settings for self-healing networks.
  • Support settings requests related to self-healing networks and review coordination of proposed new self-healing networks.
  • Work with IT to get SCADA host edit sheets developed for Distribution devices and self-healing networks.
  • Work with project managers to get Distribution devices and self-healing networks commissioned to SCADA.
  • Support Distribution Automation relay field specialists on distribution protection standards and procedures.
  • Assist reliability / field engineers with analyzing event data associated with protection and reliability impacts realized.
  • Provide technical support to distribution design engineers, operations, and managed accounts.
  • Work with Enterprise Planning and provide feedback on facility/feasibility studies performed for Distributed Generation customers.
  • Participate in routine, non-routine, and emergency storm and outage event restoration duties.
  • Role may also include cross-functional optimization with grid/system design, operations and maintenance, planning, asset management, reliability, computer applications, safety, and root cause failure analysis.
  • Provide technical protection guidance to the Engineering Design Group, Operations and the Distribution Operations Center for emergency/contingency switching plans.
  • Review and recommend for approval electrical system solutions that meet customer needs, comply with company standards and enhance the overall system performance and reliability.
  • Assist with storm restoration efforts, typically by serving as a Scout or Lead Scout in the initial stages of a storm restoration and provide technical and operational support and/or crew leadership in the later stages of the event.
  • Provide Distribution relay protection guidance for Capital Projects.

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Entergy exists to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders.

• For our customers, we create value by constantly striving for reasonable costs and providing safe, reliable products and services.

• For our employees, we create value by achieving top-quartile organizational health, providing a safe, rewarding, engaging, diverse and inclusive work environment, fair compensation and benefits, and opportunities to advance their careers. 

• For our communities, we create value through economic development, philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, and by operating our business safely and in a socially and environmentally responsible way. 

• For our owners, we create value by aspiring to provide top-quartile returns through the relentless pursuit of opportunities to optimize our business.