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Substation Design Engineer

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

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

This position will be filled by an Engineer I, II, III or Sr., based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.
JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Performs a wide variety of planning, maintenance, design engineering, project management and construction, and operations activities related to routine, non-routine, and emergency restoration duties. Project areas may include grid/system design, operations and maintenance, planning, asset management, reliability, computer applications, safety, and root cause failure analysis.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Performs a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in Transmission-related areas such as planning, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations.
  • Uses engineering/technical principles, best practices, and knowledge of internal and external business issues to solve problems, develop cost-effective, technically sound solutions, and improve products or services.
  • Applies knowledge of engineering principles in evaluating alternatives, making decisions, and interpreting/employing applicable electrical codes, procedures, standards, processes, and policies.
  • Supports activities to comply with applicable industry standards (i.e., NERC, SERC) and other utility regulations, as required.
  • Works with other disciplines within the Transmission organization and other company business units to achieve stated goals.
  • Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary.
  • Perform engineering activities associated with the physical design of high voltage utility substations, including: developing the site and buswork layouts, grounding, foundations, equipment drawings, etc. for internal substation related projects.
  • Work in a team environment to develop detailed engineering scope documents from a high-level functional document. This includes preparing cost and time estimates as needed.
  • Perform various substation design related analyses including substation ground grid analysis, lightning protection analysis, and bus fault analysis.
  • Specify devices and equipment to be used in the design and construction of substation assets.
  • Order and track the substation material and ensure timely delivery to appropriate staging areas.
  • Oversee substation design contractor activities and perform thorough quality reviews of their design packages.
  • Provide technical support during construction and commissioning of substation assets.
  • Work with Design Basis and industry committees to develop and maintain substation design standards.

Benefits

Documentation

Overview

This document outlines the structure and content of the available documentation.

  • Getting Started: Information on initial setup.
  • API Reference: Detailed descriptions of all available endpoints.
  • Examples: Practical usage scenarios.

Getting Started

To begin, you must first install the necessary dependencies.

Installation

Use your preferred package manager:

```bash
npm install project-library

or

pip install project-library
```

Configuration

Configuration settings can be modified in the config.ini file.

API Reference

All endpoints follow the RESTful convention.

Endpoint: /users

| Method | Description | Status Codes |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| GET | Retrieves a list of all users. | 200, 404 |
| POST | Creates a new user record. | 201, 400 |

For more details, please visit the Official Documentation Site.

Examples

Example 1: Fetching Data

A simple example showing how to fetch user data:

```javascript
const library = require('project-library');

library.users.getAll()
.then(data => {
console.log("Successfully retrieved data:", data);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error("Error fetching users:", error);
});
```

Note: Always handle errors properly.


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About Entergy

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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.