(Spring 2025) Capital Projects – Engineering Student, Intern

Location:

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Other Industries & Skills:

Manufacturing, Utilities & Services

Advertiser:

Entergy

Job ID:

131025424

Posted On:

31 August 2024

Work Place Flexibility:

Onsite 

Legal Entity:

 Entergy Services, LLC 

“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.”

Entergy’s Project Delivery Department 
is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 15,000 miles of transmission lines across the four-state service territory.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.
-Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.
-Model power systems using CAPE. Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.
-Develop relay settings for substation protective relays. This includes performing fault studies and developing relay settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects.
-Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
-Perform activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required. 
-Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.
-Support development of Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) configurations.
-Participate in substation visits. Provide technical support and protection system expertise in response to operational/commissioning requests from field personnel.
-Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
 

-Support protection standard development and implementation as required.
-Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates as appropriate.
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-Update group databases such as power line carrier frequency database and transmission line rating database.
-Access new technologies. Lead better application development geared toward fault studies and relay settings.
-Participate in Entergy continuous improvement projects.
-Improve departmental guidelines/tools and provide training as needed.
-Research and implement smartgrid in Entergy system.
Educational Requirements:

-Must be actively pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree as indicated below: 

-Seeking an Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Civil engineering major.
-Junior and Senior candidate with graduation dates of December 2024 and beyond preferred. (Must be classified as a sophomore at minimum.)
-Cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or higher is required (on a 4.0 scale).

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans 
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status:  
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code:  
Number of Openings: 1
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Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEI page, or see statements below.

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 please click here 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.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRComplianceentergy to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.

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.

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