Distribution Designer I - Senior Lead

Job Title: Distribution Designer I - Senior Lead

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Louisiana, LLC 

**This requisition may be filled as a Distribution Designer I, II, III, Senior, or Sr. Lead depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience.**

 

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Responsible for meeting with customers to determine electric needs and requirements. Design jobs to install, replace, or remove distribution facilities to support customer requests, reliability projects, or infrastructure improvement.

 

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Primary responsibility will be to manage multiple distribution projects for new residential and commercial businesses. Includes meeting with customers to determine their service needs, design of overhead and underground line extensions, estimating costs, preparing construction drawings and coordinate construction commits.
• Coordinate and lead pre-design and pre-construction meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform engineering calculations to aid in planning and corrective measure projects (i.e., load studies, revenue justification, fault current, voltage drop, etc.).
• Provide leadership and technical support to local operations and contract compliance with regards to distribution design standards and practices to provide seamless service to customers and external constituents.
• Aid local Right of Way agent with acquiring permits and ROW documents.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts as needed both local and out of town leading and/or participating in damage assessment activities.

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 Designer I

Requires one of the following –

a. Bachelor’s degree (any disciple) OR

b.2-year Technical Associates degree OR

c.1-year Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience OR

d.> 2 years of Electric Utility field operational experience (Transmission Line or Substation, Distribution Line or Service, Field Metering) OR

Department Sr. Manager’s (or above) approval in lieu of all requirements

 

Designer II

Requires 2 years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience AND

one of the following –

a. Bachelor’s degree (any disciple) OR

b.2-year Technical Associates degree OR

c.2 additional years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience OR

d.> 2 years of Electric Utility field operational experience (Transmission Line or Substation, Distribution Line or Service, Field Metering) OR

Department Sr. Manager’s (or above) approval in lieu of all requirements

 

Designer III

Requires 4 years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience AND

One of the following –

a. Bachelor’s degree (any disciple) OR

b. 2-year Technical Associates degree OR

c. 2 additional years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience OR

d. > 2 years of Electric Utility field operational experience (Transmission Line or Substation, Distribution Line or Service, Field Metering) OR

Department Sr. Manager’s (or above) approval in lieu of all requirements

 

Designer Sr

Requires 6 years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience AND

One of the following –

a. Bachelor’s degree (any disciple) OR

b. 2-year Technical Associates degree OR

c. 2 additional years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience OR

d. > 2 years of Electric Utility field operational experience (Transmission Line or Substation, Distribution Line or Service, Field Metering) OR

Department Sr. Manager’s (or above) approval in lieu of all requirements

Designer Sr. Lead

1. Requires 8 years Electric Utility Distribution (or Transmission) Design experience AND
2. One of the following –
a. Bachelor’s degree (any disciple) OR 3. Department Sr. Manager’s (or above) approval in lieu o