Distribution Asset Planning Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC 

Distribution Asset Planning Engineer (Eng. I -  Senior Eng.)

 

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

• Responsible for performing a wide variety of planning, analysis, and project-oriented engineering activities related to ensuring available capacity and risk mitigation within the electrical distribution system in accordance with the Entergy grid modernization strategy. 
• Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Prepare and maintain the distribution five-year plan and the Joint Transmission and Distribution component of the Transmission plan. 
• Support Transmission Planning and Project Development on high-voltage project optimization. 
• Serve as the Distribution Planning liaison to transmission project management, project design (Transmission and Distribution), and Asset Management Program Design. 
• Provide technical support to distribution design engineers, operations, and managed accounts. 
• Perform circuit coordination studies as required in concert with the distribution automation team. 
• Maintain the SynerGi distribution system analysis model and run load flow analysis to proactively identify potential system issues and generate project proposals to address these modeled issues.
• Meet with large customers (internal and external) to determine electric needs, requirements, and ability to serve.
• Develop and maintain the Emergency/Contingency Switching Plans for the assigned area of responsibility.
• Work directly with customers proposing larger Distributed Generation additions to the system as the Distribution technical adviser.
• 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.

 

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor and maintain records of peak substation and circuit loads and perform annual load flow analysis with load forecasts for substation transformers, feeder circuits, and local loads.
• Perform annual overload, voltage, power factor and contingency studies.
• Develop and propose blanket and specific level substation and distribution normal load driven and N-1 contingency projects.
• Provide technical guidance to the Engineering Design Group, Operations and the Distribution Operations Center through the proactive development and maintenance of emergency/contingency switching plans.
• Provide project management for all planned improvements through the use of modeling, load tracking, and alternative analysis.
• Review and recommend for approval electrical system solutions that meet customer needs, comply with company standards and enhance the overall system performance and reliability.
• Participate in meetings with external customers, architects, developers, contractors and government entities to communicate standards and guidelines
• Perform engineering calculations to aid in planning and corrective measure projects.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts, both local and out of town, 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.

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum education required of the position

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical, Industrial) from four-year accredited institution. 

Degrees in engineering technology (typically, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from a four-year accredited institution with PE may be considered.

Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Minimum experience required of the position

Engineer I - 0 to 2 years experience in an engineering discipline.
Engineer II - 2+ years experience in an engineering discipline.
Engineer III - 4+ years experience in an engineering discipline.

Engineer Sr - 6+ years experience in an engineering discipline.

 Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position:

• Technical mastery of engineering principles. 
• In-depth knowledge of procedures, programs, and standards in responsible area. 
• Consistently drives for value in sound engineering decisions.