Design Basis Engineer

Job title: Design Basis Engineer

About the Role This position acts as a subject matter expert in a program or system role in a technical discipline among peers within a department. It works in conjunction with other engineering disciplines as well as craft employees and is responsible for developing design / construction standards. This position is designated as a Safety Sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and random drug testing.

What You'll Do

• Plan and conduct independent engineering work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Devises new approaches to solving problems.
• Work within a team environment to create and maintain material specifications, material standards, and process in Utility Distribution.
• Current opening will span the areas of overhead and underground construction as well as line equipment and control implementation. Future duties may be in other portions of the Design Basis group related to such items as transformers and other distributed energy resources, interconnection issues and engineering support.
• Represent Entergy as a technical expert within Industry; Represent Entergy Power Delivery in Standards discussions and/or utility practices as the industry evolves; Work with consultants and equipment manufacturers and interface with departments on technical issues.
• Leads the development of System/ Power Delivery processes and procedures; Change agent for achieving Power Delivery objectives.
• Provide guidance and coaching to other departments on engineering matters.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum education: Technical Degree (2-year Associate or 4-year Bachelor's) and/or years of operational experience in electric utilities commensurate with progression level (15 years for Dist Spec).
• Minimum experience: 6 years with 4-year Bachelor's degree, 8 years with 2-year associate degree, 10 years with supervisory experience, 15 years without degree.
• Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities: ability to work independently without day-to-day oversight; ability to work within a geographically diverse team and to lead small projects; critical thinking; ability to provide written reports supporting standards and the underlying philosophy; good interpersonal skills; strong written and oral communication; PC software proficiency; basic theory of electricity; ability to interpret construction drawings; ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities; ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement; experience and expertise in the actual construction of line and component details – constructability of standards.
• Desired: knowledge of electrical distribution material; knowledge of electrical distribution construction practices; demonstrable understanding of NEC, NESC and / or other national codes and standards is a plus; valid driver's license.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of NEC, NESC and other national codes is a plus.
• Experience with electrical distribution materials and construction practices.