Student Intern, Engineering, Substation Design, Summer 2027

Student Intern, Engineering, Substation Design, Summer 2027

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Company: Entergy

PS Job Title: Student, Intern

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Department is responsible for the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 16,000 miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across the four-state territory.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Working in a team environment to assist engineers in day-to-day activities, including but not limited to:

• Performing design based on project scoping and site visits
• Utilizing design software to model surveyed field configurations
• Preparing operational one-line drawings
• Validate estimating prices and equipment units, ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects
• Managing projects that are in construction
• Completion of as-built documentation
• Participate in weekly planning coordination calls
• Work on special projects to assist in improving grid reliability
• Responding to equipment failures
• Transmission Substation and Line database management
• Perform various substation design related analyses including substation ground grid analysis, lightning protection analysis, and bus fault analysis.
• Support of business analytic processes through data mining and reporting, as well as performing a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas such as planning, economic analysis, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations
• Supports activities to comply with applicable industry standards (i.e. NERC, SERC) and other utility regulations, as required
• Travel may be required for the position.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Candidates must be actively enrolled and pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree in Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Civil Engineering for the duration of the internship.

• Preferred: Candidates who will be classified as a rising junior, or senior at the time of hire.

• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale), verified through an official transcript from the previous semester.

• Computer skills– familiar with various databases, including Windows and Microsoft environments

• Must have good communication and Customer Service skills.

Location

Louisiana-New Orleans

Job Function: Students / Early Careers

FLSA Status: Nonexempt

Relocation Option: Level III

Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 124296

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

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.

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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.