Co-Op - Transmission Economic Studies (Power Delivery) - Jackson, United States - Entergy

Description

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Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD)

"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 Transmission Department will hire an intern/co-op studying Electrical, Mechanical and/or Civil Engineering that are in their 3rd or 4th year of school or enrolled in graduate studies with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Assisting engineers in day to day activities including:

• Performing project scoping and site visits
• Review of Transmission Line encroachments
• Preparing operational one-line drawings
• Management of the network model and deployment of facility rating changes
• Creation of a more detailed model used to improve the State Estimator
• 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
• NERC Clearance Remediation
• Transmission Line database management
• Support of Business Analyst processes within Project Controls 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
• Travel is required for the position
• Uses engineering principles to solve problems, develop cost-effective, technically sound solutions
• Applies knowledge of engineering principles in evaluating the transmission grid
• Works with other disciplines within the Transmission organization and other business units
• Utilize various power system software packages (Steady State, Stability and/or Electric Market Analysis) to evaluate the performance of the transmission grid
• Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Seeking Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil engineering majors to work full time during the designated semesters. Other engineering majors can be considered.
• Must be currently enrolled in school full-time, pursuing a bachelor's degree as indicated above, and enrolled in sophomore year or beyond.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Mississippi : Jackson
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 114482
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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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.

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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.