Electrical / I&C Engineer, Central Design

Job Title: Electrical / I&C Engineer, Central Design

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI

Position is open to Killona, LA or Jackson, MS: relocation assistance available*

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

Central Design Engineering provides high-quality, cost-effective, on schedule I&C design services for the Entergy Nuclear Fleet. Central Design Engineering is responsible for providing requested modification packages to the Nuclear Fleet. I&C modification design control is maintained through effective configuration management of design output documents (e.g., specifications, calculations, drawings, test requirements, and procedures).

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare cost-effective modifications as assigned to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Prepare engineering products consistent with defined standards, procedures, and regulatory guidelines to ensure the site's design and licensing basis is maintained.
• Assist in the solutions to issues that impact safe, reliable operations and propose process changes that improve overall efficiency.
• Provide technical support to operations, maintenance, engineering, and other fleet organizations.
• Manage I&C engineering work assignments to ensure the design service provided is meeting department and organizational needs.
• Communicate to all levels of the organization, verbally and in writing, technical information, concepts, and ideas throughout the engineering product development.
• Attend training and maintain the qualifications necessary to perform the required group functions.
• Evaluate the effect of radiated emission for both electromagnetic and radiofrequency emissions on plant equipment. Evaluate the susceptibility of plant components and devices to electromagnetic and radiofrequency emissions.
• Implement configuration controls for electrical systems and components.
• Conduct licensing activities such as 10CFR50.59 reviews, ensuring I&C electrical-specific considerations are applied.
• Coordinate electrical design activities with plant simulator personnel to ensure effects are reflected accurately on the plant reference simulator.
• Evaluate the effects of plant design changes on simulator operation, fidelity, configuration and certification.
• Determine preventive and predictive maintenance requirements for systems and equipment.
  Test and validate systems and components.
• Develop system and component life cycle strategies and plans.
• Develop I&C design inputs.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum education required for the position

B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or another closely related scientific discipline/physical science generally associated with power plant operations or equivalent work experience (equivalent experience defined as demonstrated success at the engineer/technical specialist level.)

Minimum experience required for the position

• Engineer, I: 0+ years of experience
• Engineer, II: 2+ years of experience (1+ year with master's degree)
• Engineer, III: 4+ years of experience (3+ years with PE/master's degree)
• Engineer, Senior: 6+ years of experience (5+ years with PE/master's degree)
• Engineer, Senior Lead: 7+ years of experience (6+ years with PE/master's degree)

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position

• Nuclear Industry Engineering Change Packages qualification (IP-ENG-001) (Desired)
• Previous experience in Operations IT, Design or Systems engineering teams implementing engineering modifications. (Desired)
• Proficiency in computer codes that support Nuclear Design (e.g., ANSYS, ETAP, ME101, PipeFlo, MathCad, PDMS) (Desired)

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position

Desired: Professional Engineering license and/or an SRO license or certification on a PWR or BWR.

Primary Location: Louisiana-Killona Louisiana : Killona || Mississippi : Jackson
Job Function: All Other Jobs
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122066
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.