Electrical Project Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI 

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We own and operate a fleet of nuclear reactors in four locations in the United States. Our fleet generates approximately 5,200 megawatts of clean, carbon-free nuclear power, which is critical in meeting our climate commitments to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Our nuclear fleet headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi.

Our nuclear safety culture is strong, and our performance record has proven us to be a clean, reliable, and affordable provider of electricity for our household customers in our utility areas of the southern U.S. and to our commercial customers in other parts of the country.

Entergy Nuclear is a business unit of Entergy Corporation that employs approximately 4,000 highly skilled and dedicated professionals. We exist to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four key stakeholders — our customers, employees, communities, and owners. This has been our mission for many years. We understood early on that to create real, sustainable value, the decisions we make and the strategies we pursue must benefit all stakeholders.

We invite you to learn more about Entergy Nuclear and the nuclear clean air energy that we supply for our nation. Entergy Nuclear Fact Sheet

*This position will be filled as an Engineer II, III or Senior or Senior Lead based on the experience and qualification  of the selected candidate. *

     *The primary work location for this position is Arkansas Nuclear One (Russellville, Arkansas). *

Job Summary/Purpose

Responsible for design engineering modifications for major Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) and Electrical projects at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO).  Provides support to plant design basis. Design integrity maintained through effective configuration control of design output documents (i.e., specifications, calculations, drawings, test requirements and procedures).

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Maintains design basis for each site and supports maintenance of the licensing basis.
• Provides cost-effective modification designs to improve plant performance.
• Provides technical support to operations, maintenance, engineering, and other site organizations.
• Supports safe, reliable operation by identifying and effectively resolving issues via corrective action and work management processes.
• Develops engineering products in accordance with defined standards and procedures.
• Serves on outage engineering support teams. 
• Attends training and maintains qualifications necessary to perform required group function.
• Supports/Leads/Follows change management process for any potential design changes.
• Assists Contractor and Vendors during design and construction to resolve technical questions, and interfaces.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection process with a specific goal of assessing engineering experience, competencies, and capability.
• Performs/Manages Owner Acceptance Review (OAR) of engineering design to assure compliance with the contract, permits, codes, and utility standards while ensuring design supports the strategic, operational and maintenance goals of the project.
• Supports/Leads, as Responsible Engineer (RE), cross-functional team consisting of internal Subject Matter Experts, Owners Engineers, Engineer of Choice (EOC) Contractors and Technical Consultants from development of Engineering Change Package (EC) through planning, implementation, and Closeout.
• Supports Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) of design products.

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 experience (equivalent experience defined as demonstrated success at the engineer/technical specialist level).

Minimum experience required for the position:

• Engineer, II: 2+ years of experience in nuclear power design, operations, or equivalent, depending upon engineering level.
• Engineer, III: 4+ years of experience in nuclear power design, operations, or equivalent, depending upon engineering level.
• Engineer, Sr: 6+ years of experience in nuclear power design, operations, or equivalent, depending upon engineering level.
• Engineer, Sr Lead: 10+ years of experience in nuclear power design, operations, or equivalent, depending upon engineering level.
• Highly Desired: at least 3 years of experience in a commercial nuclear power plant.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position:

• Good to excellent communication skills.
• Experience / proficiency in PC use and applications, depending upon engineering level.

ANSI Required: No

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position:

• Desired: Professional Engineering license.

Primary Location: Arkansas-Russellville Arkansas : Russellville 
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 116043
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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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.