Assistant Engineer Jobs in Covington, LA (NOW HIRING)

Job Title: Student, Intern Engineering Spring 2027

PS Job Title: Student, Intern

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

Posting End Date:  

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

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

Intern Job Description: 

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

• Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.
• Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.
• Model power systems using APA (previously known as PSS CAPE). Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.
• Develop relay settings for substation protective relays. This includes performing fault studies and developing relay settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects.
• Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
• Oversee, review, and approve settings developed by professional consultant engineers. This includes awarding projects to contractors and reviewing invoices.
• Support activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required with focus around PRC and CIP standards.
• Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.
• Support development of configurations for non RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters.
• Participate in substation visits. Provide technical support and protection system expertise in response to operational/commissioning requests from field personnel.
• Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
• Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary.
• Support protection standard development and implementation as required.
• Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates as appropriate.
• 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

Education Requirements:

Seeking Electrical Engineering major.

Candidate with graduation dates of Dec 2027 and beyond preferred.

Must be actively pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree as indicated above and at minimum classified as a sophomore or beyond.

Minimum 2.8 GPA

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Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status: Nonexempt 
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 124437
PS Job Title: Student, Intern 
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: 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. 
The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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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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The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

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.