Senior Distribution Specialist

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Job Summary/Purpose

This position acts as a subject matter expert in a program or system role in a technical discipline among peers within a department. This position works in conjunction with other engineering disciplines as well as craft employees and is responsible for developing design / construction standards.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Plan and conduct independent engineering work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria. Devises new approaches to solving problem. Work within a team environment to create and maintain material specifications, material standards, and process in Utility Distribution. Current opening is in the area associated with transformers, distributed energy resources, engineering support, and construction issues. Future duties may be in other portions of the Design Basis group related to such items as underground construction, equipment controls, communications and controls. Persons in these roles are expected to:

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Technical Degree (2-year Associate or 4 year Bachelor's) and/or years of operational experience in electric utilities commensurate with progression level (15 years for Dist Spec)

Minimum experience required of the position

6 years with 4-year Bachelor's degree, 8 years with 2-year associate degree, 10 years with supervisory experience, 15 years without degree.

Preferred: Knowledge of overhead and underground electric distribution systems; hands-on experience in line construction, or distribution design.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

Ability to work independently without day-to-day oversight, ability to work within a team environment that may be geographically

diverse and to lead small projects, critical thinking, and the ability to provide written reports supporting standards and the underlying philosophy. Good interpersonal skills along with strong written and oral communication skills. Good knowledge of Personal Computer operations and related software. Basic theory of electricity. Ability to interpret construction drawings. Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities. Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement. Have experience and expertise in the actual construction of line and component details – constructability of standards.

Desired:

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position.

Must have valid driver's license.

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans Job Function: Professional FLSA Status: Professional Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT Number of Openings: 1 Req ID: 119657 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.