Engineer -SR; DER Planning

Engineer I-SR (DER Planning)

This position may be located in any of the following cities located within Entergy's service territory:
Little Rock, Arkansas, The Woodlands, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, or Jackson, Mississippi.

Entergy is incorporating and improving management of distributed energy resources (DERs), developing new and innovative solutions that provide resiliency to customers and responsive to evolving customer needs. The Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Planning Engineer plays a critical role in this transformation by performing engineering analyses in support of the team's efforts to plan, design, and implement utility scale and customer-driven solutions that utilize distributed energy resources (DERs) for residential, commercial, and industrial customers across all of Entergy's electric service territories in Texas, Louisiana, New Orleans, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

This role within the Advanced Network Planning team will focus on performing engineering analyses and planning of DER to assess critical areas such as: interconnection impact studies, hosting capacity, technology adoption sensitivities, future capacity additions, non-wire alternative and microgrid projects, and reliability improvement opportunities. Additionally, the successful candidate will support various company strategic initiatives related to grid modernization and DER integration, provide mentorship to other Entergy employees, and be one of the company's thought-leaders on all things related to DER engineering.

The candidate should have a strong technical background and be comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, technical environment.

Job duties/responsibilities include:

• Perform engineering analyses for DERs related to interconnection impact studies, hosting capacity, customer's adoption forecasting, non-wire alternative and microgrid projects, future capacity additions, and reliability improvement opportunities.
• Utilize distribution system modeling and analytic techniques to plan for the customer's adoption of technology, while maintaining the integrity of the grid, and translate the results into customer solution roadmaps, standards, and processes.
• Perform distribution system modeling and analysis focused on DERs such as solar PV, energy storage, demand response, EVs, etc. Model DERs and identify system impact and develop improvement opportunities on voltage, thermal, power factor, power quality, reliability, and contingency events.
• Work closely with Distribution Standards, distribution regional field engineering, Distribution Asset Planning, Distribution Automation and Protection, Op Co regional customer service, distribution line supervisors, the Distribution Operations Center, and other key stakeholders regarding DER interconnections, emerging technologies, processes, and procedures.
• Build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and monitoring technology developments in the area of power system modeling, simulation, and analytics.
• Assist with storm restoration efforts in a local, state, or system capacity.

Minimum requirements include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical, Industrial) from four year accredited institution.
• Engineer I – 0-2 years experience in an engineering discipline.
• Strong engineering judgment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong communicator both at tactical and strategic levels with experience discussing complex topics in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
• Demonstrated teamwork skills and ability to execute projects in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Required to work safely and follow all Entergy safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to recognize hazards in the workplace and have the ability to mitigate the hazards.
• Ability to meet the public in a pleasant and tactful manner and understand the importance of delivering a high level of customer service.
• Demonstrated acceptance of a diverse and inclusive work environment and customer base.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement and have the ability to enact change.

Primary location:
Arkansas-Little Rock Arkansas :
No. Little Rock || Arkansas :
Little Rock Job Function :
Professional FLSA Status :
Professional Relocation Option:
No Relocation Offered Union description/code : NON BARGAINING UNIT Number of Openings : 1 An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. 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.

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