Project Engineer Sr Staff

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Location: The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Company: Entergy

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

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.

*** This is an onsite position and can be filled in The Woodlands, TX or New Orleans, LA. Candidates selected outside the listed areas will be required to relocate. ***

Entergy is seeking a talented, experienced, and innovative Project Engineer to join the Power Development engineering team, which drives innovation and technological advancement to enhance the reliability, affordability, and sustainability of new power generation projects.

This role collaborates with key stakeholders to develop and maintain engineering design standards for new generation plants (gas). The Project Engineer ensures engineering products are complete, accurate, and constructible for all elements of a project's scope. The position promotes a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, best-practice implementation, and lessons-learned application.

Because this role directly supports the development of new power generation assets, demonstrated and relevant experience in power-generation — such as development, engineering, design, construction, or operations is essential and will be considered a minimum requirement for selection.

The Project Engineer works closely with multiple Project Managers as a technical resource during the development phase and coordinates with cross-functional teams while building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Promotes safe behavior in accordance with Company expectations and adherence to project safety rules.
• Maintains and develops the Company’s engineering design basis documents used for new generation project development; interfaces with Capital Projects execution teams to incorporate lessons learned.
• Supports and participates in the technical evaluation of project proposals to ensure conformance to Entergy’s technical standards and project objectives.
• Participates in state regulatory commission approval activities by providing technical support for submittal development and interfaces with regulators as needed.
• Identifies engineered safety controls and hazard removal during engineering design.
• Supports/leads cross-functional teams consisting of internal SMEs, Owners Engineers, EPC contractors, and technical consultants during EPC contract development.
• Ensures engineering documentation is adequately captured to support audit and prudency review.
• Supports/leads writing Record of Decision documents to present the basis of major project decisions, including evaluation of alternatives, stakeholder concurrence, barrier resolution, and timely risk/issue mitigation.
• Acts as Contract Manager for engineering contracts outside the EPC scope.
• Performs/manages engineering design reviews to ensure compliance with permits, codes, and utility standards while supporting strategic, operational, and maintenance goals of the project.
• Coordinates with Project Managers to follow the Project Delivery System and ensure requirements and deliverables are met.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection with a focus on assessing engineering experience, competencies, and capability.
• Supports/leads technical open-book engineering processes during development with contractors and applies value-engineering concepts to ensure competitive project outcomes.
• Supports/leads/follows change-management processes.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering required.
• Advanced degree preferred.

• Project Engineer, Sr Staff:

10+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction, or operation of power systems.

• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills; strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft…