(Summer 2024) Intern, Student - Trans Line Design

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Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

TRANSMISSION LINE DESIGN:

“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 Transmission Department is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 15,000 miles of transmission lines 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:

• Providing support to our transmission line asset management groups across our four-state territory (AR, LA, MS, TX)
• Performing transmission line designs for grid capital projects(smaller structure and conductor replacements) and emergency failures.
• Performing material procurement for grid projects.
• Performing analysis on proposed encroachments from distribution lines, transmission lines, commercial construction projects, gas line, water line, railroads, DOT project, etc. 
• Supporting transmission planning and relay settings groups in data gathering for special projects.
• Performing field visits to verify or gather data for designs.
• Utilizing the following primary design applications: PLS CADD, PLS Pole, and AutoCAD.  With the help of teammates, intern will be responsible for learning to work within these applications. 
• Utilizing design software to model surveyed field configurations.
• Validate estimating prices and equipment units, ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects
• Supporting projects that are in construction.
• Completion of as-built documentation
• Transmission Line database management
• Supporting process improvement and continuous improvement efforts.

Education Requirements:

• Seeking Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil engineering major.
  • Junior and Senior candidate with graduation dates of May 2025 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.
• GPA 3.00 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans 
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status:  
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 112814
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEI 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.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

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.

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.