Student Intern, Electrical Engineering, Summer 2026
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Job Location:
New Orleans, LA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 notsponsor candidates for work visas for this position.
Entergys Project Delivery Engineering Departmentis responsible forthe planning designing constructingmaintainingand operating over 16000miles of transmission lines and over 2700 substations across the four-state territory.
Intern Job Description:
Working in a team environment toassistengineers in day-to-day activities including but not limited to:
Performing design based on project scoping and site visits
Utilizing CAD software to create construction drawings for projects
Preparing relay operational one-line drawings
Validate estimating prices and equipment units ensuring material is properly ordered and staged for upcoming projects
Managing projects that are in construction
Completion of as-built documentation
Participate in weekly planning coordination calls
Work on special projects toassistin improving grid reliability
Responding to equipment failures
Support lab testing and operations
Support of business analytic processes through data mining and reporting as well as performing a wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in transmission-related areas such as planning economic analysis maintenance design project management and construction and operations
Support andparticipatein project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay 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 usingAPA (previously known as PSSCAPE). Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally useadditionaltools such as ETAP EMTP andHypersim.
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 groupsdistributionengineersand plant engineersto ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
Supportactivitiespertaining toSERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations asrequiredwith focus around PRC and CIP standards.
Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plansfor planned projects.
Support development of configurationsfornon RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters.
Participate in substation visits.
Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
Support protection standard development and implementation asrequired.
Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates asappropriate.
Develop departmental guidelines/tools and provide training as needed.
Accessnew technologies. Lead better application development geared toward fault studies and relay and implementsmartgridin Entergy system.
Participate in Entergy continuous improvement projects.
Travel may berequiredfor the position
Education Requirements:
Candidates must be actively pursuing a bachelorsmastersor doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering and at minimum classified as a sophomore or beyond.
Preferred:Junior and Senior candidate with graduation dates of May 2027 and beyond.
Minimumcumulative GPA of2.8isrequired(on a 4.0 scale).
Primary Location: Louisiana-New OrleansLouisiana : New Orleans
Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status:
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NBU
Number of Openings: 2
Req ID: 122531
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.
Accessibility:Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant employee or third party on his or her you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please clickhereand provide your name contact number the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.
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.
Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
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 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.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
About Company
Entergy is an integrated energy company that provides electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. We power life.
