Project Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Project Engineer at Entergy

Job Title: Project Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Authorization: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment. Entergy will not sponsor work visas for this position.

As a key member of the Project Management team, the Project Engineer is responsible for the management and coordination of all technical aspects of new power generation capital projects. The role ensures engineering aligns with corporate goals, is complete, accurate, and constructible for all elements of a project's scope.

The Project Engineer oversees contractor engineering performance and coordinates all contractor and owner's engineering interfaces, ensuring projects are completed according to construction drawings, specifications, quality, and performance requirements. The position coordinates cross‑functional teams and builds effective relationships with key internal/external stakeholders, including contractors. The Project Engineer works directly with the Project Manager and Project Controls Specialist to ensure process alignment and compliance.

• Promotes safe behavior in accordance with company expectations and adherence to safety rules on the project.
• Identifies engineered safety controls and hazard removal during engineering design and coaches to safe practices in the field.
• Supports or leads a cross‑functional team consisting of internal Subject Matter Experts, Owners Engineers, EPC Contractors, and Technical Consultants from development of the EPC contract through permitting, engineering, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Ensures documentation of engineering and construction quality is captured to support audit and prudency review.
• Supports or leads the Owner team in writing official Records of Decision to capture prudency of major project decisions.
• Acts as Contract Manager for various engineering and construction contracts outside of the EPC, including Owner’s Engineer.
• Performs or manages the review of engineering design to assure compliance with the contract, permits, codes, and utility standards while ensuring design supports strategic, operational, and maintenance goals of the project.
• Coordinates with the Project Manager in following the Project Delivery System and ensuring requirements are met and producing associated deliverables.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection with a specific goal of assessing engineering experience, competencies, and capability.
• Supports or leads technical open‑book engineering process with contractors during development of major projects and applies value engineering concepts to ensure projects are competitive.
• Assists contractors and vendors during design and construction to resolve technical queries and interfaces.
• Ensures all firms solicited to provide engineering services are duly licensed in the state of the project.
• Ensures project compliance with NERC and Security Standards.
• Ensures all documents generated on the project are stored in the designated repository at closeout.
• Supports or leads or follows the change‑management process for any potential design changes.
• Participates in equipment inspection activities as agreed with the Contractor.
• Supports or leads Owner review and signoff of System Turnover packages from Construction to Start‑up and from EPC to Owner.
• Supports commissioning and ensures performance, reliability, and emissions testing are completed per contract.

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Advanced degree preferred)

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