Supervisor, Distribution Protection

Job Title:Supervisor Distribution Protection

PS Job Title: Supervisor Distribution Protection

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC

*This position may be filled in New Orleans LA Jackson MS Woodlands TX or Little Rock AR. Other locations in the Entergy service territory may be considered*

Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

Job Summary/Purpose

Provide management and oversight of Distribution Protection engineers who support Distribution Protection assets across Entergys entire service territory. Manage the teams responsibilities for development and ongoing support of device coordination and settings Self-Healing network schemes substation automation and associated capital projects. Provide 24/7 leadership support for equipment failures that require urgent settings development.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide safety leadership by exemplifying strong safety culture for others to follow.
• Develop reporting and report performance in relation to metrics associated with Distribution Automation and Power Delivery.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of staff monitoring workload and prioritizing resources as needed to meet Power Delivery reliability initiatives and other associated program commitments and provide 24/7 engineering support for operations.
• Provide oversight for development of coordination and settings for all 3PH devices and 1PH electronic protective devices on the Distribution system including integration of Distributed Generation (DG) and Distributed Energy Resources (DER).
• Provide oversight for development of settings for all voltage regulators and capacitors self-healing network devices and reclosers on the Distribution system to support proper Power Quality and Conservation Voltage Reduction/Voltage Var Optimization initiatives.
• Serves as the primary contact for the Grids Distribution and Project Development for settings configuration evaluations and control system projects. Responds to proposals and estimates for studies customer requests maintenance and potential projects. Serves as the technical expert in automation settings and control-related issues for the Distribution system. Provides technical assistance and guidance for field operations.
• Not required but desired; experience with settings development of Distribution Automation relays and Substation relays.
• During large storm events perform a storm role of leading this team in providing real-time support of restoring Distribution Protection Assets.
• Support Project Delivery Engineering Relay Field Operations Support Distribution Reliability and Distribution Planning with coordination of feeder breakers reclosers and fuses.
• Support PRC-006 and the Under Frequently Load Shed program.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

Bachelors Degree in Engineering

Minimum experience required of the position

7 Years relative work experience

Any certificates licenses etc. required of the position

Desired:Professional Engineering License

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.

Our expectations are the five employee and leader behaviors we believe are essential for positive stakeholder outcomes.

Our expectations:

1. Make our customers more successful
2. Innovate and continuously improve
3. Collaborate and share knowledge
4. Be accountable for results
5. Recognize and reward outcomes

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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.

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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.