Engineer I-Sr /Tech Spec I-IV(Nuc)

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• Date: Oct 24, 2026
• Location: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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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.

Ob Summary/purpose

Central Design Organization provides high-quality, cost-effective, on schedule design services for the Entergy Nuclear Fleet. Modification design control is maintained through effective configuration management of design output documents (e.g., specifications, calculations, drawings, test requirements, and procedures).

Job Duties/responsibilities

• Prepare cost-effective modifications as assigned to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Prepare engineering products consistent with defined standards, procedures, and regulatory guidelines to ensure the site’s design and licensing basis is maintained
• Assist in the solutions to issues that impact safe, reliable operations and propose process changes that improve overall efficiency.
• Provide technical support to operations, maintenance, engineering, and other fleet organizations.
• Manage engineering work assignments to ensure the design service provided is meeting department and organizational needs.
• Communicate to all levels of the organization, verbally and in writing, technical information, concepts, and ideas throughout the engineering product development.
• Attend training and maintain the qualifications necessary to perform the required group functions.
• Aware of changes and advancements in the industry, and has developed industry wide expertise.  Must understand how a utility interacts with outside regulatory agencies and utility groups.  Familiar with budgets, costs, and policies.
• Ability to investigate problems that are not intuitive and develop solutions for non-routine problems.  Handles a project from start to finish.
• Strong project management skills are present.  When given a leadership role, coordinates the activities of a functional team by creating project plans and schedules.
• Persuasive and have strong negotiating skills. Presents out of the box options.

Desired Requirements

• Nuclear Power Plant Experience (will consider industrial equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects from concept through deployment.
• DCS/PLC I&C Experience

Minimum education required for the position

B.S. Degree in Engineering or another closely related scientific discipline/physical science generally associated with industrial I&C experience or equivalent work experience.

Minimum experience required for the position

Experience levels vary by position

• Engineer I / Technical Specialist I: 0–2 years of nuclear design, operations, or equivalent experience
• Engineer II / Technical Specialist II: 2–3 years
• Engineer III / Technical Specialist III: 4-5 years
• Senior Engineer / Technical Specialist IV: 6-8 years

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

• Good to excellent communication, conflict management, and change management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Good to excellent ability to research, evaluate, and recommend technical solutions.
• Familiarity with industrial networks and communication protocols.
• Experience in electrical drawings and integrating Safety PLC control systems.

Desired

• Functional Knowledge - Requires understanding and application of procedures and concepts within controls and automation discipline and basic knowledge of other disciplines.
• Digital modification experience in commercial nuclear power (Hardware/software database point mapping, Requirement traceability, Software testing)
• Aware of NISP-EN-04 Standard Digital Design Process
• Familiarity with Distributed Control Systems, HMI, and PLC applications implemented within Nuclear industry
• Familiarity with EMI/RFI evaluation and analysis
• Familiarity with Cyber Security requirements and solutions in commercial nuclear power
• Experience with preparing and/or reviewing power plant electrical and/or I&C drawings, calculations and equipment specifications.
• Familiarity with instrument specifications, instrument data sheets, calibration sheets
• Ability to read and interpret P&ID’s, schematics, ladder logic
• Understanding of license basis considerations (UFSAR, Technical Specifications) and regulatory requirements (e.g., Reg. Guide 1.97) as they intersect with instrumentation
• Perform 10CFR50.59 screenings and evaluations incorporating RIS 02-2022 Supplement 1 guidance
• Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Mississippi: Jackson
• Job Function
• : Engineering
• FLSA Status
• : Professional
• Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code

• : NON BARGAINING UNIT
• Number of Openings
• : 1
• Req ID: 124524
• Travel Percentage
• :Up to 25%

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).

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