- Location:
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Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Type:
- Permanent
- Main Industry:
- Search Management & Executive Jobs
- Other Industries & Skills:
- Education & Training, Electronics, Engineering, Finance, Banking & Insurance, Government & Public Sector, Information Technology Manufacturing, Purchasing & Supply Chain, Utilities & Services
- Advertiser:
- Entergy
- Job ID:
- 132291015
- Posted On:
- 25 September 2025
Job Title:
Risk Engineer I-Sr. Lead
Work Place Flexibility:
Virtual
Legal Entity:
Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD)
This position can be filled as a Risk Engineer I – Risk Engineer Sr Lead depending on experience.
Job Summary/Description
Position reports to the Director of Risk Management / Risk Engineering. Responsible for recommending risk improvement and mitigation measures to Entergy Nuclear, PowerGen and Entergy Transmission and Distribution. Leadership. Responsibilities include consulting with company personnel regarding the solution of technical problems related to the protection of assets from loss due to fire and/or equipment failure. Must be capable of exercising engineering judgment in the identification and analysis of risk factors for major losses that would result in the damage of company assets and developing resolution strategies to mitigate those risk factors.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Skills include the ability to perform comprehensive sprinkler system analysis, including water supply graphing, and to evaluate various special hazard exposures, such as flammable liquid storage and handling, rack storage and Highly Protected Risk (HPR) protection features on electrical generating facilities including renewable facilities. Provide assistance and technical input to Operations, Design, and Maintenance Organizations. Assignments include collaboration with other professional engineers in developing computational equations or formulation of solutions to technical problems.
Additional responsibilities include:
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-Maintaining loss control standards for inspecting, testing and maintaining fire protection systems.
-Ensuring Company facilities comply with fire protection standards and jurisdictional codes.
-Promotes loss prevention throughout the Company through interaction with plant personnel.
-Representing the Company in negotiations with governmental approval authorities.
-Investigating existing hazards and provide recommends risk reduction measures to management.
-Investigating losses and provide recommends corrective action to prevent future losses.
-Coordinating insurance company inspections with plant personnel and assists with responses to insurance company recommendations.
-Develop and presents loss prevention training programs.
-Performing Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
-Performing Fire system design reviews.
-Performing natural hazards risk models
Minimum requirements
Minimum education required of the position
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-Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection, Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering; or a Bachelors degree and 5+ years of Risk Engineering/ Risk Management and Power Systems Engineering experience.
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-Preferred:
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-Utility Operations experience preferred.
-Relevant coursework or experience in fire protection systems and codes
Minimum experience required of the position
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-Risk Engineer I: 0+ years of work experience.
-Risk Engineer II: 2+ years of work experience.
-Risk Engineer III: 4+ years of work experience.
-Risk Engineer Sr: 7+10 years of work experience.
-Risk Engineer, Sr. Lead: 10+ years of work experience.
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position
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-Intimate knowledge of fire protection engineering principles and their applications to both fire/property damage risk analysis in industrial facilities.
-Working knowledge of engineering codes and standards.
-Ability to perform quantitative fire hazard analyses and risk assessments.
-Skills include the ability to perform comprehensive sprinkler system analysis and to assess various special hazard exposures, such as flammable liquid storage and handling.
-Must be able to travel 8-10 nights a month.
-Ability to quickly identify exposures and develop and present effective loss control solutions in a concise format to senor level management.
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-Ability to manage multiple assignments and fleet priorities.
Primary Location:
Louisiana-
New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Russellville || Louisiana : Baton Rouge
Job Function:
Professional
FLSA Status:
Professional
Relocation Option:
Union description/code:
NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings:
1
Req ID:
120933
Travel Percentage:
Up to 25%
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to navigate to 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 behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and 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.
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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 HRComplianceentergy to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.
EEI Testing:
One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test. The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and Pre-employment Testing: of questions. Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, eei/practicetests, numberLogon ID: entergy, password: practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.
In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.
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.
