Description

Job Summary

Position reports to the Director of Risk Management / Risk Engineering. Responsible for recommending risk improvement and mitigation measures to both Entergy Nuclear and PowerGen leadership and Entergy Transmission and Distribution and Gas Operations 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 Responsibilities

Skills include the ability to perform comprehensive sprinkler system analysis, including water supply graphing, and to assess various special hazard exposures, such as flammable liquid storage and handling, rack storage and HPR protection features on electrical generating facilities including renewables. Provides 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:

• 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 recommends risk reduction measures to management.
• Investigating losses and recommends corrective action to prevent future losses.
• Coordinating insurance company inspections with plant personnel and assists with responses to insurance company recommendations.
• Develops and presents loss prevention training programs.
• Performing Failure Modes Effects Analysis
• Performing Fire system design reviews.
• Performing natural hazards risk models

Working Conditions

Overnight travel is required. 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.

Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Risk Engineer III  - Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection or "Professional Member Grade” designation from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering; or a Bachelors degree and 5 years of Risk Engineering/ Risk Management and Power Systems Engineering experience. Operations experience preferred.
• Sr Risk Engineer - Bachelor's Degree in Fire Protection, or “Professional Member Grade” designation from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering; or a Bachelors degree and 10-15 years of Risk Engineering/ Risk Management and Power Systems Engineering experience. Operations experience preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

• Risk Engineer III - 5-7 years of related work experience
• Sr Risk Engineer - 7+ years of related work experience

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

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 10-15 nights a month.  Ability to quickly identify exposures and develop and present effective loss control solutions in a concise format to senor level management.  Ability to manage multiple assignments and fleet priorities.