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Entergy Mississippi celebrates contributions of engineers during National Engineers Week
02/17/2025
This week, Entergy celebrates National Engineers Week, recognizing how engineers play a vital role in innovating solutions to global challenges that impact future generations.
From our power plants and operations centers to regulatory teams and capital projects, engineers are an indispensable part of the Entergy team. Across the company, these professionals collaborate on a journey to make Entergy the premier utility.
Founded in 1951, EWeek is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. This year’s theme “Design Your Future” is about celebrating engineers and engaging students.
As we celebrate the accomplishments of engineers past and present who have designed the future we currently live in, we also look to the next generation and how we can inspire kids to pursue engineering careers that will be focused on designing our future. Join Entergy and engineering peers from around the world as we celebrate this important profession. Learn more about how you can help inspire future innovators by visiting DiscoverE.org.
As part of the celebration, we are spotlighting a few of our engineers this week and sharing their stories through social media. Meet a few of Entergy Mississippi’s outstanding engineers:
Brennan Anderson
Brennan Anderson is a senior engineer for the Mississippi grid transmission line and is based in the Flora Transmission Office. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering, both from Mississippi State University.
Why did you choose engineering as a profession?
I chose civil engineering because I have always loved building things and solving problems, even from a young age. Engineering allows me to combine analytical thinking with teamwork, working alongside others from a variety of professions. Most importantly, engineering has given me the opportunity to be part of solutions that positively impact communities and improve people’s lives.
What do you like best about your work with Entergy Mississippi?
What I like best is knowing that the work we do here at Entergy has a direct impact on the individuals and communities we serve. Whether developing new infrastructure, performing maintenance on existing systems, or responding to emergencies, We Power Life. That’s a good feeling.
What advice would you give to an aspiring engineer?
Get the experience - go on the field visit; spend time in the shop; ride along with more senior coworkers; visit the construction sites – be a sponge. It will pay off.
Blake Brown
An engineer working out of the Vicksburg office, Blake Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University.
Why did you choose engineering as a profession?
Engineering gave me the tools to solve technical problems and implement the solutions in my day to day life.
What do you like best about your work with Entergy Mississippi?
My coworkers and the people I have met through the company
What advice would you give to an aspiring engineer?
Be open and willing to talk to people at all levels of the company and don’t be afraid to ask questions.
Lucas Simmons
Lucas Simmons works out of the Transmission Headquarters Building in Jackson and serves as a construction engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering, both from Mississippi State University. He also holds a diploma in Intensive Brewing Science and Engineering from the American Brewer’s Guild.
Why did you choose engineering as a profession?
I have always had a knack for problem solving, breaking things down to find out how they work and using that to fix them or improve them. Engineering allows me to do this as a profession.
What do you like best about your work with Entergy Mississippi?
The best part of working within Entergy’s Capital Projects is that it gives me the opportunity to work with a diverse team on a myriad of different size and type projects. When an issue arrives, it’s always interesting to see everyone’s perspective into solving it.
What advice would you give to an aspiring engineer?
Never stop learning, and never stop asking questions. We never know what we don’t know and the only way to fill that gap is to always be inquisitive.
Robert Sneed
Robert Sneed holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University and works as a field engineer. He is based in the DeSoto Service Center in Nesbit.
Why did you choose engineering as a profession?
I grew up on a farm, always liked working with my hands, coming up with tools to make tasks easier, and enjoyed math most out of the other subjects in high school so I decided to go with mechanical engineering.
What do you like best about your work with Entergy Mississippi?
I really enjoy the flexibility of being able to work inside and outside compared to other engineering jobs that are based mainly on working inside. I also enjoy being able to stay local and work with/help the community that I grew up in on various projects.
What advice would you give to an aspiring engineer?
There are many different Engineering majors to pursue so choose one that you think best aligns with your interests and then look at job openings locally and where you may want to move to and live. This way you can get a feel for what your major will have you doing after graduation. Another great opportunity that most colleges offer is a CO-OP/ Internship program, I would definitely recommend taking advantage of these and looking at the different kind of career paths you can enter and may have some applicable work experience by time you graduate to set you apart.
