Job Title: Staff Transmission Engineer (title flexible for Sr. or Manager or Director)
Location / Travel Requirement: Must be in one of CA offices Brea, Walnut Creek, Los Angeles or San Diego, CA
Job Summary: Our client and their California Region Is Looking For a Staff Overhead Transmission Line Engineer To Support Our Growing Transmission & Distribution Practice. This person will perform, lead, and oversee all engineering responsibilities related to overhead transmission line design.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering from accredited program is required.
- A professional certification, EIT, and/or a professional engineer licensure is strongly desired.
- Minimum 3 years of related experience with routing and design of high voltage overhead transmission line facilities (completion of master's degree in related field may be substituted for one year of experience).
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills is required.
- Experience in 69kV to 500kV line design and working knowledge and/or expertise in Power Line system-based programs (i.e., PLS, PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, etc.) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform, lead, and oversee all engineering responsibilities related to overhead transmission line design. This includes PLS-CADD modeling, line routing, structure analysis and loading trees, developing design criteria, sag-tension calculations, wire blowout, swing angle, damper recommendations, structure spotting, clearance reports, wire selection, etc.
- Prepare specifications for construction, hardware, and material for high voltage overhead transmission line (HV OH T-Line); structure design and development; hardware design and selection; and field installation supervision.
- Prepare construction drawings and cost estimates for high voltage overhead transmission lines.
- Additional responsibilities include providing instruction and guidance to less experienced staff members. This position may develop into a leadership role at which point this individual will be expected to lead teams of engineers as well as be a primary interface between clients Engineers and our clients. Experience as the technical lead on projects and performing quality reviews is a plus.