Associate Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

About the role

As an Associate Structural - Transmission Line Engineer, you will support global transmission projects performing design engineering and analysis of transmission line work. You will support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV. You will collect and assimilate data for engineering work, perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards. You will develop recommendations for equipment and materials, understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements. You may assist with providing guidance to engineering team members, maintaining positive client relations, understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team, and assisting with business development activities.

Responsibilities

• Support global transmission projects performing design engineering and analysis of transmission line work.
• Support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV.
• Collect and assimilate data for engineering work.
• Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
• Develop recommendations for equipment and materials.
• Understand and adhere to budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.
• Maintain positive client relations, understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team.
• May assist with business development activities.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program.
• Minimum of 1 year related work experience.

Qualifications

• Continues to learn and remains current on departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures.
• Applies to assigned tasks as appropriate.
• Continues developing knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks.
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Prepares and verifies less complex engineering deliverables.
• Performs research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Colls, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work.
• Prepares engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
• Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Seeks out supervisor or project leadership to share information and gain guidance with respect to details of design and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Coordinates with others as assigned by supervisor or project leadership.
• Focuses on the needs of internal clients (project team leadership) while attempting to gain basic understanding of external client's main interests and drivers.
• Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes.
• Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes.

Skills

• Experience with the utility-scale projects.
• Experience with PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, LPile, MFAD, Sag10 or Ultralite.
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software.
• Solid experience using EXCEL or similar spreadsheets and MathCAD design templates.
• Basic knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.

Benefits

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time. A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

Pay

Salary Plan
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Schedule

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.