Civil Site Lead, Power Delivery

About the role

AECOM is hiring for a Civil Site Lead, Power Delivery with a primary focus on Transmission and Substation projects to support our growing Energy Business Line.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all civil work at substation and transmission line sites, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications and construction schedules
• Create and supervise earthwork, grading, drainage systems, access roads, cable trenches and foundations (equipment, controls buildings and towers/poles) and to substation and transmission lines
• Review, interpret and create civil design drawings, technical documents, report discrepancies and provide practical solutions
• Manage site surveys to include (geotechnical and ground/LIDAR) to assist with determination of transmission line routes and substation layouts
• Review and approve civil construction methodologies, work plans and method statements submitted by contractors
• Identify and mitigate site issues such as geotechnical conditions, access and environmental constraints and constructability challenges by providing timely technical support
• Cordination closely with electrical, protection, commissioning, planning and project management to resolve interface and constructability issues
• Interact with customer’s internal engineers and technical experts on a day-to-day basis
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with clients
• Provide technical leadership to site civil engineers, inspectors, assign tasks, review work and mentor team members
• Fully versed with and can check and review the work sequence, general content and the methods used to generate specifications for the calculations as well as the approval, revision, retention and storage of calculations
• Aids with the developing task and effort estimates for proposal support
• Support project commissioning and hand over by ensuring that all site civil work is completed safely and to specification
• Works to maintain positive working relationships with peers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Professional Engineering license (P.E.)
• Proven experience with site grading, drainage, roads, earthworks, and substation layout development and transmission access/alignment
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or MicroStation for civil design and detailing
• Understanding of substation site planning, transmission/substation access requirements, and integration with electrical layouts

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant site civil experience with at least three of those years acting as project technical lead and/or engineer of record
• Strong knowledge of international civil and design standards (IEC, BS, IEEE, ANSI etc.)
• Experience with construction supervision, site inspection, and commissioning support
• Knowledge of hydrological analysis tools, stormwater modeling, or civil 3D/BIM software
• Experience in GIS or AIS substation developments
• Familiarity with major utility or transmission operator standards
• Professional Engineering license in Civil in California

Additional Information

Relocation assistance is not available for this role
Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.