Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

About the role

As a Structural – Transmission Line Engineer, you will support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes, participate in large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, 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 work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements, assist with providing guidance to engineering team members, maintain positive client relations, and assist with business development activities.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards: Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
• Quality / Continuous Improvement: Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Engineering Production: Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables, performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection, prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles, manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements, plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria, reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Project Coordination: Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Client Focus: Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects, communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects, may provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience
• Strong PLS CADD experience and proficiency
• Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
• Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical transmission systems
• Structural design of transmission steel structures and their foundations
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software