Senior Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

About the role

The Opportunity: As a Senior Structural – Transmission Line Engineer, you will support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes, including large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, and assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.

The Team: As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects supporting Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial sectors. You will engage with exciting projects globally, from small community improvements to grand-scale Mega Projects, contributing to infrastructure growth and development.

Responsibilities

• Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&Veatch policies.
• Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&Veatch quality program. Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects. Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Develops and applies advanced engineering solutions to complex problems. Responsible for ensuring project teams delegate appropriate tasks to lower level team members to develop depth of project execution staff.
• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects. Typically responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines.
• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects.
• Works to identify future client needs and how to better position B&Veatch for the future. May offer other services to the client. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
• Serves as the technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. Typically supports multiple projects on very complex technical challenges. Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. May support the chief engineers or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes.
• Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions. May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning. Actively mentors lower level and mid level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.

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 11 years related work experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.
• Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Experience in 69kV to 500kV overhead transmission line design and working knowledge and/or expertise in Power Line system based programs (i.e., PLS, PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, etc.) preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.
• Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.
• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits portfolio including medical, dental, vision insurances, disability, a robust wellness program, flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• Vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, and a company-matched 401k plan.
• A variety of additional benefits including an adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan, and the B&V Credit Union.