Senior Transmission Line Engineer (Remote)

Senior Transmission Line Engineer (REMOTE)

POWER Engineers, Inc. is seeking a Senior Transmission Line Engineer for our Overhead Transmission design team. The candidate has the option of office-based work in any of our Southeast locations (offices located in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Carolinas, and Virginia); or remote (or hybrid) from a mutually acceptable location. This position has a flexible work schedule. Full-time and part-time options are available.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, supporting, and coordinating the following:

• POWER Culture

• Department alignment with POWER’s Culture Codes
• Contribute to the growth of POWER’s Culture through strong leadership characteristics
• Encourage growth, engagement, and accountability
• Maintain a healthy relationship with colleagues and foster areas of improvement where needed

• Lead the initial project execution layout to ensure an efficient and effective project plan has been established
• Manage engineers, drafters, and designers on engineering projects and interface directly with the client
• Responsible for creating and maintaining a project schedule and budget
• Conduct weekly or bi-weekly project meetings to clearly outline upcoming deliverables and tasks with responsible personnel identified
• Coordinate with clients on project status and support project meetings as necessary
• Maintain project workflow and thorough communication across multi-discipline projects, both internal and external to POWER
• Forecast upcoming project requirements to assist in resource planning
• Facilitate and adhere to POWER’s QA/QC procedure to ensure the correct personnel is performing the required QA/QC review
• Participate in industry conferences, both internal and external, to improve professional growth while fostering knowledge transfer to colleagues
• Develop Transmission Line design knowledge pertaining to PLS-CADD, structure staking, foundations, assembly drawings, steel pole performance loading, material procurement, construction specification, and construction support

• Maintain project status reports
• Provide weekly or bi-weekly project updates and project forecasting
• Lead and/or support PM by meeting with clients, both in-person and remotely
• Develop client relationships allowing POWER the opportunity to position ourselves to win future work

• Support resource forecast planning for upcoming and current project loads
• Participate in new hire screening and review processes
• Provide business improvement methodologies and procedures
• Discuss project and/or department personnel conflicts, performance issues, and collaborate on a suitable approach to constructively provide a successful resolution
• Contribute to Business Planning and Budgeting

Required Education/Experience:

• Professional Engineering licensure
• Bachelor of Science in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or Construction Management
• The candidate must have a strong command of the English language with good written and oral communication skills to work effectively with internal team members and external client personnel.
• Experience using the Microsoft Office software suite
• At least 10 years of experience in the design of overhead High Voltage and Extra High Voltage transmission lines including route selection, line and structure spotting, structure design and analysis, and development of construction bid packages
• PLS-CADD proficiency
• Experience managing projects and leading multi-disciplined teams

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Electric utility industry experience
• Distribution design experience
• Experience using POLE, TOWER and FAD Tools software packages
• Cost estimating and scheduling
• Experience using L-Pile and Microsoft Projects

At POWER Engineers, you can have a rewarding career on every level. Our philosophy is simple: Do Good. Have Fun. Build Success.

You’ll work on fun and challenging projects and initiatives. You’ll have the chance to make a positive impact on society and the environment. And you’ll find the support, coaching and training it takes to advance your career.

We Get To Make POWER a Great Place To Work. That Includes Providing Competitive Compensation, Professional Development And a Full Benefit Package

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation/Paid Sick Leave
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401K
• Telehealth Benefit covers all providers
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• New Dads and Moms Benefit program
• Fertility Benefits
• Gender affirming care

POWER is a fun engineering firm. That might seem contradictory to some, but it works for us!

POWER is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.