Senior Overhead Transmission Line Engineer

Overview

Senior engineer overseeing overhead transmission line design and project leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• engineering calculations
• structural design
• deliverable preparation
• standards management
• quality assurance
• project management

Tasks

-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. -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. -Works to identify future client needs and how to better position B&V for the future. May offer other services to the client. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities. -Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. 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. Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments. Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects. Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project. -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. -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. -Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects. Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work. -Structural design of transmission steel structures and their foundations. -Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program. Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts. -Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. May own, maintain, update, or develop engineering standards and guides. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.

Requirements

• client interaction
• transmission design
• pls-cadd
• structural steel
• design principles
• utility transmission

What You Bring

-Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities. -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. -Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software. -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.

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About Black & Veatch

-Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, it delivers multi‑billion‑dollar projects in energy, water, communications and industrial sectors. -The company’s portfolio spans landmark work—from power plants and water treatment systems to hydrogen and LNG facilities. -It handles full lifecycle services: from strategic advisory and engineering through procurement, construction and operations. -Its history features many firsts: early U.S. water and power infrastructure, the first U.S. hydrogen conversion project, and biosafety labs overseas.

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Visa Sponsorship

-visa sponsorship not available.

Security Clearance

-applicants must complete criminal/civil background check, drug screening, and motor vehicle records search.