Senior Overhead Transmission Engineer - Kiewit Power Delivery Engineering

Overview

Senior engineer designing overhead transmission lines (12kV‑500kV)

Key Responsibilities

• pls modeling
• drawing review
• construction packages
• design oversight
• site visits
• reporting

Tasks

-Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Assemble and review drawings, specifications, and design criteria for the procurement of tubular steel structures, lattice towers, and transmission line hardware. Review the vendor supplied calculations and drawings for compliance. -Visit construction sites, meet in client offices, and travel out of town to tour supplier facilities as required by projects and assignments. -Communicate resource needs and ensure project schedules and budgets are maintained. -Establish design criteria based on industry, company, and/or client standards. -Advise team on interpretation and/or proper application of codes and standards. -Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Develop and review comprehensive construction packages for internal construction crews and client contractors that include plan & profiles, staking sheets, stringing tables, bill of materials, structure details, phasing drawings, foundation drawings, and installation specifications. -Provide design oversight and quality reviews for complex drawing packages ensuring client and code requirements are met for the project -Lead a collaborative team to understand client needs, prepare deliverables, and provide project updates. -Responsible for project contract compliance, quantities, and technical deliverable accuracy. -Present to management, analyze PLS-CADD reports, formulate design aids, and draft reports using Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Yammer). -Create and review computer models of overhead electric transmission lines and structures in PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE and PLS TOWER.

Requirements

• pe license
• pls-cadd
• lpile
• 10+ years
• bachelor's
• team leadership

What You Bring

-Professional Engineering (PE) License strongly preferred -Travel in the U.S. and internationally (5-15%). -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment. -Proficient in PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole and PLS TOWER -Knowledge of MFAD, LPILE, and geotechnical recommendation application for foundation design preferred -Experience managing direct reports including approving timesheets, performance appraisals, and resource planning preferred -Knowledge of client and industry standards including NESC, ASCE, IEEE, and RUS -At least 10 years’ experience designing and engineering transmission lines between 69kV and 500kV preferred -Regular, reliable attendance -Fast-paced office environment; must be able to interact professionally with all levels of management while simultaneously manage a diversified workload and challenging situations efficiently and effectively; regularly sit, stand, walk and talk and listen; occasionally lift and move objects up to 30 pounds. -Experience leading teams and projects

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About Kiewit

-It evolved into a massive employee‑owned network operating across North America, delivering projects valued in the billions. -Today it specializes in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas & chemicals, building, industrial, marine and mining sectors. -Signature projects include New York’s 63rd Street Tunnel, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Tunnel, T‑Mobile Park in Seattle, and major renewable energy sites. -Its marine division undertakes dredging, coastal resiliency and naval base work, while energy teams deliver gas, power delivery and renewables. -With deep roots in engineering‑led construction, it is known for tackling the kind of ‘impossible’ projects that reshape cities and industries.

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