Associate Director/Principal Engineer - Overhead Lines (OHL)

Overview

Lead design of up to 400kV overhead transmission lines for major T&D projects.

Key Responsibilities

• pls‑cadd
• line routing
• structural analysis
• design review
• feasibility study
• project delivery

Tasks

-Checking and review engineering deliverables such as complex designs, reports, proposals, presentations, and drawing packages. -Provide expert technical evaluations and offer problem-solving solutions to different team members. Contribute to written proposals outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals. -You’ll provide technical expertise in bids and proposals and represent the Company in client meetings as an senior member of the OHL team, applying your experience and expertise to a range of exciting and interesting projects. -Perform internal reviews and quality checks of engineering drawings and calculations that fall within your scope of work. -Ensure adherence to AECOM and client design management processes while leading project and client meetings as needed. -You will provide technical engineering expertise in delivering overhead line design on complex multi-discipline projects. This encompasses PLS-CADD modelling, meticulous line routing, comprehensive structural analysis and loading trees, formulation of design criteria, precise sag-tension calculations, insulator/conductor blowout, swing angle, damper system recommendations, strategic structural spotting, thorough clearance reports, and judicious conductor and insulator selection. -Ensure your work meets safety, health, environmental, sustainability, and quality standards. -Represent AECOM with professionalism and integrity, adhering to ethical standards and the Code of Conduct. -Take responsibility for assigned project scope, technical delivery, and client engagement for overhead line works within projects. -Undertake feasibility studies, performing conductor thermal ratings, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. Conduct studies to identify a technically preferred solution/layout to present to the client.

Requirements

• beng
• chartered engineer
• transmission
• lcdae
• communication
• overhead line

What You Bring

-A bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent technical discipline -Ideally be professionally qualified CEng Chartered Engineer with a recognised electrical engineering institution (e.g. the IET). -Experience delivering projects for transmission system operators -LCDAE & CDAE certifications are advantageous. -Excellent written and verbal communication skills -Project experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV.

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About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

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