Distribution Engineer

Leidos • Houston, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos is seeking Distribution Engineers in Houston, Texas, to perform electric utility design engineering and deliver high-quality work packages for utility clients. The role involves direct client interaction and managing assigned work scope, schedules, and budgets. It provides experience in areas such as the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), structural pole modeling, electrical power calculations, GIS design, field data collection, and client design standards.

The position is hybrid: employees work in the office three days per week and may work remotely two days per week. The role involves both field and office work and may require customer-site visits to collect data for design work packages. The engineer will work on overhead, underground, URD, make-ready, and street-light projects, using customer GIS and work management systems and specialized engineering design tools.

Leidos’ Power Delivery Services Team provides power and telecommunications expertise to utilities and mobile operators. The company describes a fast-paced, diverse work environment with flexible work hours and work arrangements, and career development opportunities including professional engineering licensure, project management certification, leadership training, formal mentorship, and management opportunities.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline—electrical, mechanical, civil, or industrial—from an ABET-accredited institution; additional relevant experience or certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Relevant experience working directly with an electric utility or electric utility consulting company performing electric distribution design engineering.
• Knowledge and demonstrated proficiency with the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC).
• Some prior knowledge of structural analysis, guying calculations, cable-pulling calculations, protective-device coordination, and electric demand and fault-current calculations.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in providing estimated costs, developing a bill of materials (BOM), and calculating CIAC.
• MicroStation proficiency for electrical distribution design.
• Experience with work management and job-estimating software.
• Proficiency with CAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform design engineering for Leidos electric utility customers.
• Develop work packages for overhead, underground, URD, make-ready, and street-light projects using customer GIS and work management systems.
• Manage the scope, schedule, and budget of assigned work.
• Use engineering design tools, including Pole Foreman, SOCKET, Spida-Calc, and DDS.
• Review engineering design packages with clients.
• Perform functional tasks, planning, and customer follow-up.
• Analyze assigned work scope and maintain schedule adherence to advocate for client priorities.
• Initiate continuous improvement to workflow processes to improve efficiency and the quality of client design deliverables.
• Coordinate conflicting utilities and other field engineering design requirements.
• Assess and develop large design packages for complex cable and conduit projects in dense urban environments.
• Support work permit development, easements, and right-of-way applications.
• Conduct customer-site visits and collect field data to support work package development.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and work arrangements.
• Career development and growth opportunities, including support for a Professional Engineer license and Project Management Professional certification.
• Leadership training.
• Formal mentorship programs.
• Management opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level