Senior Overhead Transmission Line Engineer 1

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Tualatin, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Structural – Transmission Line Engineer, you will have the opportunity to support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes. You will support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV. You will collect and assimilate data for engineering work, perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards. You will develop recommendations for equipment and materials, understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements. You may assist with providing guidance to engineering team members, maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team. You may also assist with business development activities, function as a technical specialist or in a lead role. With minimal supervision, you will apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods, and expand your knowledge and skill set in your area of discipline.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Nice To Haves

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.
Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.
Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical transmission systems.
Structural design of transmission steel structures and their foundations.
Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software.

Responsibilities

Support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes.
Support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV.
Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements.
May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.
Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team.
May assist with business development activities.
Function as a technical specialist or in a lead role.
With minimal supervision, apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods.
Expand knowledge and skill set in area of discipline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.