Senior Professional, Electrical Engineering
WSP•Maitland, FL
•Hybrid
About The Position
WSP is currently recruiting for a Senior Transmission Line Engineer to join our Overhead Transmission Design team. Candidates may elect to work from any of our Southeast regional offices, located in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas, or Virginia, or choose a remote or hybrid arrangement from a mutually agreed-upon location. This role offers a flexible work schedule, with both full-time and part-time employment options available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
- 5 to 7 years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for large capital projects.
- The candidate must have a strong command of the English language with good written and oral communication skills to work effectively with internal team members and external client personnel.
- Experience using the Microsoft Office software suite
- Experience in the design of overhead High Voltage and Extra High Voltage transmission lines including route selection, line and structure spotting, structure design and analysis, and development of construction bid packages
- Candidate must have extensive knowledge in PLS-Cadd.
- Experience managing projects and leading multi-disciplined teams
Nice To Haves
- Electric utility industry experience
- Distribution design experience
- Experience using POLE, TOWER and FAD Tools software packages
- Cost estimating and scheduling
- Engineer in Training Certification
- Experience using L-Pile and Microsoft Projects
Responsibilities
- Lead the initial project execution layout to ensure an efficient and effective project plan has been established
- Manage engineers, drafters, and designers on engineering projects and interface directly with the client
- Responsible for creating and maintaining a project schedule and budget
- Conduct weekly or bi-weekly project meetings to clearly outline upcoming deliverables and tasks with responsible personnel identified
- Coordinate with clients on project status and support project meetings as necessary
- Maintain project workflow and thorough communication across multi-discipline projects, both internal and external to POWER
- Forecast upcoming project requirements to assist in resource planning
- Facilitate and adhere to POWER’s QA/QC procedure to ensure the correct personnel is performing the required QA/QC review
- Participate in industry conferences, both internal and external, to improve professional growth while fostering knowledge transfer to colleagues
- Develop Transmission Line design knowledge pertaining to PLS-CADD, structure staking, foundations, assembly drawings, steel pole performance loading, material procurement, construction specification, and construction support
- Maintain project status reports
- Provide weekly or bi-weekly project updates and project forecasting
- Lead and/or support PM by meeting with clients, both in-person and remotely
- Develop client relationships allowing POWER the opportunity to position ourselves to win future work
- Support resource forecast planning for upcoming and current project loads
- Participate in new hire screening and review processes
- Provide business improvement methodologies and procedures
- Discuss project and/or department personnel conflicts, performance issues, and collaborate on a suitable approach to constructively provide a successful resolution
- Contribute to Business Planning and Budgeting
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- life
- retirement savings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
