EPC Transmission Line Engineer
About The Position
Leidos is seeking a Transmission Line Engineer to join its EPC Solutions Team and design overhead and underground transmission systems for developer and utility clients. The role supports projects from conceptual routing and engineering analysis through procurement, construction-ready packages, as-builts, and close-out. The engineer collaborates with other engineering disciplines, designers, construction partners, and project management teams, and participates in client-facing work. The position includes direct guidance from a licensed PE and increasing ownership of design decisions as technical judgment develops.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Civil, Structural, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
- At least 4 years of relevant electric utility transmission line design experience with a bachelor's degree, or 3 years of relevant combined experience with a master's degree.
- Proficiency in both PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a team.
- Must be located in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PLS-TOWER.
- EIT certification or actively pursuing EIT certification.
- Exposure to FAD, Mathcad, AutoCAD or MicroStation, LPILE, or GIS tools.
- Familiarity with Bentley ProjectWise.
Responsibilities
- Perform structure spotting and transmission line design in PLS-CADD, verifying conductor clearances and loading under NESC or GO95.
- Design and analyze steel, wood, concrete, or fiberglass transmission structures using PLS-POLE, including structure selection and loading verification.
- Perform underbuild, joint-use, or attachment analysis when required.
- Perform foundation design or analysis for direct-embed and drilled-pier structures using MFAD or LPILE.
- Prepare construction packages, including basis of design, plan and profiles, staking sheets, bills of materials, structure data sheets, alignment maps, stringing charts, steel packages, and foundation drawings.
- Coordinate with the construction prime on material procurement, material specifications, and constructability.
- Perform conductor selection and EMF studies.
- Attend field walks and constructability reviews as needed.
- Support proposal and estimating efforts.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers from other disciplines, and project management teams to advance designs toward construction.
- Participate in client-facing project work.
- Develop technical capability and take on increasing ownership of design decisions under the guidance of a licensed PE.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
