Transmission Line Engineer (remote)

Wood•West Palm Beach, FL

11h•Remote

About The Position

Wood performs consulting and EPCM services for many gas processing, power generation, and power transmission companies located in North America. Wood currently has an exciting opportunity for an Transmission Line Engineer. This is a remote role but would like the candidate to be in range of one of our offices below for field work: West Palm Beach, FL Miami, FL Orlando, FL Tampa, FL Jacksonville, FL Lakeland, FL Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Birmingham, AL Raleigh, NC Charlotte, NC If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Requirements

Transmission, Electrical, Civil or Structural Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with a Professional Engineering Designation or eligibility for future registration
5 plus years of transmission line engineering experience is required
Proven experience within a Transmission and Distribution Utility or EPC organization designing transmission lines utilizing PLS–CADD/PLS-TOWER/PLS-POLE is required
Knowledge of electrical aspects of power transmission system
Knowledge of transmission line materials (structures, conductors/OHSW, OPGW/ADSS, insulators, hardware accessories and fittings)
Direct experience on the safety aspects of the design of high voltage transmission lines
Construction support experience for Transmission projects
Clean driving record/abstract

Nice To Haves

Underground experience is an asset

Responsibilities

Supporting engineering projects by creating detailed scopes and estimates, performing engineering calculations, developing detailed plan and profile design drawings, modeling using the highly specialized, custom-purpose software: PLS-CADD
Designing structures for high voltage transmission lines using PLS-POLE and PLS-TOWER
Engineering of transmission line projects from ‘definition phase’ through the ‘implementation phase’
Leading a group of engineers through the design process
Training new engineers on transmission line engineering
Preparing staged design review packages in accordance with client’s standards and maintaining detailed documentation of designs and calculations
Undertaking in-depth analysis/studies of problems, and identifying solutions and preparing reports to support studies/recommendations
Providing technical advice and guidance to design engineers
Proactively monitoring project engineering schedule and managing budgets for assigned projects
Providing procurement support to prepare material specifications, requisitions, scope documents, material take-off and technical evaluation of bids
Providing construction support and overall project engineering coordination during installation and commissioning with the client and subcontractors
Responding to information requests from site and completing project documentation including as-builts, calculations and return of data to the client
Maintaining and enhancing relationships with internal groups and external contractors and clients.
Traveling and visiting project sites during project definition and execution
Supporting the management in planning, business development, proposal, performance evaluations and appraisals
Developing and implementing specifications, standards, templates, and engineering tools