Job Description
A Transmission Line Engineer responsible for designing, analyzing, and supporting overhead and underground transmission line projects from feasibility to construction, ensuring compliance with standards and coordinating with various stakeholders in a consulting or owner’s engineer environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Own transmission line engineering deliverables from feasibility through IFC, including route selection, design criteria, calculations, and construction packages.
- Model and analyze overhead lines using PLS-CADD and related tools for clearances, sag tension, loading, and foundation reactions.
- Engineer underground transmission route layouts, including duct bank design, manhole vault spacing, cable ampacity, sheath bonding, and splicing plans.
- Apply standards such as NESC and ASCE for overhead lines and utility standards for underground transmission, preparing sealed criteria, specs, and calculations.
- Coordinate interfaces with substations, civil and geotechnical components, environmental permitting, and right-of-way considerations.
- Support construction activities through RFIs, shop drawing reviews, outage planning, energization, site walks, and as-built documentation.
Requirements
- 6 to 10 years of transmission line engineering experience in a consulting or owner’s-engineer setting, covering both overhead and underground utility client experience is a strong plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Civil Structural Engineering or a related field.
- PE (Professional Engineer) license is preferred.
- EIT (Engineer in Training) certification is required if not licensed.
- Proficiency with PLS-CADD and POLE TOWER for overhead line design.
- Familiarity with underground transmission line analysis and typical tools workflows for ampacity thermal rating, cable pulling, and duct-bank design (e.g., CYMCAP or equivalent).
- Demonstrated application of NESC and ASCE methods for overhead transmission line design.
- Working knowledge of underground cable systems including XLPE HV cables, bonding, grounding, joints, terminations, vault manhole design, and HDD trench details.
- Strong writing and client-facing communication skills to lead technical meetings, defend design decisions, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive Compensation packages
Annual bonuses, spot bonuses and peer recognition awards
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible work schedules
Travel Vouchers
401K match - 1 to 1 up to 4% of compensation
Tuition Assistance
Student Loan Repayment
Paid Licensing Certification Fees and Renewals
Financial Rewards for Obtaining Licensure
Employee Referrals
Annual Wellness Reimbursement
Gym memberships, fitness tracker, home gym equipment
Dependent Care Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
Metlife Supplemental Benefits covering accident, hospitalization, and critical illness
Member Assistance Program (MAP) with counseling, legal, financial services
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