Senior Transmission Line Engineer
Dashiell
- Dallas, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Generate cost effective designs for high voltage electrical transmission lines
- Represent the Engineering department and participate in inter-department meetings
- Attend meetings with customers as needed to support the Sales department and the engineers
- Monitor team progress and activities to ensure projects remain on schedule, within budget and exceed customer expectations
- Able to perform transmission line engineering work independently.
- Balance innovation and standardization of work processes
- Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer level individuals will ensure that projects meet quality and schedule objectives
- Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by assignments
- Other duties as required
Minimum 7 years of experience in actual hands on design work
- Experience in preparing cost effective designs in an EPC environment
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of transmission engineering, including routing issues, conductor selection, structure determination, plan and profile development, material takeoffs, etc.
- Knowledge and understanding of structure and foundation design
- Knowledge of common engineering application software, particularly such tools as PLS-CADD
- Knowledge and understanding of engineering standards including NESC, IEEE, ASCE, ACI and ANSI that apply to transmission design
- Extensive knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary for a complete a project
- This position requires minimal physical effort.
- Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will primarily work indoors, with occasional outdoor exposure to year around weather conditions and noise.
- Must be able and willing to travel overnight for trainings and/or meetings as required (10%)
- Working extended hours, including weekends, may be required periodically.
- May occasionally lift up to 25 pounds at a time.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions as defined per Company policy.