Lead Transmission Line Engineer

Role overview Lead engineering teams delivering overhead and underground electric transmission line projects for utility clients. This senior technical and project leadership role spans design, project execution, client relationships, team development, and growth of the project portfolio, with work covering systems from 34.5 kV to 500 kV.

Responsibilities - Direct multiple design teams and projects, coordinating engineering work through planning, permitting, and construction support. - Guide technical analyses, line modeling, structure loading and framing, hardware design, drawings, specifications, and procurement documents. - Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, quality reviews, and changes across a portfolio of client work. - Coach and develop engineers, set expectations, delegate assignments, plan workloads, and support recruiting and performance reviews. - Build client relationships and contribute to proposals, responses to requests for information or qualifications, and new work capture. - Improve engineering processes and tools, including through automation and other practical innovations.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering; civil engineering is preferred. - At least eight years of transmission system design experience with a bachelor’s degree, or six years with a master’s degree. - Strong working expertise with PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE. - Effective communication for client contact, team leadership, and coordination with project stakeholders. - Business and project judgment, including understanding and meeting delivery performance measures. - Ability to work both collaboratively and independently, mentor staff, and travel periodically if needed.

Nice to have - At least two years of staff supervision and a master’s degree in structural engineering. - Engineer-in-Training or Professional Engineer certification. - Experience with TOWER, LPILE or FAD, Mathcad, AutoCAD or MicroStation, or geographic information systems.

Benefits and work setup - Fully remote within the United States; Mountain time zone is preferred. Occasional work at an office and periodic travel may be required. Flexible work arrangements are described.