Engineer 4 - Transmission Line

Pike Corporation; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pike Corporation in the United States seeks a senior transmission engineer to lead design and provide technical oversight for transmission line projects, including renewables interconnections and grid modernization initiatives. You will supervise discipline work, manage project schedules and budgets, and contribute to proposals and cost estimates.

Daily collaboration with customers’ engineers and preparation of design drawings are key responsibilities.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree required.
• 8–10 years engineering experience in electrical power delivery.
• PE license required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering guidance for transmission line problems and projects.
• Plan, estimate, schedule, and monitor work activities.
• Prepare reports, calculations, and sketches with accuracy.
• Improve technical knowledge and performance continuously.
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Create transmission line drawing packages and supervise drawings.
• Support proposals and project cost estimating.

Skills

Project management

Electrical engineering

Power delivery

Communication skills

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Job description

SUMMARY

Provide transmission line design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for transmission line projects, to include renewable energy interconnections as well as grid modernization opportunities. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development and project cost estimating.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engineering/technical expertise and guidance in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems.
• Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities.
• Thorough, timely, and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches.
• Continuous improvement of job-related engineering, technical and professional knowledge, skills, and performance.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Should be able to understand and create transmission line drawing packages.
• Support the company's goals and represent the company positively and professionally.
• Interact with customer’s internal engineers and technical personnel on a day-to-day basis.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with customers.
• Monitor deliverables, schedules, and present solutions to the client.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

COMPLEXITY OF WORK

Complex; established procedures not available. Major decision making.

RELATIONS OUTSIDE WORK GROUP

Influences decisions of moderate nature requiring high degree of tact.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No direct reports but will oversee project team in preparation of design drawings.

QUALIFICATIONS

Toperformthisjobsuccessfully,anindividualmustbeableto performeachessential dutysatisfactorily.Therequirementslistedbelowarerepresentativeoftheknowledge,skill,and/orability required.Reasonableaccommodationsmaybemadetoenableindividualswithdisabilitiestoperformthe essentialfunctions.

REGULARITY

Regularity is required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Required A Bachelor’sdegreefro ma four-yearcollegeorUniversityin Engineering that is accredited by ABET.

Experience

8-10 Year(s) Experience as an Engineer within the electrical industry in the field of power delivery.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Require Professional Engineering (PE) license.

ON THE JOB TRAINING:

As needed for the job and employee development.

LANGUAGE SKILL:

• A. Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, operational procedures, etc.
• B. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• C. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the business community.

MATHEMATICAL SKILL:

• A. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret spread sheets.
• B. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• C. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent and to draw and interpret spreadsheet

REASONING ABILITY:

• A. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• B. Ability to solve practical problems