Lead Engineer, Transmission Lines

ESP Associates, Inc.; Pensacola (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with employer match

PTO & holidays

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

Teladoc Behavioral Medicine

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Job summary

Pickett, an ESP Associates company, in Pensacola, FL, is seeking a Lead Engineer to provide leadership and senior-level engineering expertise on complex HV and EHV overhead transmission projects.

You will supervise a team of engineers, review design submittals, coordinate with clients and stakeholders, and ensure adherence to schedule and quality standards while mentoring and developing team members in a fast-paced, safety‑driven environment.

Qualifications

• PE certification is required.
• Minimum 10+ years of transmission line engineering experience in the electric utility industry.
• Extensive experience using PLS-CADD.
• Experience with PLS-TOWER is preferred.
• Familiar with design codes: NESC, IEEE, ASCE, ACI.
• Experience liaising with substation, environmental, real estate, construction, and maintenance stakeholders.
• Strong project management and leadership abilities.
• Ability to work in a safe manner and comply with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of engineers, technicians, and drafters.
• Communicate clear expectations, goals, and vision.
• Manage the performance of the team and delegate project work.
• Motivate, coach and mentor team members.
• Manage projects, ensure quality of work and on-time delivery.
• Review and approve engineering design submittals.
• Develop lasting relationships with clients.
• Estimate projects and develop proposals.

Skills

PE certification

10+ yrs exp

PLS-CADD

PLS-TOWER

NESC/IEEE/ASCE/ACI

Project management

Leadership

Team coaching

Stakeholder liaison

Safety compliance

Job description

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Regular Full-Time Pensacola, FL, US

8 days ago Requisition ID: 5682

Workplace Type: Hybrid

About Us:

Pickett,an ESP Associates company, isa highly innovative surveying and engineering company with over 60 years of industry experience serving clients throughout the US and Caribbean.

At Pickett, we use the acronym S.O.L.V.E. to define our core values that include: Safety first, Outstanding service, Lasting relationships, Valued teamwork and Engaged culture.

“We solve the problems that matter”and we are always looking to add passionate, motivated, and qualified individuals to our rapidly expanding team.

AbouttheRole:

As a Lead Engineer, you will provide leadership and senior-level engineering/technicalexpertiseoncomplexelectrictransmissiondesignprojectsforhigh-voltage(HV)andextrahigh-voltage(EHV)overheadutilitysystems.

Some of the main responsibilities will be to ensure the team is meeting client requirements;both quality and schedule deadlines as well as ensuring the team is engaged and their inputis valued. We want to inspire our team members to produce at the level of excellence forwhichPickett isknown.

This role will require you to be hands-on and manage, prepare, review and/or provideguidance for line routing, survey coordination, PLS-CADD modeling, structure design,foundation design, clearance checks, plan/profile development, material specification andprocurement, constructability evaluations, work order package preparation, permitting,vendor/subcontractorcoordination and construction support.

WhatYouWillBeDoing:

• Superviseateamofengineers,technicians,anddrafters
• Communicateclearexpectations,goals,andvision
• Managetheperformanceoftheteamanddelegateprojectwork
• Motivate,coachandmentorteammembers
• Manageprojects,ensurequalityofworkandon-timedelivery
• Reviewandapproveengineeringdesignsubmittals
• Developlastingrelationshipswithclients
• Estimate projects and develop proposals

WhatYouBring:

• Professional Engineer (PE) certification (required)
• 10+ years of related transmission line engineering experience in the electric utility industry (required)
• Extensive experience using PLS-CADD (required)
• Experience with PLS-TOWER (preferred)
• Extensiveexperiencewithdesigncodesandstandardssuchas:NESC,IEEE,ASCEandACI
• Extensive experience liaising with substation, environmental, realestate,construction,andmaintenance stakeholders
• Deep understanding of industry standards and methods (engineering,procurement,andconstruction)
• Strongproject management skills andexperience
• Abilitytoworkinasafemannerandalwaysobeysafetyregulations
• Adept self-starter who thrives in an unstructured, varied and deadline-drivenworkenvironment
• Strong leadership skills and ability to coach other team members and providedirectionforprojects
• Strong ability to collaborate with team members as well as peers in theelectricalutilityindustry
• Effective business and technical communication skills (verbal, written and presentation)
• Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy

So...Why Join Us?

You will have the opportunity to learn, grow and directly contribute to our business. You will also have a very visible and tangible impact by solving real world problems.

You will contribute significantly to the growth and development of our company while also continuing to be challenged and inspired along the way!

Pickett offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
• 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
• PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
• VTO (Volunteer Time Off) of 4 hours each year (prorated during first year based on hire date)
• Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
• Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Employer Paid)