Lead Line Engineer

Avangrid Service; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 114,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Bonuses 12%

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Career advancement

Job summary

Avangrid Service seeks a Lead Line Engineer to oversee transmission and distribution line designs across multiple operating companies. You will manage engineering scopes, routing, and drawings, and coordinate with the Rochester Gas & Electric team for project needs.

The role requires leading complex engineering studies, providing technical leadership, and mentoring team members to ensure reliable and efficient electric delivery systems across Maine, New York, and Connecticut.

Qualifications

• Theoretical engineering knowledge across planning, operations and design.
• Experience applying economic analyses of engineering alternatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital project engineering across all phases: scoping, budgeting, design, construction, closeout.
• Oversee and mentor external designers on complex projects.
• Identify and execute special projects solving broad business problems with impactful outcomes.
• Develop alternative designs to improve processes and performance.
• Ensure designs meet company and regulatory codes and standards.
• Collaborate across departments and liaise with contractors as needed.

Skills

Engineering design

Analytic modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Contract management

Mentoring

Job description

Position

Lead Line Engineer
Department: Projects
Reports to: Manager - Projects
Unit Location: In Office/Field, Kirkwood NY

Salary

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $114,332 - $142,916

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance-based bonuses 12%
• 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career-advancement pathways

Job Summary

Responsible for high voltage, medium voltage, and low voltage transmission and distribution line designs for all operating companies in Avangrid Networks. Line designs include structural or electrical calculations, routing, and preparation of engineering drawings. The electric delivery system in Maine contains approximately 2,600 miles of transmission lines & 317 substations. The electric delivery system in New York contains approximately 5,600 miles of transmission lines & 621 substations. The electric delivery system in Connecticut contains approximately 130 miles of transmission lines and 28 bulk electric supply substations. Position reports to the Unit Manager Line Projects but will workday-today in a cross functional project team and support project needs as dictated by the RGE (Rochester Gas & Electric) project manager(s).

Key Responsibilities

• Capital project engineering performance including all phases such as scoping and budgeting, conceptual engineering, contract management and design, engineering design, construction, and closeout.
• Responsible for leading and creating new conceptual designs and overseeing the work of external detailed designers.
• Proactively identify and perform special projects and studies that innovatively solve unique and complex problems with broad impact to the business.
• Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve unique problems or to improve processes/services, Solve unique and complex engineering problems.
• Identify innovative solutions, Oversee engineering studies to evaluate equipment and system performance and effectiveness and analyze operational issues in support of system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Develop and validate information needed for engineering analyses and applying engineering judgment to solve technical problems, Ensure all engineering designs meet applicable company, local, state, and national codes, and standards, Represent the company on regional and national committees when needed.
• Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
• Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department.
• Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills.
• Ability to collaborate across departments Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices Work independently with little supervision.
• For Lead Engineers: Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers. Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills Ability to collaborate across departments Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices Work independently with little supervision.

Required Qualifications

• Technical Skills/Competencies Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
• Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
• Engineering documentation - Ability o adequately doc