Remote Distribution Engineer & Designer – Power Delivery

Leidos; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is looking for Distribution Engineers & Designers to support electric utility projects in the Eastern PA region. You will design engineering tasks, develop work packages, and coordinate with clients to ensure high-quality deliverables across OH, UG, URD, and Make Ready work using GIS and software like ArcGIS, Smallworld, and Maximo.

Role blends office and field work, with some travel within Pennsylvania; 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's in a related field are

Qualifications

• 2+ years of prior relevant experience is required.
• Bachelor's Degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Industrial preferred); additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• Experience and demonstrated proficiency with the National Electric Safety Code (NESC)
• Some Prior experience with structural analysis, guying calcs, cable pulling calcs, coordination of protective devices, and electric demand and fault currents calculations.
• Ability to provide your own reliable transportation, as some local or regional travel is anticipated (Job-related travel Will be reimbursed at IRS-approved rates).
• Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills

Responsibilities

• Perform design engineering for Leidos electric utility customers
• Develop work packages for OH, UG, URD, and Make Ready, using customer GIS and WMS systems such as EFD, AUD, Smallworld, ArcGIS, Infor, EAM, STORMS, and Maximo
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget of work assigned.
• Perform functional tasks, planning, and/or customer follow-up
• Perform scope analysis of work assigned and maintain schedule adherence to advocate client priorities
• Initiate continuous improvement to workflow processes that drive efficiency and high-quality standards in client design deliverables
• Gain experience in coordinating conflicting utilities and other field engineering design requirements, assessing and developing large design packages for complex cable/conduit projects in dense urban environments, work permit development, easements, and ROW applications
• Be comfortable in both a field and office setting: the role may require local or regional customer-site visits to collect field data that will assist in developing work packages

Skills

Design engineering

Work packages

GIS design

NESC

Field data collection

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Industrial

Tools

ArcGIS

Smallworld

Maximo

EAM

STORMS

EFD

Pole Foreman

Pull Planner

Katapult

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Job description

Leidos is looking for Distribution Engineers & Designers to support electric utility projects in the Eastern PA region. You will design engineering tasks, develop work packages, and coordinate with clients to ensure high-quality deliverables across OH, UG, URD, and Make Ready work using GIS and software like ArcGIS, Smallworld, and Maximo.

Role blends office and field work, with some travel within Pennsylvania; 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's in a related field are