Senior Civil Engineer

Beta Engineering, LLC; United States; Remote; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Civil Engineer to enhance their remote team. This role involves designing structures for high voltage projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and collaborating with project management teams. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in transmission line systems and relevant software tools, alongside excellent communication skills. Join a company that values creativity and integrity, and contribute to building a sustainable power grid. If you are eager to tackle challenges and drive results, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience designing transmission line systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Electrical Engineering required.

Responsibilities

• Designs and interprets drawings for transmission structures and foundations.
• Ensures compliance with customer specifications and design codes.
• Travels to customer offices and job sites for project meetings.

Skills

Design of structures

Problem-solving

Customer focus

Communication skills

Decision quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

PE (Professional Engineer) certification

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-Pole

MFAD

LPile

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

At Beta, we provide power delivery solutions for a variety of customers, including those in the utility, industrial and renewable markets. We design and build high voltage projects to our customers' specifications. Our work includes substations, transmission lines and more. We help our customers achieve their goals of creating a reliable, sustainable power grid by reducing risks and identifying innovative solutions for their problems.

Our Purpose: We pursue that which challenges us, growing our community to provide critical, creative solutions that achieve extraordinary results.

Beta Engineering is currently looking for a Civil Engineer to join our team. Civil Engineers (CE) are responsible for the design of structures, foundations, overhead wires, aluminum bus and/or site grading plans for electrical substations and transmission lines. CEs are tasked with ensuring that designs, and their applications, are completed to code and standards set forth by the appropriate authoritative bodies. In addition, CEs are required to work with customer representatives and Project Management Teams to ensure designs meet appropriate specifications and requirements.

COMPETENCIES:
- Customer Focus
- Decision Quality
- Business Insight
- Drives Results
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Courage
- Instills Trust
- Manages Ambiguity

BETA CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Understanding the value of the customer
- Contributes to overall team success
- Continuous and applied learning
- Strategic Development
- Pride

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Designs and interprets drawings for the following: transmission structures, transmission foundations, transmission hardware assemblies, underground pipe networks, grading, substation structures, foundations, overhead lines, lightning protection systems, and aluminum bus systems.
- Reviews drawings for substation equipment, vendor supplied equipment and customer standards.
- Ensures compliance with customer specifications and design codes.
- Problem solves issues related to design, construction, and compliance.
- Creates and checks material list descriptions for transmission lines.
- Answers technical questions posed by construction managers, field staff, customers, and their representatives.
- Recognizes and recommend methods to improve every customer’s experience.
- Travels periodically to both customer offices for project meetings and to job sites for construction visits.

EXPECTATIONS:
- Performs quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
- Interacts professionally with other employees and customers.
- Works effectively as a team contributor on all assigned projects.
- Demonstrates integrity and ethics in all client relationships and communications.
- Communicates regularly with project teams regarding designs, concerns, studies, or tests
- Participates in continued education and training
- Occasional overnight travel to active job sites
- Must have clean driving record as use of company vehicles is a requirement of position.

This is a remote position.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 5 years of experience designing transmission line systems.
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering or Electrical Engineering is required.
- PE is required
- Strong background in PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, MFAD or LPile, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required.