Senior Transmission Engineer

Omaha Public Power District; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Omaha Public Power District seeks a Senior Transmission Engineer to lead long-range planning, manage high-complexity studies, and guide major transmission projects. You will influence capital decisions, collaborate with public stakeholders, and ensure reliable expansion of the transmission network.

Key duties include overseeing workstreams, routing, and construction coordination, while driving engineering innovations and risk mitigation across the department.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in Nebraska or ability to obtain Nebraska registration within 6 months.
• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
• Eight or more years of transmission or power system engineering experience with demonstrated senior level responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Shape long-term transmission system plans and lead high-complexity studies.
• Oversee major workstreams and guide transmission infrastructure projects.
• Represent OPPD at public outreach meetings and plan transmission routes.
• Manage construction activities for transmission towers and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Develop methodologies and tools to improve system reliability and performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Job description

Position Overview

OPPD's Senior Transmission Engineer serves as a strategic technical leader responsible for shaping long-term transmission system plans, leading high-complexity studies, advancing engineering methodologies, and guiding major transmission infrastructure projects. This role supports OPPD's mission by informing capital project decisions, improving system performance, engaging with public stakeholders, and ensuring the reliable expansion of OPPD¿s transmission network. Responsibilities include overseeing major workstreams, representing OPPD at public outreach meetings, planning transmission line routes, and managing construction activities for transmission line towers.

The Impact You'll Have

• Produce high-volume, high-quality engineering output while solving complex technical challenges and improving departmental workflows.
• Lead technical strategy and decision-making for major transmission engineering issues and long-term system solutions.
• Oversee multi-disciplinary engineering workstreams including planning, modeling, routing, construction coordination, and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop innovative methodologies, tools, or modeling practices that enhance the reliability and performance of the transmission system.
• Champion risk identification and mitigation by anticipating technical, operational, and project¿related concerns and implementing proactive solutions.
• Coach and mentor engineering team members, strengthening organizational capability and technical proficiency.
• Lead advanced, high-complexity transmission studies including powerflow, short-circuit, stability, transfer capability, and reliability analyses with detailed modeling.
• Shape OPPD's long-term transmission expansion strategy, identifying needs, prioritizing investments, developing technical scopes, and preparing conceptual cost estimates and justifications.
• Oversee major generator interconnection and system impact evaluations, refining scopes and ensuring required upgrades are appropriately documented and represented in agreements.
• Ensure alignment with regional planning groups, neighboring utilities, and evolving regulatory requirements at state, regional, and federal levels.
• Represent OPPD as a lead technical voice at public outreach meetings, explaining routing rationale, construction plans, and project impacts.
• Direct routing efforts for new transmission lines, integrating technical feasibility, regulatory considerations, stakeholder feedback, and long-term planning needs.
• Manage construction of transmission line towers, including coordination with construction management, contractors, regulatory bodies, and field engineers.
• Provide leadership, continuity, and process improvement across departmental initiatives to elevate organizational reliability and performance.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated ability to successfully complete essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Nebraska or ability to obtain Nebraska registration within 6 months through reciprocity and relevant experience.

Preferred Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering
• Eight or more years of transmission or power system engineering experience, with demonstrated senior level responsibilities.
• Expertise in advanced transmission system modeling, analysis, and scenario development.

Salary/Wage Info

• Grade: S6
• Minimum: $109,942
• Midpoint: $137,428

Our Culture & Mission

At Omaha Public Power District, everything starts with people - our teams, our communities, and the customer owners who count on us. As the 12th largest public power utility in the U.S., we serve more than 900,000 people across 13 counties, and we take that responsibility seriously.

We lead with integrity, support one another, and do what¿s right, because how we serve matters just as much as what we deliver. Our goal is simple: provide affordable, reliable, and environmentally responsible energy today and for generations to come.

We create power with purpose. Your work here has real impact; on families, on the environment, and on the future of energy. And we believe great ideas can come from anywhere.

If you want to be part of a team that takes care of the community and the people who serve it, you¿re in the right place. We back up our mission by taking care of our employees, too; which is why our benefits are among the most comprehensive and competitive in the region.

EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability