Transmission Line Design Engineer (PLS-CADD)

Leidos; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Transmission Line Engineer to join our EPC Solutions Team. You will design overhead and underground transmission systems for major developer and utility clients, collaborating across engineering disciplines and with a licensed PE mentor guiding your growth.

You will perform design analyses using PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER, ensuring compliance with NESC and related standards, while contributing to project development from routing to as-builts and close-out.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in civil, structural, electrical, or mechanical engineering.
• 4+ years of transmission line design experience with BS or 3+ years with MS.
• Proficiency in PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE.
• US-based candidates only.
• Strong communication skills and team orientation.

Responsibilities

• Perform structure spotting and transmission line design in PLS-CADD to verify conductor clearances and loading under NESC or GO95.
• Design and analyze steel, wood, concrete, or fiberglass transmission structures using PLS-POLE, including structure selection and loading verification.
• Underbuild/joint-use or attachment analysis, when required.
• Perform foundation design or analysis for direct-embed and drilled-pier structures in MFAD or LPILE.
• Prepare construction packages, including basis of design, plan and profiles, staking sheets, BOM, structure data sheets, alignment maps, stringing charts, and foundation drawings.
• Coordinate with Construction on material procurement, specs, and constructability.
• Perform conductor selection and EMF studies.
• Attend field walks and constructability reviews as needed.
• Support proposal/estimating efforts.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-POLE

PLS-TOWER

NESC/ASCE standards

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Transmission Line Engineer to join our EPC Solutions Team. You will design overhead and underground transmission systems for major developer and utility clients, collaborating across engineering disciplines and with a licensed PE mentor guiding your growth.

You will perform design analyses using PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER, ensuring compliance with NESC and related standards, while contributing to project development from routing to as-builts and close-out.