Transmission Line Technical Manager

Actalent; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability (Short & Long-term)

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

PTO/Vacation/Sick Leave

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Transmission Line Technical Manager to lead day-to-day delivery across utility client programs, mentoring engineers and guiding project portfolios in the power delivery market. You will emphasize safety, quality, schedule, and cost while strengthening client partnerships and developing technical talent.

Based in a fully remote setup with collaboration across teams, this role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage multi-million-dollar portfolios, and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification required.
• 10+ years in utility/power delivery/transmission line engineering with increasing responsibility.
• 6+ years in consulting or client-facing delivery with clients and stakeholders.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams across distributed delivery.
• Experience managing risk across a portfolio > $5M revenue.
• Strong transmission line delivery knowledge: scope, schedule, resourcing, estimating, client communication.
• Proficient in transmission line design and tools like PLS-CAD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for updates to clients and leadership.
• Experience managing finances, utilization, staffing plans, and metrics.
• Client-focused with ability to balance technical quality and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams delivering transmission line engineering services for utility clients.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship in design and delivery.
• Establish quality controls to ensure safe, accurate, cost-effective project execution.
• Monitor portfolio health: scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risks, client satisfaction.
• Communicate delivery performance and risks to leadership and clients.
• Escalate and resolve scope changes and delivery impacts promptly.
• Partner with clients to align priorities and keep deliverables progressing.
• Serve as client-facing liaison to address issues and remove barriers.
• Support invoicing, resourcing, and execution issues affecting delivery.
• Drive training and career growth within the transmission practice.

Skills

Bachelors degree in Engineering

PE certification

10+ years utility/power delivery/trans

6+ years consulting/client-facing

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Portfolio risk management >$5M

Transmission line delivery knowledge

PLS-CAD proficiency

Excellent written/verbal comms

Finance, utilization & staffing

Client-focused with biz objectives

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PLS-CAD

Job description

Job Title: Transmission Line Technical Manager

Job Description

The Transmission Line Technical Manager leads the day-to-day delivery of transmission line engineering services across utility client programs and project portfolios. This role focuses on developing technical talent, maintaining disciplined project delivery, monitoring portfolio health, and ensuring that all work is executed with a strong emphasis on safety, quality, schedule, cost, and client outcomes. The position combines technical excellence with strategic leadership, offering the opportunity to mentor future engineering leaders, influence business growth, and build strong client partnerships in the power delivery market.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of engineers, designers, drafters, and project coordinators delivering transmission line engineering services for utility clients.

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and training in transmission line design, standards, tools, and delivery expectations, including one-on-one mentorship when needed.

• Establish and reinforce quality control practices that support safe, accurate, cost-effective, and schedule-driven project execution.

• Monitor the health of the project portfolio, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, risks, and client satisfaction.

• Communicate delivery performance, project risks, and operational trends to delivery leadership, project managers, and client stakeholders.

• Hold teams accountable to project baselines and ensure scope changes, change orders, estimate revisions, and delivery impacts are escalated and resolved promptly.

• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to understand program priorities, align expectations, and keep deliverables progressing efficiently.

• Serve as a client-facing technical and delivery liaison to address issues, remove barriers, and resolve project or process inefficiencies.

• Support the resolution of invoicing, resourcing, staffing, scope, and execution issues that affect delivery performance.

• Facilitate alignment between clients and internal teams when disagreements arise related to scope, standards, processes, deliverables, or expectations.

• Drive team development by identifying training needs, supporting career growth, and building technical depth within the transmission practice.

• Contribute to estimating, proposals, and scope development to support profitable and sustainable project delivery.

• Manage profit and loss responsibilities and oversee business finances, project performance, utilization, staffing plans, and operational metrics.

• Support business growth by strengthening execution, building strong client relationships, and enhancing the organizations position as a trusted engineering partner in the power delivery market.

Essential Skills

• Bachelors degree in Engineering.

• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.

• At least ten years of progressive utility, power delivery, and/or transmission line engineering experience with increasing responsibility.

• At least six years of consulting, engineering services, or client-facing delivery experience working with engineering, construction, planning, project management, and utility stakeholders.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams across distributed or virtual delivery environments.

• Experience executing, monitoring, tracking, and managing risk across a project portfolio greater than $5M in revenue.

• Strong understanding of transmission line project delivery, including scope management, quality control, scheduling, resourcing, estimating, and client communication.

• Proficiency in transmission line engineering and transmission line design, including use of tools such as PLS-CAD.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical and delivery issues into clear, actionable updates for clients and leadership.

• Strong experience managing business finances, project performance, utilization, staffing plans, and operational metrics.

• Client-focused mindset with the ability to balance technical quality, delivery performance, consultant development, and business objectives.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in engineering services and project management within the power delivery or utility sector.

• Experience in estimating, proposals, and scope development for transmission line projects.

• Ability to provide effective coaching, training, and mentorship to technical staff.

• Strong desire to develop self and others technically, professionally, and personally.

• Clear understanding of the importance of supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

• High level of personal character, professionalism, and integrity.

• Collaborative team player who works effectively across delivery, sales, project management, and technical teams.

• Ability to build strong client partnerships and act as a trusted technical and delivery liaison.

• Comfort operating with executive visibility and significant operational impact in a growing engineering organization.

Work Environment

The work environment centers on managing large, complex transmission line projects within a cross-functional and virtual setup. The role involves frequent interaction with diverse internal teams and utility clients, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance atmosphere. Work is conducted in a dynamic and evolving engineering setting that emphasizes safety, technical excellence, and disciplined project delivery. Professional attire is expected, and the position offers significant exposure to modern engineering tools and processes while operating across distributed and client-facing environments.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Atlanta, GA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $180000.00 - $210000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness
• Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 16, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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