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Senior Transmission Line Engineer - California PE (preferred, not required) – Fully Remote – 4 openings
Overhead Transmission Design | PLS-CADD | PLS-TOWER | Remote Within California
Senior Transmission Line Engineer to lead and perform engineering for overhead electric transmission projects throughout California. The successful candidate will independently execute transmission-line design, provide technical leadership and quality control, mentor junior staff, and interface directly with utility and consulting clients. This role is intended for a California-licensed Professional Engineer with strong PLS-CADD capability and substantial experience delivering high-voltage transmission projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead route development, plan-and-profile design, structure spotting, clearance analysis, sag-tension analysis, and constructability evaluation for overhead transmission lines.
- Develop and review PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER models, including design criteria, weather cases, load cases, structure usage, and design documentation.
- Perform or oversee analysis and design of lattice towers, tubular steel poles, wood poles, foundations, conductors, shield wires, insulators, and line hardware.
- Prepare and seal engineering calculations, design drawings, technical specifications, reports, material lists, scopes, estimates, and construction packages as authorized.
- Apply NESC, California GO 95, ASCE, IEEE, OSHA, utility standards, and project-specific design criteria.
- Lead technical reviews, interdisciplinary coordination, design-change management, and QA/QC activities.
- Coordinate with civil, structural, electrical, geotechnical, survey, environmental, permitting, right-of-way, construction, and project-management teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline from an accredited program.
- Active California Professional Engineer license in good standing (preferred, not required).
- Seven or more years of relevant transmission-line engineering experience, including substantial overhead-line design responsibility.
- Demonstrated proficiency with PLS-CADD and working knowledge of PLS-POLE and/or PLS-TOWER.
- Experience with high-voltage transmission facilities, generally 69 kV through 500 kV.
- Strong knowledge of sag-tension, conductor clearances, structure loading, line geometry, foundation coordination, and transmission deliverables.
- Ability to independently produce, review, and approve high-quality engineering work.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ten or more years of transmission-line engineering experience.
- Direct experience with SDG&E, SCE, PG&E, LADWP, SMUD, or another California utility.
- Advanced PLS-TOWER, PLS-POLE, structure-design, and foundation-design experience.
- Experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, GIS, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, and utility document-control systems.
- Experience serving as Engineer of Record, discipline lead, project engineer, or technical manager.
- Experience with EPC, owner’s engineer, staff augmentation, wildfire mitigation, system hardening, reconductoring, rebuild, or greenfield projects.
- Existing California utility relationships and familiarity with utility contracting environments.
Job Disclaimer:
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client
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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Pay: $80.00 - $100.00 per hour
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: Remote
