Location:
Remote (US-based)
Schedule:
Standard office hours
Duration:
12-month W2 contract
Pay Rate:$48.50 - $52.50/hr
Position Summary
Our client is a leading US energy company that develops wind, solar, battery energy storage, and transmission projects across North America. The Principal Engineer, Transmission Lines sits within the Engineering & Construction (E&C) group. You'll manage the design of transmission generation tie lines for wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects, as well as stand-alone transmission line projects, and you'll own each project from early-stage concept through construction and commissioning. The client doesn't self-perform design. Engineering consultants carry out line design under your direction. The scope covers the transmission line only. Other teams handle substation design, power systems analysis, and protection and control.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Partner with the Early Stage Project Manager and the Development group during the conceptual phase to define and influence project requirements and scope, including FERC 1000 competitive transmission proposals and greenfield projects for the client's affiliate businesses
- Secure engineering consultants from an approved supplier list by developing scopes of work, obtaining and evaluating bids, and awarding work through the client's Integrated Supply Chain group
- Coordinate with project stakeholders to develop and secure the line route, plus the engineering data and permits needed to design and build it, including geotechnical and LiDAR data
- Competitively source, select and contract geotechnical, survey, engineering and construction services
- Support the E&C Cost Estimating team with scope assumptions
- Coordinate engineering deliverables for competitive proposals and for project design and construction, including Issued for Bid, Issued for Procurement, Issued for Construction and As-Built drawings, design criteria, and contributions to RFP documents
- Work with other groups across the business to make sure projects succeed
- Represent E&C's internal and external interests on assigned projects, and present progress, issues and risk mitigation to all levels of management
Education/Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years of direct experience in the development, design, engineering and construction of high-voltage transmission line projects
- Project engineering and/or project management experience (preferred)
- PMP and/or P.E. in a related discipline (a plus)
- Willing to travel within North America
Knowledge/Skills
- Strong knowledge of transmission line design
- Able to read and understand one-line and three-line diagrams, general arrangements, plan and profiles, and other common deliverables
- Able to provide value engineering and ensure design quality
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Strong bias for action
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with PLS-CADD, AutoCAD, Primavera and Microsoft Office (strongly preferred)
- Core competencies include:
- technical excellence and strong work ethic
- leadership, mentoring and the ability to influence
- strong oral and written communication, and decision-making
- compliance, integrity and adaptability
- business acumen, customer focus and strategic thinking
- problem solving, project management, and managing and improving processes
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