Senior Structural High Voltage Transmission Lines Engineer

Short company description

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving access and sustaining our planet.
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We’re trusted advisors — planners, designers, engineers, consultants and program and construction managers — delivering professional services spanning cities, transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment. Working throughout the project lifecycle, we’re one team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Our History

AECOM launched when a handful of employees from design and engineering companies shared a dream of creating an industry-leading firm dedicated to delivering a better world.

We became an independent company formed by the merger of five entities. While our official founding was in 1990, many of our predecessor firms had distinguished histories dating back more than 120 years.

Since then, more than 50 companies have joined us and, in 2007, we became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Requirements

Here’s what we’re looking for:

- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering (or related discipline).
- Experience: Minimum 6 years of experience in transmission line structural design
- Proficiency in PLS-CADD, PLS-TOWER, and PLS-POLE for transmission line engineering.
- Advanced knowledge of overhead line design, including structural behavior under loading, sag-tension, galloping, and cascading.
- Familiarity with foundation design, including direct embed, drilled pier, and pad & pier systems.
- Experience with European and international applicable standards.
- Understanding of electrical clearance requirements, conductor selection, and routing constraints.

Leadership and Soft Skills:

- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and manage engineering deliverables across multiple projects.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Nice to Have:

- Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility in relevant jurisdiction.
- Experience with EMF analysis, aerial surveys, or LiDAR-based routing.
- Knowledge of corrosion protection, structure retrofitting, or asset condition assessment techniques.
- Familiarity with client standards from major utilities or regional transmission organizations.
- Exposure to design for resiliency, including wildfire, extreme weather, and storm hardening considerations.

Responsibilities

Here is what you will do:

Design, Analysis, and Development:

- Lead the structural design and analysis of overhead transmission line systems, including lattice towers, steel poles, wood poles, and associated hardware.
- Perform structure loading, line profiling, spotting, and clearance studies using PLS-CADD, PLS-TOWER, and PLS-POLE.
- Develop detailed design drawings, specifications, and bill of materials for tower and pole structures, foundation designs, guying, and conductor/cable supports.
- Ensure compliance with IEC, IEEE, AISC, and applicable utility/client standards.
- Coordinate with electrical, civil, geotechnical, and environmental teams to align line routing and structure placement with project constraints.
- Integrate wind, ice, and seismic loading per applicable codes and standards.

2. Leadership & Project Management:

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to structural engineers and drafters throughout the design lifecycle.
- Support proposal development, cost estimation, and scope definition for transmission line projects.
- Participate in or lead design reviews, internal QA/QC, and interface meetings. Track progress against project schedules and budgets

3. Field Support & Construction Coordination:

- Provide engineering support during construction, inspection, and post-construction phases of transmission line installations.
- Assist in the preparation and review of construction packages, including foundation layouts and tower/pole assembly instructions, resolve structural issues during execution.

4. Documentation & Quality Assurance:

- Prepare and review structural analysis reports, material take-offs, construction drawings, compliance across deliverables and calculation packages.
- Maintain design records and ensure compliance with internal QA/QC protocols.

5. Innovation & Standards Development:

- Drive standardization and optimization of structure libraries, design templates, and line design workflows.

Other info

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Benefits

• Medical subscription
• Bookster subscription
• Meal vouchers