Transmission Line Engineer, Energy

Transmission Line Engineer (Hybrid)

Halff is seeking an experienced transmission line engineer to join our growing Energy team. You have a choice of offices to be based out of located in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, or San Antonio. This is an independent contributor role and an excellent opportunity to progress your career by applying your knowledge and expertise as we build our transmission line team. You'll likely have prior experience designing new lines, overhauls of existing lines, and substation cut-ins for co-ops, municipalities, or investor-owned utilities. You're now ready to take-on a broader role including expanding your technical capabilities, mentoring less experienced engineers, developing standards, and seeking continuous improvements to our project execution process. You may work a hybrid schedule, once the initial ramp up is completed. Travel up to 25% is expected based on project needs and office location.

We've built one of the nation's largest infrastructure consulting firms on a core tenet: focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. So, we hire the industry's most talented professionals, make them owners and continually develop and reward them. This opportunity offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.

What you will do:

• Preparing designs, construction packages, and bills of material for progressively complex transmission line projects and providing engineering support to the full project life cycle from concept through construction to as-builts.
• Driving and supporting the county, state, and Federal permitting processes for transmission projects (e.g., roads, railroads, floodplains, river crossings, Federal land and water crossings).
• Interpreting geotechnical reports/boring logs and designing a variety of foundation types (e.g., direct-embed, pier, spread, pile) using one or more of CAISSON, LPILE, or MFAD.
• Providing technical guidance and experiential input to all aspects of greenfield and brownfield transmission line projects, such as, routing, structure spotting, right-of-way requirements, conductor/shield wire/structure selection, and constructability/maintainability.
• Performing QA/QC of transmission line designs and construction packages prepared by other engineers or technicians.
• Directing, mentoring, and/or training one or more Project Engineers, EITs, Designers, CADD Technicians and administrative staff.
• Assisting in the development of transmission line engineering design philosophies, standards, details, and specifications.
• Continuously seeking improvements to our project execution processes, including safety by design, quality, and consistency.
• Developing technical specifications and bid documents and assisting clients with the bid and evaluation process.

What you will need:

• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas (in good standing).
• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Civil Engineering or ABET accredited equivalent Engineering degree (Civil, Structural, or Architectural preferred).
• 5+ years transmission line engineering experience of at least 138kV with a consulting firm or electric utility.
• Proficient with MS Office suite.
• Experience in PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, PLS-LITE, and AutoCAD.
• Foundations design experience using one or more of CAISSON, LPILE, or MFAD.
• Experience applying industry codes and standards, including NESC, ASCE, NEC, and ACI 318.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Confident interacting closely with clients, management, and design teams.
• Embrace being an active participant of our employee-owned firm.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multi-state PE licensure is preferred. Candidates willing to obtain licensure in additional states, as required by company operations, are strongly preferred.
• Experience with PLS-Tower, SAG10, ArcGIS, and distribution line design.
• Transmission line design experience with 500kV and/or 765kV line enhancements or new builds.
• Prior experience developing design standards and/or QA/QC processes and procedures.

The Halff Electric Distribution Advantage:

• More than two decades of expertise in the electric utility industry with a deep understanding and proficiency in electric power.
• We take a collaborative approach with an emphasis on integrated teamwork and partnership with our clients.
• Rigorous quality assurance and quality control measures to ensure excellence.
• Funding resources assistance. We can cut through the red tape that comes along with accepting grants and other funding types.

Learn more about Halff's Electric Distribution services, check out some of our projects, and meet our team

The Halff Electric Distribution Services:

• Overhead and underground electric distribution engineering
• Distribution system analysis
• Voltage conversions
• Roadway-related relocations
• State, federal, and local permitting
• Standards development

• Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Plan
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