Civil Site Lead, Power Delivery

Company Description

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AECOM is hiring for a Civil Site Lead, Power Delivery with a primary focus on Transmission and Substation projects to support our growing Energy Business Line. The role offers the flexibility to work remotely or be located in various Energy offices across the United States.

Our team provides a wide range of site civil services across electrical transmission and distribution power systems and substations. These services include grading, drainage, stormwater management, SWPP, fencing, SESC, site plans, and geotechnical design. We seek an enthusiastic individual to develop and further the technical skills we bring to our new and existing client base. Qualified candidates will be expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible engineering, and support the project manager on project schedules, budgets, and deliverables in all aspects of site civil work.

• Lead and manage all civil work at substation and transmission line sites, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and construction schedules.
• Create and supervise earthwork, grading, drainage systems, access roads, cable trenches, and foundations (equipment, controls buildings, and towers/poles) for substation and transmission lines.
• Review, interpret, and create civil design drawings, technical documents, report discrepancies, and provide practical solutions.
• Manage site surveys, including geotechnical and ground/LIDAR, to assist with determination of transmission line routes and substation layouts.
• Review and approve civil construction methodologies, work plans, and method statements submitted by contractors.
• Identify and mitigate site issues such as geotechnical conditions, access and environmental constraints, and constructability challenges by providing timely technical support.
• Coordinate closely with electrical, protection, commissioning, planning, and project management to resolve interface and constructability issues.
• Interact with customers’ internal engineers and technical experts on a day-to-day basis.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with clients.
• Provide technical leadership to site civil engineers and inspectors, assign tasks, review work, and mentor team members.
• Be fully versed with and check and review the work sequence, general content, and the methods used to generate specifications for the calculations as well as the approval, revision, retention, and storage of calculations.
• Assist with developing task and effort estimates for proposal support.
• Support project commissioning and handover by ensuring all site civil work is completed safely and to specification.
• Understand and assist with the planning and scheduling of engineering tasks within the site civil discipline.
• Work to maintain positive working relationships with peers.
• Occasional travel required to other AECOM locations and client sites.
• Be able to participate in field walks, create field sketches, take dimensions, climb ladders, etc. as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Professional Engineering license (P.E.).
• Proven experience with site grading, drainage, roads, earthworks, and…