Lead Engineer - Civil

Location: City of Binghamton

** TITLE**:
** Lead Engineer - Civil**
* ** Competitive benefits and growth opportunities**
* ** Generous performance‐based bonuses**
* ** 12% 401(k) match**
* ** Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance**
* ** Tuition reimbursement**
* ** Professional development and clear career‐advancement pathways**- Work independently with little supervision For Lead Engineers:  
* Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.  
* Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department  
* Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills  
* Ability to collaborate across departments  
* Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best practices  
* Work independently with little supervision
* Bachelor’s degree in civil or electrical engineering
* 7+ years of experience in projects delivery or another related field
* Relevant network construction and operational experience, including field inspections
* Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model;
Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
* Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization, perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.)
* Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
* Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others - to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
* Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment - Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
* Professional Engineering License Preferred
* Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills to decipher unique technical and analytical problems
* Proven ability to lead and manage projects
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills to articulate highly technical concepts,
* Strong management and leadership skills, ability to drive change and adoption of new technologies.
* Knowledge of the regulatory environment, including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
* General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.
* Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.
* Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels
* Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions
* Awareness and understanding of key business drivers
* Ability to devise solutions to both common and complex problems/challenges.
* Where appropriate, technical, and operational experience in a relevant engineering role within a utility environment.
* Knowledge of engineering standards and specifications up to 345kV
- Routine Technical

Skills:

* CAD Drafting - Expert  
* Company Procedures, Processes and Standards - Expert  
* Construction and Outage Sequencing - Expert  
* Industry Codes, Standards, and Regulations
- Expert  
* Project Scoping and Estimating - Expert  
* Technical Writing and Communication – Expert  
* POLE – Expert  
* PLS-TOWER – Competent  
* FAD Tools – Expert  
* LPILE software – Expert  
* Staad Pro – Expert  
* Civil CAD / Competent
- Unique Technical Skills (at least two must be expert):  
* Foundation Design - Expert/Competent1  
* Physical Substation Design  
* Overhead Transmission Line Layout - Expert/Competent1  
* Surveying - Expert/Competent1  
* Transmission Equipment Specifications - Expert/Competent1  
* Transmission Line Maintenance - Competent1  
* Transmission Material Selection - Competent1  
* Transmission Service Specifications - Competent1  
* Underground Transmission Line Design - Expert/Competent1  
* Experience in engineering including electric substation maintenance and field…