Power Transmission & Distribution Engineer​/Project Manager

Farnsworth Group is seeking a Power Transmission & Distribution Engineer/Project Manager to join our growing consulting team at any of the locations listed below. You will be responsible for leading power industry projects from concept through completion, with a focus on electric transmission and distribution design. This role requires strong client-facing skills, project financial ownership, and the ability to manage interdisciplinary engineering and construction activities to design, analyze and modernize power infrastructure.

Posting Locations:
Belleville, Lisle, or Chicago, IL; or St. Louis, MO

What You'll Do:

* Build, maintain, and grow client relationships, support business development and proposal development

* Serve as the primary client contact, ensuring communication, alignment, and high‑quality delivery

* Lead and manage transmission, distribution and substation projects from planning through closeout, including route selection, siting, surveying, permitting, engineering, estimating, and construction coordination

* Provide leadership, mentoring, and coordination across multi-disciplinary teams (electrical, civil, survey, environmental, structural)

* Prepare and/or oversee project schedules, budgets, forecasting, scope, risk management, change management, and staffing

* Develop engineering drawings, specifications, and cost estimates and implement project execution plans, project controls, and QA/QC processes

* Perform transmission and distribution system design (overhead & underground) including distribution equipment, feeder replacement, cable replacement, and new feeder installation

* Prepare substation design packages including siting, physical equipment arrangements, and equipment designs such as buswork, transformers, breakers, isolators, protective relaying systems, and grounding systems

* Conduct line routing, load flow, short circuit, and coordination studies as well as voltage drop, sag-tension, wire selection, and pole loading calculations

* Provide technical input during client meetings and presentations as well as internal design team meetings

What You'll Need:

* Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited institution, or

* Bachelor's degree in engineering technology or construction management from an ABET accredited institution

* 7+ years of T&D experience in consulting or utility environments

* 3+ years managing power industry projects

* Working knowledge of industry design standards, including NESC, IEEE, NERC and relevant utility standards

* Proficiency in tools such as ETAP, SKM, CYME, PLS-CADD, or similar

* Design experience and working knowledge of 69kV to 500kV systems preferred

* Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to present complex information to internal and external stakeholders

* Demonstrated ability to manage project financials, forecasting, scope, schedules, contracts, and risk

* Proven success developing client relationships and leading multi-disciplinary teams.

* Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or PMP Certification preferred

Who We Are

Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world's largest brands.

Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you'll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.

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