Transmission Project Engineer

Overview

As an Energy Transmission Project Engineer at KCI, you will support and coordinate the successful execution of electric transmission projects from planning and design through construction. Working closely with the Project Manager and multidisciplinary teams, you will provide technical leadership, coordinate engineering activities and deliverables, monitor scope, schedule, budget, and project risks, and ensure compliance with applicable codes, utility requirements, client standards, and KCI quality procedures for successful project execution.

Projects may include new transmission facilities, line rebuilds, capacity upgrades, and infrastructure modernization required to accommodate load growth, generation interconnections, aging assets, and evolving reliability and resiliency needs.

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oin us as we Rise to the Challenge

At KCI, we’re building an enduring community that provides unparalleled value to our employee-owners. We make our mark designing and delivering our world-class solutions, so we invest deeply in supporting and developing our team. We reward integrity and commitment, and when we do well, you do well. Our employees have the freedom to innovate, unlimited growth, a voice that matters, a lifestyle that works, and skin in the game.

Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are motivated to better ourselves, each other, and the world around us.

THE COMPANY

KCI Technologies, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. KCI is recognized as an industry leader, employing cutting-edge technologies, management practices and strategic growth initiatives. Employee ownership fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, encourages technical expertise, and shapes strategic planning.

KCI is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 design firms in the nation.

KCI BENEFITS INFORMATION

We offer a competitive compensation package, family friendly benefits, a collaborative working environment, and the training, mentoring and resources you need to advance in your career.

We understand that you have choices, and we know that together we will make a great team!

KCI is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

KCI Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Key Technical

Skills Required:

• Understanding of the transmission-system drivers that influence project development, including accelerated load growth, large-load and data-center development, new and retiring generation, transmission congestion, transfer-capacity limitations, aging infrastructure, and regional reliability and resiliency requirements.
• Ability to translate transmission-planning requirements into practical engineering solutions for new lines, rebuilds, uprating, reconductoring, and other capacity or reliability improvements, including consideration of advanced conductors, grid-enhancing technologies, constructability, permitting constraints, phasing, and lifecycle cost.
• Working knowledge of overhead and underground electric transmission-line design, including route development, structure spotting, conductor selection, grounding, clearances, and right-of-way requirements.
• Proficiency with transmission design and analysis software such as PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, PLS-TOWER, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and applicable GIS platforms.
• Ability to perform or review line-loading, sag-tension, structural, clearance, and foundation analyses under normal, extreme-weather, and construction loading conditions.
• Strong understanding of applicable codes and standards, including the NESC, ASCE standards, OSHA requirements, utility criteria, and federal, state, and local permitting requirements.
• Ability to interpret and coordinate survey, geotechnical, environmental, civil, structural, electrical, and right-of-way information affecting transmission design.
• Experience preparing and reviewing engineering calculations, design criteria, plan and profile drawings, structure schedules, material specifications, construction packages, and technical reports.
• Ability to evaluate transmission routing alternatives, constructability, access requirements, environmental constraints, outage considerations, and lifecycle costs.
• Knowledge of transmission-line materials and equipment, including conductors, shield wires or OPGW, insulators, hardware, poles, towers, foundations, and grounding systems.
• Ability to develop engineering quantities, cost estimates, design schedules, technical scopes, and assumptions appropriate to the project phase.
• Strong technical review and quality-control skills, including identifying design conflicts, managing interdisciplinary…