Senior Lattice Tower Designer - Remote

Senior Lattice Tower Designer

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Lattice Tower Designer for our Pittsburg, PA office. The successful candidate may work remotely from any mutually acceptable location within the United States.

Be involved in projects with our Tower Drafting Services Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

Provides technical tower detailing, drafting and CADD support, guidance, and oversight to ensure the production of high-quality engineering designs and specifications for high-voltage transmission line, lattice steel tower, and utility infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include overseeing and generating detailed lattice tower structural models, fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, erection drawings, member detailing, connection detailing, bolt schedules, material bundle lists, and bill of material (BOM) packages for complex, multi-site transmission projects of moderate to large scale and complexity.

Generates and validates accurate and concise design-phase deliverables, steel detailing packages, 2D and/or 3D CADD layouts, fabrication specifications, construction packages, and as-built documentation. Coordinates closely with transmission line engineers, structural engineers, and steel fabricators to ensure constructability, manufacturability, and compliance with applicable standards, including ASCE, AISC, NESC, and utility-specific design requirements. Ensures all deliverables meet or exceed industry standards for transmission line engineering, lattice tower design, structural accuracy, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), drafting excellence, safety, constructability, and functionality.

• Collect, compile, and analyze data from, as-built drawings, structure loading analyses, engineering calculations, and technical specifications to support overhead transmission line, tower design, and utility infrastructure projects.
• Utilize 2D and 3D CADD software, including, AutoCAD, Micro Station, Bocad, and Project Wise, while collaborating with engineers to resolve design discrepancies and prepare detailed, fabrication and construction packages for projects of moderate complexity and scope.
• Apply industry standards and engineering principles to provide technical design support while ensuring proper fit, form, function, fabrication, constructability, maintainability, clearance requirements, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), and material quantity calculations in accordance with NESC, IEEE, utility, and client design standards.
• Serve as a technical resource regarding project progress, tower drafting methodologies, and problem resolution; may function as the primary Tower Detailing Specialist on projects or assist in coordinating drafting and design activities across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Verify the accuracy of detailing of lattice tower members and connections in conjunction with structure loading information, foundation layouts, design revisions, change orders, and engineering specifications while identifying and resolving design conflicts, constructability concerns, and technical issues associated with steel lattice towers.
• Work independently or as part of a cross-functional team consisting of transmission line engineers, structural engineers, foundation engineers, project managers, and steel fabricators, while occasionally leading technical assignments involving transmission structure detailing and drafting.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable local, state, federal, utility, FERC, NERC, and environmental regulations, as well as client-specific standards and permitting requirements.
• Develop and maintain multiple design alternatives and detailing solutions for review, including member orientation, member connections configurations, fabrication limitations, splice configuration, foundation connections, and constructability evaluations.
• Monitor and oversee tower detailing, drafting, fabrication packages, erection plans, steel shop drawings, and QA/QC reviews to ensure quality control, constructability, and contract compliance while documenting project progress and technical issues.
• Collaborate closely with the engineer-of-record, engineer-in-charge, structural engineers, transmission line engineers, and other technical professionals during project phases, design reviews, constructability assessments, and quality checks.
• Apply advanced analytical techniques and software tools to solve complex transmission structure and drafting challenges, modify existing tower designs, support tower upgrades, line rebuilds, reconductoring efforts, and asset replacement projects, and ensure compliance with project specifications.
• Interface periodically with utility clients, contractors, steel fabricators, and construction personnel to coordinate transmission structure detailing, fabrication schedules, and design support activities.
• Participate in pre-construction meetings, fabrication reviews, constructability…